Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART
THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,610 to it, the largest being IN OUR BACKYARDS INC ($19,086). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $192k
What The Jonah Center for Earth and Art does
Mission
Fostering more sustainable relationships between people, other creatures, energy resources and the environment through collaboration, education, community action, and art.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Jonah center programsthe jonah center is a local environment advocacy and service organization, serving primarily middletown and portland, connecticut. Our main programs advocate for 1) streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, and trails to foster recreation and non-motorized transportation, 2) tree planting, open space preservation, wildlife habitat, litter cleanup, and removal of invasive plants, and 3) home energy efficiency.in all the areas listed, we either advocate for the municipality to adopt policies and programs consistent with the goals and to apply for state funding-e.g. To include "complete streets" projects to make streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians, or to support the urban forestry commission to plant street trees; or we take action ourselves (invasive plant removal, litter cleanup, encourage residents to take advantage of state home energy programs) sometimes with grant funding.
$123,443 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $123,443.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2025, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2025, 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 2025 to 2026, from $132k to $196k (+49%).
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.
98% of THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
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
John Hall
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $700 → $2k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART’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 JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 94% · 2022 99% · 2023 91% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART draws 55% 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. $16k 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.
Against its field
THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 88 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART
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.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART: 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 JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART?
- THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,610 to it, the largest being IN OUR BACKYARDS INC ($19,086). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $50,610 in grants to THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART?
- IN OUR BACKYARDS INC is the largest funder on record, with $19,086 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART 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 FY2026 (financials across 2025–2026), and the filings of 6 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