Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC
THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 133 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,917,035 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,686,649). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.8M
- Funders on record
- 133
- Grants received
- $8.9M
- Net assets
- $17M
What The Open Door Shelter Inc does
Mission
Open door shelter, inc. Strives to make a direct impact in the greater norwalk area by guiding every person in the cycle of homelessness towards housing stability. We will accomplish this by engaging every person at risk of, and experiencing, homelessness with a holistic set of tools and resources that can be tailored to their individual needs. The tools and resources provided will be directly managed by open doors and through strategic partnerships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sheltering:open doors' sheltering program provides emergency shelter and case management to help individuals and families experiencing homelessness rapidly return to permanent housing. In fy25, our shelter served 155 individuals, successfully housing 76. Through our street outreach program, we served an additional 64 individuals, helping 31 individuals transition off the streets and into housing.to further support client success, open doors operates the social, a five-day-a-week housing readiness program offering workshops and peer support to improve tenants' skills, coping abilities, and community engagement. This program is open to those currently or formerly experiencing homelessness.we also provide access to essential wraparound services through our onsite partners, including norwalk community health center's medical and behavioral health clinic. Additional support is offered via our community closet, which distributed 43,280 items of clothing and household goods to 1,812 individuals, and our on-site after school program, which served 21 children with homework support, crafts, and enrichment.clients also benefit from access to employment and financial services through our…
$2,126,042 spent$47,000 earned by the program39% of program spendingNutrition:manna house & food pantryour feeding programs address food insecurity through two primary services:manna house serves two hot meals daily breakfast and dinner to shelter residents, affordable housing tenants, and the broader community. In fy25, we served 105,237 meals, a 13.6% increase over the previous year. Of these, 74,679 meals were distributed directly to community members outside of those experiencing homelessness; 30% were donated by meal groups, while 70% were prepared in-house.the pantry operates five days a week, offering a wide variety of groceries including fresh produce, dairy, meats, and pantry staples. Individuals may shop bi-weekly by appointment. In fy25, the pantry served 918 individuals, distributing 7,606 grocery bags, totaling over 152,000 pounds of food. Holiday baskets were provided to an average of 185 families per holiday (thanksgiving, christmas, easter), each receiving the ingredients for a complete holiday meal.these programs are supported by extensive community partnerships, including food drives, donor groups, local supermarkets, and businesses like panera and chick-fil-a.
$1,260,538 spent$1,031,882 earned by the program23% of program spendingEconomic opportunity hub (eoh):the economic opportunity hub empowers greater norwalk residents with low incomesparticularly those experiencing housing instabilityby providing access to benefits, employment opportunities, and long-term financial coaching.in fy25, the hub connected 262 community members to public benefits (e.g., snap, healthcare, energy assistance), supported employment through soft skills training and job placement, and provided one-on-one financial coaching focused on budgeting, debt reduction, savings, and credit improvement.key accomplishments and partnerships include:- employment & training: a certified nursing assistant (cna) training program with waveny life network and career resources, inc that trained and employed 69 individuals, and an additional 66 were connected to employment in the community.- adult education: esl classes (twice daily, four days a week) and ged prep through stamford adult & continuing education that served 232 community members.- digital access: free virtual computer literacy courses in partnership with career resources.- financial literacy: workshops in collaboration with local banks, one on one coaching, and 18 graduates of the…
$1,187,503 spent22% of program spendingEconomic opportunity hub:the economic opportunity hub (eoh) services greater norwalk residents that are at 40% or below area median income (ami) and are experiencing a housing cost burden, paying 30% or more of income towards housing cost, are experiencing homelessness, or are doubled up. The eoh has three components: 1. Access to income benefits (snap, medical insurance, energy assistance, etc.), 2. Employment placement and coaching and access to workforce development certification programs, and 3. Long-term financial coaching. The funding received supports the role of employment specialist, tasked with assisting program enrollees with sustainable employment through soft skills training, job placement, and retention into livable wage jobs.this project supports low-income earners in the city of norwalk. Many norwalk residents suffered the loss of employment and/or a reduction in household income during the pandemic. As a result, inflation and increased living costs destabilized norwalk households. Impacted families moved to more affordable living areas. The eoh assists these residents with first income benefits to stabilize the household, employment services to increase income and…
$845,715 spent16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,419,798.
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 $9.8M to $14M (+39%).
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 20% · 2018 47% · 2019 19% · 2020 17% · 2021 24% · 2022 21% · 2023 20% · 2024 16% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Michele Conderino
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 56 funders, grant income rose $821k → $1.3M.
22 of 133 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 133 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 OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
62% 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 OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 27% · 2019 31% · 2020 27% · 2021 23% · 2022 20% · 2023 13% — 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
41% of THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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 OPEN DOOR SHELTER 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 $4.2M that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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 OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.2M on record — $256k federal, $8.0M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$256k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$4.0M
- Client Subsidies$2.1M
- State Aid Grants$1.0M
- Client Services-General$865k
- Reimbursements$7k
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 OPEN DOOR SHELTER 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 24 Berkeley LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC?
- THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 133 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,917,035 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,686,649). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 133 organizations giving $8,917,035 in grants to THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC, 69 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC?
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,686,649 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER 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 133 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