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THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC

THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $723,826 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($630,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2026
$224k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$724k
Net assets
$463k
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 67%
01What it does

What The Farmington Community Chest Inc does

Mission

To provide aid for basic human needs, scholarships and support for schools and other community needs in farmington, ct

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide aid for basic human needs, school aid, elderly services, scholarships, and community needs in farmington, ct

    $149,458 spentof which $149,458 as grants$141,230 earned by the program
    97% of program spending

  2. Provide fuel assistance for needy families in farmington, ct.

    $3,495 spentof which $3,495 as grants$1,555 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

  3. To give support to first responders and provide victim assistance at disasters.

    $1,702 spentof which $1,702 as grants$6,756 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,655.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($128k) Expenses 100 ($84k) Net assets 100 ($314k)2018 Revenue 122 ($156k) Expenses 231 ($193k) Net assets 91 ($287k)2019 Revenue 105 ($135k) Expenses 173 ($144k) Net assets 85 ($268k)2020 Revenue 106 ($135k) Expenses 135 ($113k) Net assets 93 ($292k)2021 Revenue 105 ($134k) Expenses 93 ($78k) Net assets 127 ($398k)2022 Revenue 116 ($149k) Expenses 95 ($79k) Net assets 139 ($437k)2023 Revenue 113 ($145k) Expenses 189 ($158k) Net assets 140 ($439k)2024 Revenue 123 ($158k) Expenses 214 ($179k) Net assets 141 ($442k)2025 Revenue 125 ($161k) Expenses 195 ($163k) Net assets 145 ($454k)2026 Revenue 175 ($224k) Expenses 227 ($189k) Net assets 148 ($463k)
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Revenue (175)Expenses (227)Net assets (148)Peer revenue range

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 $292k to $398k (+36%).

$314k
$287k
$268k
$292k
$398k
$437k
$439k
$442k
$454k
$463k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

67% of THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,844 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$45k
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−$37k
’18
−$10k
’19
$23k
’20
$56k
’21
$70k
’22
−$12k
’23
−$21k
’24
−$2k
’25
$35k
’26
8.5
months of
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.

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Listed16192016101111121010
Joined·+4+6+2+0+6+0+3+2+1
No longer listed·156650241
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $81k → $88k.

Funder
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total
funders
3
3
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6
4
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4
3

3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST 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 FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% 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 FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC.

87%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 84% · 2019 90% · 2020 89% · 2021 88% · 2022 88% · 2023 91% — 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.

How long its funders stay

38% of THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

96% of THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST 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 $32k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $692k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 220 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve8.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 220 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST 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

Farmington Food Pantry Inc82%Farmington Fire Department Inc81%Farms Country Club Foundation Inc79%Washington Community Fund Inc79%Connecticut Firefighters Charitable Foundation Inc78%The Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin Inc78%Ellington Farmers Market Inc77%Family Institute of Connecticut Action Inc77%

Nationally

Farmington Food Pantry Inc82%Farmington Fire Department Inc81%Farmingtonfarmington Hills Foundation for Youth and Families81%Farm and Community Collaborative Inc80%Farmington Chamber of Commerce80%Family Counseling Center Foundation Inc79%Farms Country Club Foundation Inc79%Farmington Hills Police and Fire Benevolent Association79%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 15%Fundraising 3%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC?
THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $723,826 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($630,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $723,826 in grants to THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC?
HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $630,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing