Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC
THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $664,045 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($331,150). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $664k
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What The Child and Family Guidance Center Inc does
Mission
The child and family guidance center (cfgc) is a community-based center that provides therapeutic, prevention, early intervention as well as support services to children and families in fairfield county ct. Since 1925, cfgc has provided for the (see schedule o) positive development and emotional well-being of children and has empowered families to provide a safe, nurturing environment for children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family support services-provides in home case management and support to parents and the entire family
$2,575,984 spentof which $49,833 as grants$311,981 earned by the program23% of program spendingOutpatient behavioral health services-provides individual group and family psychotherapy to children under the age of 18
$3,165,419 spent$1,888,368 earned by the program29% of program spendingCrisis and system of care services-provides urgent care to children who are at risk of harm to themselves or others as well as children with complex needs who need coordination of services
$5,248,376 spent$120,169 earned by the program48% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,989,779.
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 $5.7M to $7.0M (+23%).
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 75% · 2018 78% · 2019 76% · 2020 76% · 2021 75% · 2022 78% · 2023 79% · 2024 80% · 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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.
Chief executive
Michael Patota
President & CEO
Board chair
Dana Scinto
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $68k → $81k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 32% · 2020 46% · 2021 48% · 2022 61% · 2023 37% — 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
42% of THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
55% of THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC'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 $300k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $364k 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.
Against its field
THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $67.8M on record — $412k federal, $67.4M state.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$412k
- State Aid Grants$54.3M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$7.0M
- Client Services-General$6.1M
- Educational Services$8k
- Visual Media Services$6k
- Management Consultant Services$2k
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 THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC?
- THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $664,045 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($331,150). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $664,045 in grants to THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC?
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $331,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER 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.
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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 18 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