Connecticut · Nonprofit
POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION
POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,106 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($2,025). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $41k
What Polished Pearls Foundation does
Mission
The Polished Pearls Foundation is a 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our college readiness program provides services and events to over 250 community high schoolers.
$23,495 spentof which $25,000 as grants68% of program spendingOur Youth Leadership Institute is a youth led program to enhance leadership skills and community service with 15-20local middle schoolers.
$7,417 spentof which $9,000 as grants21% of program spendingChildhood Hunger Initiative Power Pack program provides 100 community children with bags of food to sustain them over the weekend 10 months of the year.
$3,621 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $34,533.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Regina Vermont
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $17.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 95% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,355 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,355 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Government funding POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION?
- POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,106 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($2,025). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,106 in grants to POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POLISHED PEARLS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing