CONNECTICUT FORUM INC

EIN 06-1343149 HARTFORD, CT

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Revenue 2024: $2,643,039
Expenses 2024: $2,119,857

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: Z99Z
Classification: 1000
Street: 750 MAIN STREET 3RD FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

THE CONNECTICUT FORUM CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT TO INTELLECTUAL ENRICHMENT OF THIS REGION, ENGAGING IN THE GREAT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR TIME BY HOSTING A SERIES OF FORUMS AT THE BUSHNELL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS RELATED TO EACH FORUM ALONGSIDE LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

Expenses $1,824,674 · Revenue $1,086,821

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Imelda SuitIMELDA SUIT

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
David DayeDAVID DAYE

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
John LivingstoneJOHN LIVINGSTONE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Virginia McGarrityVIRGINIA MCGARRITY

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jill AdamsJILL ADAMS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Julie AlleyneJULIE ALLEYNE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Laura AmentaLAURA AMENTA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kristine BankowskiKRISTINE BANKOWSKI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steven BlauSTEVEN BLAU

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Tim BrennanTIM BRENNAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Leander DolphinLEANDER DOLPHIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kristen EshlemanKRISTEN ESHLEMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
William FishWILLIAM FISH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sue HesselSUE HESSEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Ginny KimGINNY KIM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Diane KorntheuerDIANE KORNTHEUER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Srini MandavilliSRINI MANDAVILLI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cyndi SternCYNDI STERN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Doris SugarmanDORIS SUGARMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$9,840

From this org

$9,150

From related orgs

$0

Other

$690

Hours/week

2
Richard SugarmanRICHARD SUGARMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$690

From this org

$0

From related orgs

$0

Other

$690

Hours/week

1
Meg WarrenMEG WARREN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Natalie WeaverNATALIE WEAVER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mana ZarinejadMANA ZARINEJAD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$136,522

From this org

$125,671

From related orgs

$0

Other

$10,851

Hours/week

40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$2,643,039

Expenses

$2,119,857

Contributions

$1,518,774

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,217,754

Expenses

$1,403,119

Contributions

$662,650

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,230,702

Expenses

$1,345,994

Contributions

$795,332

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,643,039	$2,119,857	$1,518,774	$0
2023	$1,217,754	$1,403,119	$662,650	$0
2022	$1,230,702	$1,345,994	$795,332	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$1,241,438

Expenses

$1,385,861

Assets (EOY)

$686,630
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,444,832

Expenses

$971,009

Assets (EOY)

$898,233
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,219,641

Expenses

$1,160,981

Assets (EOY)

$1,109,843
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,385,110

Expenses

$1,471,497

Assets (EOY)

$829,861
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,736,420

Expenses

$1,488,543

Assets (EOY)

$928,752
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,375,423

Expenses

$1,445,906

Assets (EOY)

$738,911
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,566,358

Expenses

$1,437,648

Assets (EOY)

$699,275
2014 · 990

Revenue

$1,448,607

Expenses

$1,522,981

Assets (EOY)

$581,614
2013 · 990

Revenue

$1,385,284

Expenses

$1,424,802

Assets (EOY)

$563,332
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$1,357,248

Assets (EOY)

$567,150

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,241,438	$1,385,861	$686,630
2020	990	$1,444,832	$971,009	$898,233
2019	990	$1,219,641	$1,160,981	$1,109,843
2018	990	$1,385,110	$1,471,497	$829,861
2017	990	$1,736,420	$1,488,543	$928,752
2016	990	$1,375,423	$1,445,906	$738,911
2015	990	$1,566,358	$1,437,648	$699,275
2014	990	$1,448,607	$1,522,981	$581,614
2013	990	$1,385,284	$1,424,802	$563,332
2012	990	not reported	$1,357,248	$567,150

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

$116,868

2023 CAPACITY BUILDING
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$94,788

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$86,500

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

$36,600

2022 CT CULTURAL FUND OPE
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

$35,000

2022 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$34,254

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$28,323

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$28,100

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

$21,000

2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

$19,557

2022 CAPACITY BUILDING

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.