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WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC

WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$160
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$600
Net assets
$236k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What We Are the Children Inc does

Mission

We are the children is committed to helping children who are in need of medical assistance they cannot receive through regular channels.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

We are the children makes donations to hospitals and other not for profit charities for the benefit of the individuals in need of medical attention and other related financial assistance.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($34k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($256k)2018 Revenue 73 ($25k) Expenses 70 ($28k) Net assets 99 ($253k)2019 Revenue 22 ($7k) Expenses 31 ($12k) Net assets 97 ($248k)2020 Revenue 21 ($7k) Expenses 49 ($20k) Net assets 92 ($236k)2021 Revenue 0 ($160) Expenses 0 ($160) Net assets 92 ($236k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (0)Expenses (0)Net assets (92)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $248k to $236k (−5%).

$256k
$253k
$248k
$236k
$236k
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’17
−$3k
’18
−$5k
’19
−$13k
’20
$0
’21
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $100.

Funder
'19
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of WE ARE THE CHILDREN 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

WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.

IL
VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

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In Connecticut

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC?
WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $600 in grants to WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC.
Who is the largest funder of WE ARE THE CHILDREN INC?
CARMAX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WE ARE THE CHILDREN 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 2 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