Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$47,192,654

Total expenses

$46,819,088

Contributions and grants received

$44,562,646

Grants paid

$8,063,582

Program service revenue

$2,502,649

Investment income

$127,359

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$8,164,139

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,347,127

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,817,012

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$46,819,088

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$46,819,088

Program services were 100.0% 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 · 2023

• SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HAS BEEN PROVEN IN NATIONAL STUDIES TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND SAVE CITIZENS MONEY BY REDUCING OR ELIMINATING FAR MORE EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVES, LIKE HOSPITALIZATIONS, PRISON TIME AND SHELTER STAYS. THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO REUNITE AND KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER THROUGH APPROPRIATE HOUSING. OTHER SCATTERED-SITE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS ASSIST BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM A DISABILITY OR FROM CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITH DIGNITY.

  Expenses $20,906,816

• COMMUNITY JUSTICE: THE CONNECTION, INC. HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF CONNECTICUT'S RECOGNIZED LEADERS IN IMPROVING COMMUNITY SAFETY AND JUSTICE BY HELPING THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BECOME PRODUCTIVE AND VALUED CITIZENS. STARTING WITH THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM, CONNECTION HOUSE, ONE OF THE FIRST HALFWAY HOUSES IN THE STATE, TO THE MOST RECENT, A UNIQUE SCATTERED SITE APARTMENT PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE LEAVING PRISON, THE ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED THE NECESSARY RESIDENTIAL, REHABILITATION, AND SUPERVISORY SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE TURN AROUND THEIR LIVES. WORKING CLOSELY WITH ITS FUNDERS AND SERVICE PARTNERS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS UTILIZED PROVEN STATE-OF-THE-ART COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT APPROACHES TO SUCCESSFULLY REDUCE CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM.

  Expenses $16,714,636 · Grants $8,063,582 · Revenue $2,502,649

• BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE AT THE HEART OF MANY PROBLEMS THE CONNECTION, INC. ADDRESSES. THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES TWO FREE STANDING OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS, AND DELIVERS EMPIRICALLY-VALIDATED PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION APPROACHES AT ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS. IN SO DOING, THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERS A PREVENTATIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF ADDICTION AND STRESS, AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOPE AND RECOVERY TO ALL ITS CLIENTS.

  Expenses $9,197,636

As filed on the 2023 return.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AGENCY

  $389,083

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• WHEELER CLINIC

  $302,959

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• BH CARE

  $259,727

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• FELLOWSHIP PLACE INC

  $222,688

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• THE ACCESS AGENCY

  $214,072

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• WELLMORE INC

  $208,916

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• PRIME TIME

  $79,796

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• LIBERTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC

  $63,343

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

  $50,000

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• CORNELL SCOTT HILL

  $42,000

  PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• THE CONNECTION FUND INC

  501(C)(3) · MANAGEMENT · CT

• THE CONNECTION FUND REALTY INC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · CT

• THE CONNECTION INC EMPLOYEES

  501(C)(9) · TRUST · CT

• THE CONNECTION FUND - JEFFERSON INC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · CT

• THE CONNECTION FUND - LIBERTY INC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · CT

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541349349305779

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