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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,103,373
Total expenses
$13,992,302
Contributions and grants received
$13,939,801
Grants paid
$11,818,472
Program service revenue
$10,058
Investment income
$153,514
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,305,383
Total liabilities, end of year
$705,818
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,599,565
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,999,381
Management and general expenses
$696,106
Fundraising expenses
$296,815
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,999,381

Program services were 92.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $13,851,925

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $87,876

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM COSTSHARE

    total $10,058 · related or exempt $10,058

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $153,514 · excluded $153,514

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $11,818,472 · program services $11,818,472

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,203,862 · program services $614,551 · management and general $449,506 · fundraising $139,805

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $116,379 · program services $72,522 · management and general $22,912 · fundraising $20,945

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $128,773 · program services $80,245 · management and general $25,352 · fundraising $23,176

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $92,160 · program services $57,430 · management and general $18,144 · fundraising $16,586

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $132,663 · program services $131,093 · management and general $1,445 · fundraising $125

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,699 · program services $1,497 · management and general $47,202

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $100,704 · program services $71,455 · fundraising $29,249

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $73,814 · program services $57,807 · management and general $155 · fundraising $15,852

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,245 · program services $2,375 · management and general $20,761 · fundraising $3,109

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,836 · program services $27,533 · management and general $19,039 · fundraising $6,264

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $57,449 · program services $24,356 · management and general $14,223 · fundraising $18,870

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,431 · program services $1,203 · management and general $954 · fundraising $274

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,547 · management and general $14,547

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBERSHIPS

    total $65,045 · program services $21,048 · management and general $21,437 · fundraising $22,560

  • 24b · Other expenses: GRANTS AWARDED & REFUNDED

    total $40,185 · management and general $40,185

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

    total $18,038 · program services $17,794 · management and general $244

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $368,484 · end of year $155,441

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,204,808 · end of year $1,007,210

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $475,526 · end of year $372,149

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,290 · end of year $2,728

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,109 · end of year $46,599

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

    $23,869

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

    $13,784

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,298 · end of year $10,085

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $552,238 · end of year $667,457

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $43,714

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,848 · end of year $73,380

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $3,960,144 · end of year $468,402

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $207,527 · end of year $121,422

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $42,614

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,307,933 · end of year $1,556,445

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $80,301 · end of year $43,120

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES CHAMPIONS THE ENDURING VALUE OF PUBLIC HUMANITIES IN OUR LIVES AND CIVIL SOCIETY. THROUGH GRANT FUNDING AND CAPACITY BUILDING, CTH STRIVES TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC HUMANITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE STORYTELLING, LIFELONG LEARNING, INFORMED PUBLIC DIALOGUE, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN WAYS THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CONNECTICUT'S RESIDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES ENCOURAGES CURIOSITY, UNDERSTANDING AND CRITICAL THINKING, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP THROUGH GRANTS, PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS.

  • CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL, INC. AWARDED OVER 900 GRANTS TO QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS FOR PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC, AND COVID RELIEF GRANTS. INTERNET-BASED AND DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONALS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR MUSEUM PRACTITIONERS.

    Expenses $12,999,381 · Grants $11,818,472

  • CT CENTER FOR THE BOOK PROMOTES THE CT BOOK AWARDS AND BOOK VOYAGERS, AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT IS DEDICATED TO HELPING FAMILIES AND YOUTH ENGAGE WITH LITERATURE.

  • CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL, INC.'S DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROGRAM HAS A VARIETY OF INTERNET BASED RESOURCES INCLUDING CONNECTICUTHISTORY.ORG WHICH SERVES AS AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CONNECTICUT'S RICH HISTORY. TEACH IT BRINGING CT HISTORY TO THE CLASSROOM.

  • CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL, INC. PROVIDES A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INCLUDING ORGANIZATION BUILDING INITIATIVES, HELPING ORGANIZATIONS CONNECT WITH PRESENTERS AND DISCUSSION LEADERS AND PROMOTES STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY TO LIFE IN CONNECTICUT CLASSROOMS.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Mancini

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $236,226
    From this org
    $183,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,573
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $21,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,303
    Filer's total
    $236,226
  • Nicholas Bellantoni

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Claiborn

    MEMBER-AT-AL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melinda Cruanes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merve Emre

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Forsyth

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramin Ganeshram

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Akeia De Barros Gomes

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandy Grande

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Helen Higgins

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Horowitz

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yi-Chun Tricia Lin

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kariann McDougall

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenn McKenna

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Mihalec

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Mitchell

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Regen O'Malley

    AT-LARGE MEM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hanna Przada

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Rapacz

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rorie Rueckert

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Schander

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carlos Torre

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth G Torres

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daivd Westmoreland

    OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Wiener

    MEMBER-AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501199349301850

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