Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC
THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,150 to it, the largest being JACOBS ENGINEERING FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $103k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What The Claire C Bennitt Watershed Fund Inc does
Mission
To protect water quality throughout the region by acquiring ecologically significant watershed land and by educating citizens as to how they can help preserve the environment and open space on watershed land.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To purchase and preserve undeveloped watershed lands, provide educational assistance to those pursuing an education in the environmental sciences, and support environmental education programs. To collaborate with individuals, organizations and municipalities to safeguard water quality and open space in the region.
$187,100 spentof which $187,100 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $187,100.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $1.9M (−14%).
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.
26% of THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $150 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND 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 CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Regional Water Authority · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND 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 THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC?
- THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,150 to it, the largest being JACOBS ENGINEERING FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,150 in grants to THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC?
- JACOBS ENGINEERING FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CLAIRE C BENNITT WATERSHED FUND 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 2 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