Connecticut · Nonprofit
SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY
SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,266 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $142k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $115k
- Net assets
- $57k
What Serving All Vessels Equally does
Mission
Faith based youth leadership
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pen or Pencil, a program of the National Alliance of Faith & Justice (NAFJ), is a social action and educational movement designed to influence the lives of youth at greatest risk of academic failure and potential incarceration. "Pen" is short for penitentiary; 'Pencil" refers to education. In 2025, the NAFJ classified a new program called "hustlepreneur " a hustlepreneur is an ambitious individual who turns their passion into profit by combining creative, relentless work with strategic business building. They often manage multiple projects and transform side gigs or hobbies into sustainable revenue, especially in emerging economies or the gig economy. To this end, we developed the "POP" program (Pushing our Power). Our program supported eight youth by having Chef Jeff Henderson talk to the students about his life experiences and the model he uses for his famous catering business. Through Chef Jeff Henderson's mentorship, students gained practical insights into entrepreneurship, learned valuable business strategies, and were inspired to pursue their own ventures.
$40,831 spent$22,400 earned by the program53% of program spendingThe Youth Counsel for Justice is a youth-led, adult supported social justice organization that empowers youth ages 8-18 on how to express themselves and are encouraged to take appropriate action on the issues that affect their lives. Issue awareness forums are conducted at school and advocacy campaigns are initiated to bring the identified concerns to light.
$0 spent0% of program spendingSummer Enrichment is a six week program that encourgages students to focus on key areas of academic growth.
$36,647 spent$30,600 earned by the program47% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $77,478.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $129k to $2k (−98%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 70% · 2018 97% · 2019 99% · 2020 98% · 2021 91% · 2022 86% · 2023 90% · 2024 3% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
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
Rev Roosevelt Ewell
President/board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $53k → $33k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY’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
SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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
61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 71% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.
“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
61% of SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $45k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $850k on record.
- State Aid Grants$500k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$350k
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 SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY: 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 SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY?
- SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,266 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $115,266 in grants to SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY?
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SERVING ALL VESSELS EQUALLY 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 4 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