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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONNECTICUT FORUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,643,039
Total expenses
$2,119,857
Contributions and grants received
$1,518,774
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,063,716
Investment income
$11,608
Other revenue
$48,941
Total assets, end of year
$1,707,877
Total liabilities, end of year
$877,097
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$830,780
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,824,674
Management and general expenses
$117,603
Fundraising expenses
$177,580
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,824,674

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,518,774

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTIONS & TICKET

    total $972,116 · related or exempt $972,116

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE BASED SERVICES

    total $91,600 · related or exempt $91,600

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,608 · excluded $11,608

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $48,941 · related or exempt $23,105 · excluded $25,836

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $48,941

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,522 · program services $84,643 · management and general $27,305 · fundraising $24,574

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $425,656 · program services $269,332 · management and general $47,268 · fundraising $109,056

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,478 · program services $20,449 · management and general $4,309 · fundraising $7,720

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,989 · program services $25,808 · management and general $5,438 · fundraising $9,743

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,865 · program services $5,526 · management and general $8,339

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,414 · program services $5,804 · management and general $8,599 · fundraising $11

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $38,279 · program services $38,279

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,874 · program services $19,590 · management and general $2,186 · fundraising $3,098

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $50,014 · program services $31,491 · management and general $6,634 · fundraising $11,889

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,178 · program services $22,149 · management and general $4,667 · fundraising $8,362

  • 17 · Travel

    total $120,266 · program services $120,266

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,484 · program services $3,734 · management and general $728 · fundraising $1,022

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,753 · program services $1,395 · management and general $233 · fundraising $125

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,813 · program services $3,660 · management and general $771 · fundraising $1,382

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPEAKER FEES

    total $829,000 · program services $829,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: VENUE

    total $164,944 · program services $164,944

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $104,319 · program services $104,319

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $69,294 · program services $68,946 · management and general $227 · fundraising $121

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,715 · program services $5,339 · management and general $899 · fundraising $477

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $58,291 · end of year $200,976

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $204,460 · end of year $1,187,688

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $83,000 · end of year $205,058

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $128,066 · end of year $104,821

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $47,864

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $46,810

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,807 · end of year $1,054

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $41,395 · end of year $8,280

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $82,077 · end of year $120,221

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $86,949 · end of year $748,596

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $41,395 · end of year $8,280

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $128,168 · end of year $587,588

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $179,430 · end of year $243,192

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENCOURAGE THE FREE AND ACTIVE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS IN FORUMS THAT INFORM, CHALLENGE, ENTERTAIN, INSPIRE AND BUILD BRIDGES AMONG ALL PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

  • THE CONNECTICUT FORUM CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT TO INTELLECTUAL ENRICHMENT OF THIS REGION, ENGAGING IN THE GREAT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR TIME BY HOSTING A SERIES OF FORUMS AT THE BUSHNELL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS RELATED TO EACH FORUM ALONGSIDE LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

    Expenses $1,824,674 · Revenue $1,086,821

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Imelda Suit

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Daye

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Livingstone

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Virginia McGarrity

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Alleyne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Amenta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristine Bankowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Blau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Brennan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leander Dolphin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Eshleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Fish

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Hessel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ginny Kim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Korntheuer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Srini Mandavilli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cyndi Stern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doris Sugarman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,840
    From this org
    $9,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $690
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard Sugarman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $690
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $690
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meg Warren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie Weaver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mana Zarinejad

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,522
    From this org
    $125,671
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,851
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202600139349302180

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