Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE WORKPLACE INC
THE WORKPLACE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,446,720 to it, the largest being CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC ($1,207,143). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $39M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $802k
What The Workplace Inc does
Mission
The organization provides job training, placement, and counseling for dislocated and economically disadvantaged individuals in the bridgeport, norwalk, stamford and valley labor market areas.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult job training - total of 16,840 customers served at southwestern ct works job centers; 195 wioa adult participants assigned individual training accounts. American job centers contracts. The organization has been engaged by local workforce development boards (wdb) in other states to be their one-stop operator and service provider. Currently, the organization is providing services to wib's in the states of new york, virginia, and rhode island through various grants and contracts.
$26,967,991 spentof which $15,575,050 as grants$137,701 earned by the program75% of program spendingDislocated workers - total of 8,295 customers served at southwestern ct job works job centers; 65 wioa dislocated partcipants assigned individual training accounts. American job centers contracts. The organization has been engaged by local workforce devfelopment boards (wdb) in other states to be their one-stop operator and service provider. Currently, the organization is providing services to wib's in the states of new york, virginia, and rhode island through various grants and contracts.
$3,946,792 spentof which $1,009,953 as grants$78,558 earned by the program11% of program spendingYouth programs - through the careerhub, we offer skills training as well as job search and placement services. Our team will provide tools to help young adults stay competitive in the workforce and the insight and confidence needed to impress potential employers. Young adults between the ages of 16 to 24 receive assistance with choosing and preparing for a career they can be proud of. The careerhub has a staff of knowledgeable workforce specialists who can help each young person discover their career interest and work toward attaining the skills needed to gain employment. Every participant receives individualized attention as services can be tailored to meet each person's needs and goals. Young adults up to age 24 living throughout southwestern connecticut can apply to participate in training programs funded by the workplace. Subject to eligibility criteria and funding availability. The workplace is dedicated to helping young adults become valuable and self-reliant members of the community by offering skills training, as well as job search and placement services. Services offered include, but are not limited to: career coaching occupational training ged exam assistance job search…
$3,885,514 spentof which $1,537,742 as grants11% of program spendingTemporary assistence for needy families - total of 256 jobs first participants served. American job centers contracts. The organization has been engaged by local workforce development boards (wdb) in other states to be their one-stop operator and service provider. Currently, the organization is providing services to wib's in the states of new york, virginia, and rhode island through various grants and contracts.
$1,254,818 spentof which $890,928 as grants$30 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,055,115.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.1M to $11M (+47%).
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 88% · 2018 92% · 2019 89% · 2020 87% · 2021 89% · 2022 95% · 2023 98% · 2024 98% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE WORKPLACE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Joseph Carbone
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $120k → $408k.
6 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.3M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Metro North Regional Employment Board). These are real filings, and they are not money THE WORKPLACE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE WORKPLACE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 27 of 28 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 WORKPLACE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 WORKPLACE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 34% · 2019 36% · 2020 39% · 2021 71% · 2022 19% · 2023 38% — 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
33% of THE WORKPLACE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
91% of THE WORKPLACE INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $166k 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 WORKPLACE INC's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 290 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE WORKPLACE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $288.2M on record — $156.4M federal, $131.8M state.
- Department of Labor$122.1M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$19.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$12.0M
- Department of Justice$1.6M
- Environmental Protection Agency$700k
- CT$130.9M
- VT$785k
- MA$113k
- OK$677
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 WORKPLACE 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Wp Ventures Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WORKPLACE INC: 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 WORKPLACE INC?
- THE WORKPLACE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,446,720 to it, the largest being CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC ($1,207,143). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WORKPLACE INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,446,720 in grants to THE WORKPLACE INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WORKPLACE INC?
- CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,207,143 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WORKPLACE 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.
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 28 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