Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC
THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,018 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($1,095,617). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What The Connecticut Democracy Center Inc does
Mission
To inspire people of all ages to engage in civic life and strengthen their communities, through a variety of program initiatives targeting different age groups.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Television and streaming/webcast coverage of connecticut state government and public policy through the management of the connecticut network (ct-n) in partnership with the connecticut general assembly. Ctdc has managed, nearly without interruption, ct-n since its inception in 1999, providing complete and balanced coverage of house and senate sessions, committee meetings and hearings, executive branch meetings and hearings, state supreme court oral arguments, routine and emergency news conferences by the governor, legislative leadership and other elected leaders, and other events of public policy import in connecticut.
$1,668,831 spent$2,535,421 earned by the program59% of program spendingManagement of connecticut's old state house in partnership with the connecticut general assembly. A former connecticut state capitol from 1796 to 1878, the old state house now serves as a history museum and civics education lab for k-12 school groups and the general public. Ctdc also uses this historic site as a base of operations for public programming focused on bringing together history and civics and two major educational outreach programs: kid governor (kidgovernor.org) and connecticut history day (historydayct.org).
$345,594 spent$364,377 earned by the program12% of program spendingPublic and educational outreach programming all connecticut democracy center educational initiatives are designed to inform and engage audiences of all ages, to give them the information and skills to be effective modern citizens in big and small ways. These include public programs delivered at connecticut's old state house and via webstream, as well as statewide outreach programs such as connecticut's kid governor and connecticut history day delivered directly to classrooms and other venues around connecticut.
$803,497 spentof which $25,114 as grants29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,817,922.
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 2017 to 2018, from $913k to $190k (−79%).
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: 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Michael Imber
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $2k → $126k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY 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 CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 80% · 2020 75% · 2021 83% · 2022 96% · 2023 41% — 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
100% of THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
93% of THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $176k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6k on record.
- DUES/MEMBERSHIPS$6k
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 CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER 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 CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC?
- THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,018 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($1,095,617). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,420,018 in grants to THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY CENTER INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,095,617 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRACY 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 17 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