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STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC

STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $701,836 to it, the largest being SOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC ($411,614). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$992k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$702k
Net assets
$833k
6/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What Stamford Senior Centerinc does

Mission

Engages and empowers seniors of all backgrounds to thrive physically, socially and emotionally.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide a variety of exercise classes-18 a week for over 800 participants.

    $156,525 spent
    20% of program spending
  2. Provides lifelong learning classes including language, music, arts, history, technology workshops, bridge, mah jong and chess to approximately 800 participants.

    $177,059 spent
    23% of program spending
  3. Create anbd host cultural and social events.

    $233,529 spent
    30% of program spending
  4. Promotes vital socialization of members, performs outreach to older adults in the community- including benefits counseling, health screenings, blood pressure clinics and a variety educational and multi-cultural programs to a diverse older adult popoulation. There are approximately 1,000 members of the senior center.

    $218,621 spent
    28% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $785,734.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($582k) Expenses 100 ($559k) Net assets 100 ($448k)2019 Revenue 112 ($654k) Expenses 110 ($616k) Net assets 108 ($486k)2020 Revenue 112 ($652k) Expenses 113 ($629k) Net assets 114 ($509k)2021 Revenue 101 ($590k) Expenses 103 ($578k) Net assets 116 ($521k)2022 Revenue 116 ($676k) Expenses 116 ($648k) Net assets 123 ($550k)2023 Revenue 123 ($716k) Expenses 125 ($698k) Net assets 127 ($568k)2024 Revenue 195 ($1.1M) Expenses 164 ($918k) Net assets 175 ($785k)2025 Revenue 170 ($992k) Expenses 169 ($945k) Net assets 186 ($833k)
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Revenue (170)Expenses (169)Net assets (186)Peer revenue range

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 $653k to $950k (+45%).

$480k
$537k
$609k
$639k
$626k
$653k
$950k
$903k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 61% · 2019 61% · 2020 61% · 2021 66% · 2022 24% · 2023 23% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

81% of STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$23k
’18
$38k
’19
$24k
’20
$12k
’21
$29k
’22
$18k
’23
$218k
’24
$47k
’25
10
months of
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

Laurie Pensiero

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+2+2+1+3+1+2+5
No longer listed·2230135
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $40k → $88k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC’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

STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC.

59%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 62% · 2019 60% · 2020 50% · 2021 72% · 2022 84% · 2023 77% — 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

67% of STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

99% of STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

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CT
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $279k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Months of reserve10.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $415k on record.

State$415k
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Top programs
  • State Aid Grants$296k
  • Pass thru Grant Non-State$119k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 12%Fundraising 5%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC?
STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $701,836 to it, the largest being SOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC ($411,614). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $701,836 in grants to STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC?
SOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $411,614 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like STAMFORD SENIOR CENTERINC 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 10 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