Connecticut Heritage Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061315704
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8607576500
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,917
Expenses
$40,412
Assets
$141,467

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ARTHUR J MULLIGAN (CHAIR)
  • Kendall Wiggin (Treasurer)
  • Deborah Schander (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the awareness of Connecticut? s history and culture by providing resources that will support and expand the collections and educational programs of the Connecticut State Library and the Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History and Heritage

What it reported doing in 2024

Seed Education Grant-Elisabeth Nevins, owner of Seed Education Consulting, served as the Exhibit Planning Consultant for the ? Connecticut? s Role in the Founding of the United States? project from July 2024-March 2025. Nevins led the planning project, managing meetings with an Advisory Team, Connecticut State Library's (CSL) Internal 250 Committee, and the Core Planning Team to brainstorm topics for the exhibit, solidify themes, identify individual stories and artifacts, and provide feedback for layout and design. Under her leadership, the team was able to create a comprehensive plan for an exhibit called "Connecticut? s Revolution" that includes an Exhibit Brief, Exhibit Framework, and Exhibit Designs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -102.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.5; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -116.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.