Connecticut · Nonprofit
SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC
SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 150 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,871,935 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($6,364,548). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 150
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Special Olympics Connecticut Inc does
Mission
The mission of special olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities; giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other special olympics athletes and the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Special olympics connecticut, inc. (soct) provides year-round sports training and athletics competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. We served 12,073 athletes and partners throughout the state through local, regional and state programs. This year, soct hosted 372 tournaments and competitions in 24 different sports. We pride ourselves on contributing to the lifelong physical, social, and personal development of individuals with intelectual disabilities in the state, offering many vital non-competition programs such as unified sports fitness clubs, which combine athletes with and without intellectual disabilities in the same clubs to participate in a variety of fitness activities. The athletes leadership program (alps), which allows our athletes the opportunity to be trained in communication and presenting skills. In return, serve as spokesperson for the organization; the healthy athletes program which is designed to help our athletes improve their overall health and fitness by receiving a variety of health services conducted by certified clinicians; and the young athletes program which focuses on developing gross and fine motor skills, eye/hand…
$1,357,926 spentof which $681,650 as grants$85,458 earned by the program27% of program spendingWinter games - 522 athletes and partners from across the state trained and competed in the olympics-style winter sports of snowshoeing, cross country skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, figure and speed skating, curling, floor hockey, traditional basketball and gymnastics. Athletes also received free health promotions and fun fitness screening as part of our healthy athletes' program. Total donated goods and services of $420,606 supported these initiatives.
$2,340,437 spent$22,780 earned by the program47% of program spendingSummer games - 1,839 athletes and partners from across the state trained and competed in the olympic-style summer games sports which includes track & field, cycling, aquatics, soccer, and tennis. Athletes also participated in the healthy athletes program, designed to help improve their overall health. This was conducted on-site at southern connecticut state university throughout the duration of the sports competition. Healthy athletes consists of 7 major categories; special smiles, healthy hearing, opening eyes, fun fitness, healthy promotions, fit five, and fit feet. Total donated goods and services of $215,401 supported these initiatives.
$909,980 spent$107,400 earned by the program18% of program spendingUnified sports holiday classic - 2,073 athletes and partners from across the state trained for the olympic-style sports of unified basketball, unified & traditional bowling, power lifting, and volleyball. Athletes also free dental screening as part of the "special smiles" segment and stressed counseling as part of the "strong minds" segment of our healthy athletes' program respectively. Total donated goods and services of $69,766 supported these initiatives.
$356,919 spent$62,730 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,965,262.
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 2023 to 2024, from $12M to $16M (+33%).
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 9% · 2018 11% · 2019 9% · 2020 29% · 2021 27% · 2022 14% · 2023 15% · 2024 22% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Michael B Mason
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $949k → $1.5M.
18 of 150 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 150 funders by total. 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 79% · 2019 64% · 2020 60% · 2021 61% · 2022 57% · 2023 62% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Government funding SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.8M on record.
- ARPA Beneficiary Award$3.1M
- Client Services-General$2.5M
- State Aid Grants$150k
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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 150 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,871,935 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($6,364,548). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC have?
- IRS filings report 150 organizations giving $10,871,935 in grants to SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC, 80 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,364,548 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC 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.
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 150 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing