Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC
THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,064,741 to it, the largest being E MATILDA ZIEGLER FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND ($3,000,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $116M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $73M
What The Connecticut Institute for the Blind Inc does
Mission
Oak hill's vision is that people with disabilities will be able to achieve their full potential, engage in their community and in meaningful relationships, and satisfy and fulfill their physical (see schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential community-based homes: 63 group homes in connecticut that provide full community engagement and integration for approximately 307 adults and adolescents with developmental and physical disabilities.
$76,808,774 spentof which $790,308 as grants$70,899,950 earned by the program74% of program spendingDay programs: providing day services including supported employment and volunteer opportunities for approximately 158 adults with developmental and physical disabilities.
$3,229,403 spent$5,770,731 earned by the program3% of program spendingOak hill school: provides classroom and home-bound education for approximately 152 students with developmental and physical disabilities and behavioral needs across connecticut.
$18,544,289 spent$23,074,423 earned by the program18% of program spendingAll other program services including assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, durable medical equipment reuse program, blindness related supports, healthy relationship and sexuality support and occupational therapy.
$4,695,076 spent$1,917,702 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,277,542.
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 2020 to 2021, from $81M to $100M (+24%).
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: 2020 0% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (17% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 Hannah
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $273k → $253k.
10 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $45M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Oak Hill Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 funders by total. 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 INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 27% · 2019 33% · 2020 24% · 2021 25% · 2022 23% · 2023 33% — 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
40% of THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
53% of THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND 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. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 178 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 178 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND 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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- The Oak Hill Foundation Inc · exempt
- The Ct Institute for the Blind Inc · exempt
- Easter Seals Connecticut Inc · exempt
- Gilead Community Services Inc · exempt
- Rainbow Housing Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC?
- THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,064,741 to it, the largest being E MATILDA ZIEGLER FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND ($3,000,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $7,064,741 in grants to THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND INC?
- E MATILDA ZIEGLER FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND is the largest funder on record, with $3,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND 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 43 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