Connecticut · Nonprofit
STRATFORD FORWARD
STRATFORD FORWARD (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE MILFORD BANK FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $39k
What Stratford Forward does
Mission
At Stratford Forward, our mission is to create a sustainable and resilient community, built to support the development of a healthy, happy community of people by respecting and cultivating each other and the environment in which we live.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Stratford Forward produces the stratford crier, a weekly, independent, digital newspaper. The stratford crier was created in 2020 to restore local journalism to our community, following the closure of stratford's last print news publication in 2018, after more than 24 years in business. Our goal at the stratford crier is to educate and inform the residents of stratford, ct, about local issues, enabling effective participation in the community and our democracy.
$43,047 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,047.
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 STRATFORD FORWARD’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
100% of STRATFORD FORWARD's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
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
STRATFORD FORWARD runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,376 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like STRATFORD FORWARD
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
100%
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 STRATFORD FORWARD: 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 STRATFORD FORWARD?
- STRATFORD FORWARD (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE MILFORD BANK FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STRATFORD FORWARD have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to STRATFORD FORWARD.
- Who is the largest funder of STRATFORD FORWARD?
- THE MILFORD BANK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRATFORD FORWARD 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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