Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$497,788

Total expenses

$419,335

Contributions and grants received

$288,307

Grants paid

$93,468

Program service revenue

$207,624

Investment income

$1,857

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$451,118

Total liabilities, end of year

$173,404

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$277,714

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$390,714

Management and general expenses

$28,621

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$390,714

Program services were 93.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE CONNECTICUT-BASED SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE "POLANIE" WAS FORMED IN 2006, JOINED POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION SOON THEREAFTER, AND NOW CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 70 INDIVIDUALS. THE GROUP HAS FOUR DANCE GROUPS, A BAND, AND A CIRCLE OF SINGERS. BEGINNING IN 2013, POLANIE BEGAN HOSTING ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVALS IN LOCAL TOWNS. THE EVENTS ARE ATTENDED BY OVER 700 PEOPLE AND FEATURE DANCE AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES FROM GROUPS REPRESENTING THE UKRAINE, PERU, GERMANY, PORTUGAL AND POLAND, IN ADDITION TO THE UNITED STATES. POLANIE IS ALSO PROUD TO PARTNER WITH AND HOST ARTISTS FROM VARIOUS FAMOUS POLISH ENSEMBLES. FAMOUS ARTISTS FROM "MAZOWSZE AND "ZIEMIA BYDGOSKA" PERFORMED WITH POLANIE. THE GROUP IS PASSIONATE ABOUT POLISH MUSIC AND DANCE. DUE TO ITS VARIED REPERTOIRE POLANIE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PERFORMING AT CONSULATE OFFICES, WEDDINGS, PARADES, NATIONAL FESTIVALS, AND SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND POLAND.THE MISSION OF "POLANIE" SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE IS TO ENGAGE IN ENTHUSIASTIC PERFORMANCES THAT PROVIDE JOY TO OUR AUDIENCE. THE GROUP IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS WITH THE HARD WORK AND HELP OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS, AND THE FAMILIES OF THE DANCERS.

  Expenses $131,102 · Revenue $32,663

• POLONIA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION - INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING RING THAT LINKS BUSINESS INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, SERVES POLONIA COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZES THE ANNUAL "LITTLE POLAND" FESTIVAL. SINCE ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS JUST OVER A DECADE AGO, THE LITTLE POLAND FESTIVAL HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING AND MOST POPULAR CULTURAL FESTIVALS IN ALL OF NEW ENGLAND. THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN NEW BRITAIN'S LITTLE POLAND NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH TO THIS DAY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST VIBRANT POLISH COMMUNITIES IN ALL THE US.EACH YEAR, THE FESTIVAL ATTRACTS OVER 30,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS ALL OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE EAST COAST WHO COME OUT TO ENJOY OUR EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP ON TWO STAGES, TRADITIONAL FOLKS DANCING PERFORMANCES, DOZENS OF RESTAURANTS SERVING DELICIOUS POLISH FOOD, BEER GARDENS, OVER 100 VENDOR BOOTHS, AN ANTIQUE CAR SHOW AND PLENTY OF ATTRACTIONS FOR OUR YOUNGEST FESTIVAL GOERS.

  Expenses $63,279 · Revenue $120,836

• WELCOME HOME IS AN INVITATION FOR AMERICANS OF POLISH DESCENT TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR POLISH HERITAGE. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES THE POLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR ADULTS, FOLK ART CLASSES, GENEALOGY AND TRIPS TO POLAND. OUR ANNUAL PISANKI (DECORATED EASTER EGGS) CLASSES HAVE BECOME A NEW EASTER TRADITION FOR MANY PEOPLE. OUR TRIPS TO POLAND ARE ABOUT EXPLORING THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF POLAND UNLIKE ANY OTHER POLAND TRIPS. WE ALSO SPONSORED A GENEALOGY CONFERENCE IN POLAND AND ARE ADDING GENEALOGY INDEXES NOT FOUND ON OTHER WEBSITES. OUR POLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR ADULTS OFFERS SEVERAL LEVELS OF POLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES AND WELL ATTENDED BY OVER 200 STUDENTS ANNUALLY.

  Expenses $33,454 · Revenue $27,227

• Expenses $162,879 · Grants $93,468 · Revenue $28,755

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• THE FRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY OF CT

  $10,000

  TO ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO RECORD CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES

• VARIOUS US CHARITIES EACH 500

  $4,061

  VARIOUS CHARITABLE CAUSES

• NATIONAL IMMIGRANT HERITAGE CENTER

  $1,500

  SPONSOR IMMIGRANT HERITAGE HALL OF GAME FUNDRAISER GALA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

13 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202621319349301142

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