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Capital Workforce Partners Inc

Foundation · Grantmaker Hartford, CT EIN: 06-1013293 Website

Capital Workforce Partners Inc. is a Hartford, Connecticut–based public charity and regional workforce investment board serving 37 municipalities in north central Connecticut. Formed in 1979, it coordinates programs for job seekers and works with area employers to address workforce needs.

Key facts about Capital Workforce Partners Inc

In short: Capital Workforce Partners Inc gave $15.6M across 23 grants in 2025 (avg $677K), mostly in Michigan. 4% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
06-1013293
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$15,565,744
Grants made (2025)
23
Average grant
$676,771
Median grant
$251,398
New grantees (estimate)
4% first-time grantees (1 of 23, 2025)
Total assets
$7,854,333
Primary geography
Michigan (55% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$7.9M

-10.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$15.6M

+3.2% YoY

Grant Count

23

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$677K

+3.2% YoY

Is Capital Workforce Partners Inc open to new grantees?

4%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 1 of 23 grantees (4%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $20K; repeat grants $707K. How we count

Medians: $20K first-time, $260K repeat.

  • 96% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization describes its mission as serving 37 municipalities in north central Connecticut and coordinating comprehensive programs for job-seeking employees. Its adult services are delivered primarily through seven American Job Centers and one job funnel location. The organization says these services include programs supported by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, federal grants, and state and philanthropic funding. It reported serving 12,393 people in adult services in fiscal year 2024.

Its youth programs serve opportunity youth ages 14–24 who are not connected to school or employment, using career pathways that include occupational skills training, work-based learning, and internships. The organization reported serving 1,583 youth in fiscal year 2024.

Grants in 2025 went to organizations with a range of workforce, youth, and community programs. For example, Our Piece of the Pie received funding for youth employment training. Blue Hills Civic Association, which received $994,795, describes its mission as empowering people in Blue Hills and surrounding communities to create stable and attractive neighborhoods through organizing, advocacy, and multigenerational programs. Center for Latino Progress, which received $406,870, describes its mission as advancing socioeconomic conditions, with an emphasis on Hispanics, through education, training, support services, leadership development, and advocacy. Hartford Public Library, which received $325,655, says its mission is to provide free resources that inspire reading, guide learning, and encourage individual exploration.

Other recipients included The Workplace Inc., which says it provides job training, placement, and counseling for dislocated and economically disadvantaged individuals; Workforce Alliance Inc., which says it provides job training through various programs; and Northwest Regional Workforce, which describes its work as developing and overseeing employment and training services in parts of Connecticut.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, Capital Workforce Partners reported 23 grants totaling $15,565,744. Grant amounts ranged from $15,790 to $8,583,980, with a median of $251,398. The largest grant was $8,583,980 to Educational Data Systems Inc. in Dearborn, Michigan, for employment training.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The organization states that its workforce programs serve 37 municipalities in north central Connecticut. In 2025, 45% of reported grant dollars went to Connecticut recipients and 55% went to Michigan recipients.

Grant Distribution by State

5states

Share of all 23 itemized 2025 grant dollars.

Cities

HartfordNew BritainEast HartfordBridgeportManchesterNew HavenWest HartfordDearbornFranklinVernonBloomfieldBostonBristolColumbiaMiddletownNorth HavenWaterburyWethersfieldWindsorBerlin

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5M$10M$15M$20M48 grants202016 grants20210 grants20220 grants202323 grants202423 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Educational Data Systems Inc: $8.6MEducational Data Systems Inc$8.6MOur Piece of the Pie (Opp): $1.5MOur Piece of the Pie (Opp)$1.5MBlue Hills Civic Association: $995KBlue Hills Civic Association$995KEastern CT Workforce Investment Boa: $696KEastern CT WorkforceInvestment Boa$696KHuman Resources Agency of NB: $508KHuman Resources Agency of NB$508KOic New Britain Inc: $470KOic New Britain Inc$470KCenter for Latino Progress: $407KCenter for Latino Progress$407KHartford Public Library: $326KHartford Public Library$326KThe Workplace Inc: $301KThe Workplace Inc$301KWorkforce Alliance: $295KWorkforce Alliance$295K

