Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC
THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $997,549 to it, the largest being THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($311,398). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $998k
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What The Wellspring Foundation Inc does
Mission
Wellspring is a therapeutic and educational center dedicated to healing and learning through relational approaches- to self, others, creation, and spirit- which touch and bring forth the wellspring of personal being unique to each individual, giving hope to each person and family in our care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential treatment includes a 8-bed girls program for girls ages 12 - 15;a 19-bed adolescent program for girls ages 12 - 18; and a 10-bed young adult/adult program for women ages 18 and over. Designed on a therapeutic community model, the programs treat a wide range of psychiatric, emotional, educational, family and behavioral problems. Families are encouraged into partnership with their children during the treatment process to work toward family reunification, and their return to school, employment, and community. The clinically intense program includes individual therapy, family and multi-family groups, expressive, art, and animal and land programs. Nursing care is provided on a round-the-clock basis.
$4,468,990 spent$3,049,448 earned by the program67% of program spendingThe arch bridge school is a coed therapeutic special education program with a capacity of 51 that provides educational services to wellspring residents and community day students, grades 7 - 12, and up to 21 years of age. Core academics and college preparatory classes are taught along with structured supports for emotional and behavioral issues. Emphasis is placed on providing a positive learning experience, resolving school related issues, and preparing the student to function successfully in her community school. Arch bridge school is accredited by the new england association of schools and colleges and approved by connecticut, new york, new jersey and massachusetts.
$2,105,407 spent$2,770,718 earned by the program32% of program spendingOutpatient counseling services provide therapies that address emotional and psychological issues such as anxiety, depression, stress and adjustment issues, interpersonal relationships, school problems of adjustment and performance, attachment disorder, and working through trauma and loss. Professionally trained and experienced therapists are available to work with adults and children, individually and in families.
$60,232 spent$26,600 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,634,629.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $7.9M to $6.6M (−17%).
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 15% · 2021 33% · 2022 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Pete Mumma
CEO
Board chair
Jill Hogan
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $44k → $160k.
8 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 WELLSPRING FOUNDATION 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 WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
60% 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 WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 82% · 2019 80% · 2020 87% · 2021 62% · 2022 38% · 2023 62% — 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
43% of THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
60% of THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION 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 $396k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $602k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Government funding THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7k on record.
- State Aid Grants$2k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$2k
- GT Transfer-Grant-St Agencies$2k
- Visual Media Services$460
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 WELLSPRING FOUNDATION 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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC?
- THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $997,549 to it, the largest being THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($311,398). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $997,549 in grants to THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC?
- THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $311,398 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION 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 13 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