Connecticut · Nonprofit
StartUp Westport Inc
StartUp Westport Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED MAINTAINING THE ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $118k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $68k
What StartUp Westport Inc does
Mission
To provide educational and networking opportunities for entrepreneurs who are connected to the Westport, CT community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
StartUp Westport, Inc. achieved its exempt purpose objectives in 2025 by growing to over 3,000 members. Events open to the public for education and networking included 4 large events in the Westport Community, including the Inventor of the Year and Women in Venture events. Each of these events served more than 200 people. In addition, StartUp Westport organized and held 21 "Special Interest Group" educational sessions that were open to the public and served more than 650 people during 2025. StartUp Westport's mentorship program had two cohorts of mentee's, with each cohort lasting four months. More than 90 individuals were served by the mentorship program.
$61,601 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $61,601.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of StartUp Westport Inc’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.
Where its funders are
StartUp Westport Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
StartUp Westport Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding StartUp Westport Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- sponsorship$5k
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 StartUp Westport 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.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for StartUp Westport Inc: 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 StartUp Westport Inc?
- StartUp Westport Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED MAINTAINING THE ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does StartUp Westport Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,000 in grants to StartUp Westport Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of StartUp Westport Inc?
- NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED MAINTAINING THE is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like StartUp Westport 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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