Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED
THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED (Connecticut) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,314,444 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,716,285). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $116M
What The New Canaan Country School Incorporated does
Mission
We create an active, joyful learning environment where children are challenged to think deeply, question confidently, and act generously so that they may lead lives of impact and purpose.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education expenses incurred for the primary education enrollment of 575 students in grades beginners to grade 9.
$28,949,131 spentof which $2,645,403 as grants$28,788,890 earned by the program95% of program spendingHorizons is a full-scholarship year-round academic and enrichment program serving approximately 400 disadvantaged students each year, primarily from stamford and norwalk.
$1,682,350 spent$17,502 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $30,631,481.
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 $105M to $120M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 12% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 46 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $1.3M.
27 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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 NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
72% 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 NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 26% · 2019 35% · 2020 16% · 2021 30% · 2022 38% · 2023 30% — growing more concentrated.
“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
52% of THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
68% of THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED'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 $4.6M that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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 NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED?
- THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED (Connecticut) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,314,444 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,716,285). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $14,314,444 in grants to THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED, 70 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,716,285 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INCORPORATED 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 109 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