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← CONNECTICUT FORUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CONNECTICUT FORUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,230,702
Total expenses
$1,345,994
Contributions and grants received
$795,332
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$418,236
Investment income
$17,134
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$669,922
Total liabilities, end of year
$176,959
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$492,963
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,031,297
Management and general expenses
$161,231
Fundraising expenses
$153,466
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,031,297

Program services were 76.6% 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

    $795,332

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $256,443 · related or exempt $256,443

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIO

    total $161,793 · related or exempt $161,793

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,335 · excluded $17,335

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $29,876

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $30,077

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$201

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$201 · excluded -$201

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $125,000 · program services $75,000 · management and general $25,000 · fundraising $25,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $362,823 · program services $205,529 · management and general $77,674 · fundraising $79,620

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $60,588 · program services $34,838 · management and general $12,753 · fundraising $12,997

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,908 · program services $21,222 · management and general $7,769 · fundraising $7,917

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,050 · management and general $1,050

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,575 · management and general $9,575

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,841 · program services $22,841

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $49,051 · program services $28,204 · management and general $10,325 · fundraising $10,522

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,073 · program services $2,917 · management and general $1,068 · fundraising $1,088

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,026 · program services $4,615 · management and general $1,689 · fundraising $1,722

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPEAKER EXPENSES

    total $337,657 · program services $337,657

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $185,811 · program services $185,811

  • 24c · Other expenses: OPERATING LEASE EXPENSE

    total $56,100 · program services $32,258 · management and general $11,809 · fundraising $12,033

  • 24d · Other expenses: DINNER EXPENSES

    total $42,346 · program services $42,346

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $43,145 · program services $38,059 · management and general $2,519 · fundraising $2,567

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $45,740 · end of year $40,550

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $397,516 · end of year $318,020

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $64,400 · end of year $58,150

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $129,411 · end of year $163,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $39,221 · end of year $75,969

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

    $46,057

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

    $42,288

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,842 · end of year $3,769

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $9,964

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,685 · end of year $17,847

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $30,690 · end of year $149,516

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,596

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $510,455 · end of year $329,993

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $97,800 · end of year $162,970

Mission and programs · 2022

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • THE ORGANIZATION ENRICHED THE COMMUNITY BY PRESENTING FOUR ENTERTAINING, INSPIRING AND PROVOCATIVE FORUMS IN FY'23. THE FORUM BRINGS UNIQUE COMBINATIONS OF RENOWNED PERSONALITIES AND EXPERTS TO HARTFORD TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF THE DAY. BUILDING UPON MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF PROGRAMMING SUCCESS THE ORGANIZATION AGAIN PRESENTED FOUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FORUMS: HOW MUSIC MOVES US, RHIANNON GIDDENS IN CONVERSATION WITH ALLISON RUSSELL; A CONVERSATION WITH SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR; MISINFORMATION AND FINDING THE TRUTH, RECKONING WITH TODAY'S MEDIA LANDSCAPE; HUSKY NATION! UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK & LIFE OFF THE COURT. EACH FORUM, HELD IN THE ICONIC BUSHNELL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN HARTFORD, CAN ATTRACT UP TO 2800 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. ALONG WITH THE FORUMS, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND A COMPLIMENTARY TICKET OUTREACH PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO THE FORUMS AND OUR EXTRAORDINARY PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS.

    Expenses $1,031,297 · Revenue $418,236

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven Blau

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cyndi Billian Stern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Malley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Laura Amenta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Doris Sugarman

    FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard Sugarman

    FOUNDING PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Jensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Akhil Johri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Diane Korntheuer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Daye

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Fish

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Hessel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Knight

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Imelda Suit

    VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jason Madrak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shawn Wooden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Paula Angelo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Denis Horrigan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Livingstone

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Dantaya Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kimberly Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Maglio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Srini Mandavilli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Cullen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $126,943
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,943
    Hours/week
    50
  • Kristine Bankowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Virginia McGarrity

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2022
Filed
30 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303129349300835

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