POLISH AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A230

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 1525

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

• THE CONNECTICUT-BASED SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE "POLANIE" WAS FORMED IN 2006, JOINED POLISH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION SOON THEREAFTER, AND NOW CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 70 INDIVIDUALS. THE GROUP HAS FOUR DANCE GROUPS, A BAND, AND A CIRCLE OF SINGERS. BEGINNING IN 2013, POLANIE BEGAN HOSTING ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVALS IN LOCAL TOWNS. THE EVENTS ARE ATTENDED BY OVER 700 PEOPLE AND FEATURE DANCE AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES FROM GROUPS REPRESENTING THE UKRAINE, PERU, GERMANY, PORTUGAL AND POLAND, IN ADDITION TO THE UNITED STATES. POLANIE IS ALSO PROUD TO PARTNER WITH AND HOST ARTISTS FROM VARIOUS FAMOUS POLISH ENSEMBLES. FAMOUS ARTISTS FROM "MAZOWSZE AND "ZIEMIA BYDGOSKA" PERFORMED WITH POLANIE. THE GROUP IS PASSIONATE ABOUT POLISH MUSIC AND DANCE. DUE TO ITS VARIED REPERTOIRE POLANIE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PERFORMING AT CONSULATE OFFICES, WEDDINGS, PARADES, NATIONAL FESTIVALS, AND SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND POLAND.THE MISSION OF "POLANIE" SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE IS TO ENGAGE IN ENTHUSIASTIC PERFORMANCES THAT PROVIDE JOY TO OUR AUDIENCE. THE GROUP IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS WITH THE HARD WORK AND HELP OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS, AND THE FAMILIES OF THE DANCERS.

  Expenses $131,102 · Revenue $32,663

• POLONIA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION - INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING RING THAT LINKS BUSINESS INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, SERVES POLONIA COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZES THE ANNUAL "LITTLE POLAND" FESTIVAL. SINCE ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS JUST OVER A DECADE AGO, THE LITTLE POLAND FESTIVAL HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING AND MOST POPULAR CULTURAL FESTIVALS IN ALL OF NEW ENGLAND. THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN NEW BRITAIN'S LITTLE POLAND NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH TO THIS DAY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST VIBRANT POLISH COMMUNITIES IN ALL THE US.EACH YEAR, THE FESTIVAL ATTRACTS OVER 30,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS ALL OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE EAST COAST WHO COME OUT TO ENJOY OUR EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP ON TWO STAGES, TRADITIONAL FOLKS DANCING PERFORMANCES, DOZENS OF RESTAURANTS SERVING DELICIOUS POLISH FOOD, BEER GARDENS, OVER 100 VENDOR BOOTHS, AN ANTIQUE CAR SHOW AND PLENTY OF ATTRACTIONS FOR OUR YOUNGEST FESTIVAL GOERS.

  Expenses $63,279 · Revenue $120,836

• WELCOME HOME IS AN INVITATION FOR AMERICANS OF POLISH DESCENT TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR POLISH HERITAGE. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES THE POLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR ADULTS, FOLK ART CLASSES, GENEALOGY AND TRIPS TO POLAND. OUR ANNUAL PISANKI (DECORATED EASTER EGGS) CLASSES HAVE BECOME A NEW EASTER TRADITION FOR MANY PEOPLE. OUR TRIPS TO POLAND ARE ABOUT EXPLORING THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF POLAND UNLIKE ANY OTHER POLAND TRIPS. WE ALSO SPONSORED A GENEALOGY CONFERENCE IN POLAND AND ARE ADDING GENEALOGY INDEXES NOT FOUND ON OTHER WEBSITES. OUR POLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL FOR ADULTS OFFERS SEVERAL LEVELS OF POLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES AND WELL ATTENDED BY OVER 200 STUDENTS ANNUALLY.

  Expenses $33,454 · Revenue $27,227

• Expenses $162,879 · Grants $93,468 · Revenue $28,755

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $497,788

  Expenses

  $419,335

  Contributions

  $288,307

  Grants paid

  $93,468

• 2023

  Revenue

  $24,031

  Expenses

  $459,568

  Contributions

  $197,655

  Grants paid

  $141,381

• 2022

  Revenue

  $457,365

  Expenses

  $421,769

  Contributions

  $209,494

  Grants paid

  $149,872

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

  $425,069

  Expenses

  $394,956

  Assets (EOY)

  $851,182

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $158,628

  Expenses

  $141,954

  Assets (EOY)

  $749,828

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $309,341

  Expenses

  $295,493

  Assets (EOY)

  $725,044

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $333,926

  Expenses

  $311,249

  Assets (EOY)

  $647,851

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $325,588

  Expenses

  $341,073

  Assets (EOY)

  $591,944

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $325,588

  Expenses

  $341,073

  Assets (EOY)

  $591,944

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $208,073

  Expenses

  $218,006

  Assets (EOY)

  $588,487

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $383,814

  Expenses

  $289,216

  Assets (EOY)

  $598,471

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $103,429

  Expenses

  $105,017

  Assets (EOY)

  $500,473

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $115,341

  Expenses

  $125,277

  Assets (EOY)

  $498,513

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

• THE FRYDERYK CHOPIN SOCIETY OF CT

  $10,000

  2024 · TO ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO RECORD CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES

• VARIOUS US CHARITIES EACH 500

  $4,061

  2024 · VARIOUS CHARITABLE CAUSES

• NATIONAL IMMIGRANT HERITAGE CENTER

  $3,000

  2023 · SPONSOR IMMIGRANT HERITAGE HALL OF GAME FUNDRAISER GALA

• VARIOUS US CHARITIES EACH 500

  $2,800

  2023 · VARIOUS CHARITABLE CAUSES

• POLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL

  $2,325

  2023 · GRANT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE POLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL

• NATIONAL IMMIGRANT HERITAGE CENTER

  $1,500

  2024 · SPONSOR IMMIGRANT HERITAGE HALL OF GAME FUNDRAISER GALA

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $34,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• WESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $30,000

  2022 · UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS

• FORGOOD INC

  $20,114

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $10,500

  2023 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Efforts

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER NEW BRITAIN INC

  $8,367

  2022 · TECHMOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $8,200

  2022 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• MAIN STREET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $7,184

  2023 · COMMUNITY HELP PROGRAM FOR WOMAN AND CHILDREN IN THE UKRAINE

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $5,300

  2022 · CT CULTURAL FUND OPE

• MAIN STREET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $5,153

  2022 · SUPPORT FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

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

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