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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ADVANCING CONNECTICUT TOGETHER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,515,660
Total expenses
$13,024,870
Contributions and grants received
$13,306,158
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,896
Other revenue
$207,606
Total assets, end of year
$6,458,848
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,776,456
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,682,392
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,144,266
Management and general expenses
$819,424
Fundraising expenses
$61,180
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,144,266

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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $34,650

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $11,788,301

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,483,207

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $725 · excluded $725

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,688

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

    securities $8,517

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,171

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,171 · related or exempt $1,171

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $50,754

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $34,650

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,775

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $36,979 · excluded $36,979

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $170,627 · related or exempt $170,627

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $170,627

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $145,611 · program services $94,647 · management and general $50,964

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,239,735 · program services $1,826,228 · management and general $367,847 · fundraising $45,660

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $47,527 · program services $29,132 · management and general $17,232 · fundraising $1,163

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $237,189 · program services $189,934 · management and general $39,687 · fundraising $7,568

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $175,451 · program services $130,775 · management and general $39,437 · fundraising $5,239

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,188 · program services $688 · management and general $500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $214,545 · program services $82,442 · management and general $131,817 · fundraising $286

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,212 · program services $17,576 · management and general $625 · fundraising $11

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $114,194 · program services $105,885 · management and general $8,090 · fundraising $219

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $274,484 · program services $223,850 · management and general $49,848 · fundraising $786

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $62,195 · program services $57,540 · management and general $4,562 · fundraising $93

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $54,452 · program services $43,303 · management and general $11,037 · fundraising $112

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT ASSISTANCE

    total $8,582,962 · program services $8,580,877 · management and general $2,085

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTS

    total $440,346 · program services $369,994 · management and general $70,352

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM

    total $374,635 · program services $369,508 · management and general $5,092 · fundraising $35

  • 24d · Other expenses: VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT

    total $21,893 · program services $16,348 · management and general $5,545

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,251 · program services $5,539 · management and general $14,704 · fundraising $8

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $936,397 · end of year $1,603,354

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,952,753 · end of year $4,070,605

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,682 · end of year $44,624

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

    $460,248

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

    $306,269

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $182,658 · end of year $153,979

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $120,198 · end of year $119,329

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $465,164 · end of year $466,957

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $215,264 · end of year $414,528

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,249,706 · end of year $1,869,342

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,106,895 · end of year $492,586

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,081,359 · end of year $3,169,935

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $46,628 · end of year $512,457

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AN UMBRELLA AGENCY THAT ENCOMPASSES A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMATIC SERVICES WHOSE COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRENGTHENS AND BROADENS SERVICES ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY, ADDICTION AND HEALTH INEQUITIES. WE SEE A FUTURE WHEREBY OUR NEIGHBORS THRIVE IN AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY, ADDICTION AND HEALTH INEQUITIES THROUGH STRENGTH-BASED SERVICES AND ADVOCACY TO ENSURE ALL PEOPLE IN CONNECTICUT HAVE EQUITABLE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING/TA: DISTRIBUTED EMERGENCY AND HOUSING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HOMELESS AND HIV INDIVIDUALS. OVER 10,000 REQUESTS WERE PROCESSED FOR $7 MILLION. PROVIDED TRAINING WORKSHOPS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS TO CASE MANAGERS AND HOUSING PROVIDERS SERVING PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV.

    Expenses $8,027,964

  • HIV SERVICES:HIV CASE MANAGEMENT LINKING CONSUMERS TO MEDICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES; PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING "CONNECTIONS" A WELLNESS DROP-IN CENTER; DAILY MEALS; AND REP PAYEE SERVICES IN THE GREATER HARTFORD AREA. SHORT- TERM CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SOON-TO-BE RELEASED HIV INMATES THROUGHOUT CT. 19,378 UNITS OF SERVICE WERE PROVIDED. THE PREVENTION STAFF CONDUCTED OVER 250 HIV TESTS; COLLECTED 230,524 AND DISTRIBUTED 265,546 SYRINGES THROUGH MOBILE VAN EXCHANGES; MADE REFERRALS TO SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, STI SCREENING/TREATMENT, HOUSING, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRAINED AND DISTRIBUTED OVERDOSE PREVENTION KITS TO 495 INDIVIDUALS. PREVENTION AND STI INFORMATION WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH 1,748 ORDERS INCLUDING OVER 1 MILLION CONDOMS.

    Expenses $2,488,266

  • FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT SERVICES:THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) SITES PROVIDED 10,883 FREE TAX PREPARATION AND ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL AND STATE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS (EITCS) AND FEDERAL CHILD TAX CREDIT WITH TAX RETURNS OF $13 MILLION IN FEDERAL REFUNDS AND CREDITS. PROVIDED ASSET-BUILDING SERVICES TO HELP FAMILIES MOVE OUT OF POVERTY, SERVING 1,814 THROUGH 157 CLASSES. ALSO ASSISTED 304 RETURNING CITIZENS (FROM INCARCERATION) TO BECOME ESTABLISHED IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING 41 PERSONS WITH NEW BANK ACCOUNTS.

    Expenses $1,220,435

  • SPONSORED AND OTHER:PROVIDED FISCAL SPONSOR SERVICES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE, KEEP THE PROMISE AND OTHER COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS; AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE AGENCY

    Expenses $407,601

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kellyann Day

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Cannon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catherine Butler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Chapman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Maignan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorrie Wesoly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lillian Assignon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Cooke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Perkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Wood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Hernandez

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia McKenna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terence Floyd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Y'Isiah Lopes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Means

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John P Merz

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $161,247
    From this org
    $145,611
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,611
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,335
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,301
    Filer's total
    $161,247

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403179349304810

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