Connecticut · Nonprofit
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,638 to it, the largest being THE TLC STARFISH FOUNDATION LTD ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund does
Mission
Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund (action fund) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization committed to protecting all children from gun violence in schools, homes, and communities. Action fund advances a holistic policy platform that promotes gun safety, youth mental health, and violence prevention education. Action fund works at the state and federal level to pass nonpartisan legislation through inclusive partnerships, diverse grassroots education, and community mobilization. It is part of sandy hook promise, founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed in the tragic mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school on december 14, 2012.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Action fund works at the state and federal level to pass legislation that advances school safety, mental health and gun safety through nonpartisan partnerships, grassroots education, and community engagement. The only nonpartisan organization of its kind, action fund writes, introduces, and influences federal and state legislation with bipartisan support. Activities include researching and writing effective policy, educating legislators and constituents, and lobbying for the passage of practical legislation to protect children.
$5,947,915 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,947,915.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.7M to $5.3M (+96%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Matthew Bennett
Board - chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND’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
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% 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% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 80% · 2022 71% · 2023 80% — diversifying over time.
“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
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND
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.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND: 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 SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND?
- SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,638 to it, the largest being THE TLC STARFISH FOUNDATION LTD ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,638 in grants to SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND?
- THE TLC STARFISH FOUNDATION LTD is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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