Connecticut · Nonprofit
The William W Backus Hospital
The William W Backus Hospital (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,614 to it, the largest being JOHNSON NATHAN ESTATE SUCC TR ($377,999). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $631M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $509k
- Net assets
- $880M
What The William W Backus Hospital does
Mission
To improve the health and healing of the people and communities we serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cancer:During FY25, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute expanded and refined community-focused cancer support services addressing priority community health needs identified through the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), including behavioral health, social determinants of health, nutrition, financial toxicity, caregiver support, and access to specialty supportive care.In FY25, services reached thousands of patients through psychosocial counseling, social work navigation, nutrition care, financial counseling, and peer support programs. Expanded staffing and virtual modalities improved access, while ongoing evaluation ensured alignment with identified community health needs.Psycho-oncology: Quality of Life Program (QOL):CHNA alignment: Behavioral health access, emotional support, continuity of care*1367 completed appointmentsHighlight: QOL services ensured continued access to evidence-based psychosocial oncology care, particularly for patients facing transportation, geographic, or work-related barriers.Expanded access integrating a post-doc fellow (.4FTE), offering non-billable services through training program to reduce barriers. Provided clinical supervision for…
$55,320,251 spent$75,831,841 earned by the program11% of program spendingGastroenterology:The Hartford HealthCare Digestive Health Institute leads the way in prevention, treatment, surgery, and research, caring for more patients than any other digestive health program in Connecticut. Our comprehensive institute model allows specialists to collaborate with each other and you, tapping the most innovative technology available to ensure you receive the best, most advanced personalized care.At each Digestive Health Institute location across the state, you will experience the same sense of teamwork and compassion. We have earned national awards, accreditations, and recognition for the work we do in digestive disease and obesity management, but our greatest reward is helping you feel better.Gastroenterologists perform many specialized tests, such as endoscopy, to diagnose or treat diseases. When necessary, they may consult with surgeons. At the completion of the Fiscal Year FY25, the Division of Gastroenterology at Backus Hospital had 17,527 cases with an average length of stay of 4.7 days.
$59,474,769 spent$78,412,183 earned by the program12% of program spendingBone and Joint:Our expert teams at Backus and throughout Hartford HealthCare provide comprehensive orthopedic care before, during and after surgery. Starting with our Total Care joint replacement education program, patients can learn about their surgery, what to expect, how to prepare and rehabilitation options.When it is time for surgery, it is performed by specially trained physicians in surgical suites with the latest technology, including Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery, a less invasive and more precise robotic technology for hip and knee procedures.When surgery is complete, Backus has an expertly trained, compassionate staff to help patients get back on their feet again. Once out of the hospital, Backus and Windham hospitals offer a wide range of physical therapy and rehabilitation options in Norwich, Waterford, Colchester, and Storrs. Backus is the only trauma center in all of Eastern Connecticut, with specially designed trauma rooms, highly trained staff and LIFESTAR helicopter stationed on the hospital grounds.Backus Hospital offers the latest robotic surgery techniques for hip and knee procedures. Our expert team can help patients decide what is right for them with the…
$48,191,665 spent$62,667,447 earned by the program9% of program spendingBackus Hospital has provided quality health care to the residents of Eastern Connecticut since 1893. Backus Hospital includes The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich; health centers in Montville, Colchester, Ledyard, Norwich and North Stonington; the Backus Outpatient Care Center in Norwich; the Plainfield Backus Emergency Care Center, which is a stand-alone emergency department and outpatient center. It is the only trauma center in Windham and New London Counties and houses one of Hartford HealthCare's LIFE STAR helicopters.Backus Hospital was named one of America's 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, placing it in the top 5% of hospitals in the country and an overall leader in clinical excellence. The hospital was one of three at Hartford HealthCare named to the America's Best list for 2022 and was also recognized by Healthgrades with Excellence Awards in pulmonary care, stroke care, and critical care. The distinction places it in the top 10% of the nation's hospitals in each area.
$352,076,308 spentof which $118,820 as grants$399,931,815 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $515,062,993.
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 $729M to $859M (+18%).
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.
0% of The William W Backus Hospital’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (1% 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.
Board chair
Anthony Joyce III
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $34k → $90k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 William W Backus Hospital’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 William W Backus Hospital leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 87% · 2022 86% · 2023 54% — 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
75% of The William W Backus Hospital's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 75% 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
The William W Backus Hospital draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 William W Backus Hospital runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding The William W Backus Hospital receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23.6M on record.
- CT$23.2M
- MA$370k
- FL$56
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 William W Backus Hospital
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 61 related entities
- Backus HealthCare Inc · exempt
- Hartford HealthCare ACO Inc · exempt
- Hartford HealthCare at Home Inc · exempt
- Hartford HealthCare Corporation · exempt
- Hartford HealthCare Endowment LLC · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The William W Backus Hospital?
- The William W Backus Hospital (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,614 to it, the largest being JOHNSON NATHAN ESTATE SUCC TR ($377,999). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The William W Backus Hospital have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $508,614 in grants to The William W Backus Hospital, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The William W Backus Hospital?
- JOHNSON NATHAN ESTATE SUCC TR is the largest funder on record, with $377,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The William W Backus Hospital 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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