Grant Size Distribution

62 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K10$50–100K14$100–250K16$250–500K13$500K–1M2$1–5M3$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
EDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS INC Dearborn, MIEMPLOYMENT TRAINING$8,583,980
OUR PIECE OF THE PIE (OPP) Hartford, CTYOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA$1,478,200
BLUE HILLS CIVIC ASSOCIATION Hartford, CTYOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA$994,795
EASTERN CT WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOA Franklin, CTADULT EMPLOYMENT TRA$695,609
HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY OF NB New Britain, CTYOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA$507,820
OIC NEW BRITAIN INC New Britain, CTYOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA$470,030
CENTER FOR LATINO PROGRESS Hartford, CTYOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA$406,870
HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY Hartford, CTYOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA$325,655
THE WORKPLACE INC Bridgeport, CTEMPLOYMENT TRAINING$301,286
WORKFORCE ALLIANCE New Haven, CTEMPLOYMENT TRAINING$295,430

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants reported
2025 $7,854,333 $28,229,277 $28,088,379 $15,565,744 (23 grants)
2024 $8,806,963 $25,725,459 $26,023,914 $15,080,880 (23 grants)
2023 $8,640,162 $24,002,076 $23,781,569 0 grants reported
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$10M$20M$30M$40M202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$7,854,333$8,806,963$8,640,162
Revenue$28,229,277$25,725,459$24,002,076
Expenses$28,088,379$26,023,914$23,781,569
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income———
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 2, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 27, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 30, 2025)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 2, 2026)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Alex Johnson as President/CE; Kimberly Staley as VP/ Chief of; James Boucher as Chief Strat; and Julie Watson as Accountabili. It also lists Richard McGeary as Chairman; Jennifer DiBella and Fiona Mohring as Vice Chairs; Phillip Montgomery as Secretary; Stephen Vaughan as Treasurer; and Todd Andrews as Member.

Capital Workforce Partners Inc is led by Alex Johnson, President since 2022 (on filings since 2020); 7 of 32 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Alex Johnson

    President

    President & CEO → President, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $189K (2020) → $225K (2025)

  • Richard McGeary

    Chairman

    Secretary → Chairman, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Boucher

    Chief Strat

    Chief Strategy Officer → Chief Strat, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $121K (2020) → $158K (2025)

  • Kimberly Staley

    Vice President & Chief of

    Chief Administrative Officer → Chief Administrator, 2022

    Chief Administrator → Vice President & Chief of, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $147K (2020) → $36K (2025)

  • Julie Watson

    Accountabili

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $133K (2022) → $138K (2025)

  • Sandy Mackie

    Chief Program

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $123K (2024) → $127K (2025)

  • Daniel Garewski

    Manager Sp Program

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2025)

  • Tracy Beckley

    CFO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $143K (2025)

  • Fiona Mohring

    Vice Chair

    Director → Member, 2021

    Member → Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Dibella

    Vice Chair

    Director → Member, 2021

    Member → Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Nimmons

    Member

    Director → Member, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Phillip Montgomery

    Secretary

    Director → Member, 2021

    Member → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Vaughan

    Treasurer

    Director → Member, 2021

    Member → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Andrews

    Member

    Director → Member, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Mongellow

    Member

    Chair → Chairman, 2021

    Chairman → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Nixon-Moore

    Member

    Director → Member, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Komarow

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Beber

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denis Horrigan

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Fernando Muniz

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Keith Grant

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marcy Reed

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Hart

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Otis

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Steinmetz

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan White

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Urvashi Shah

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vinnie Valente

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Weiner

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Krystal Kelly

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maryam Bitar

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sandy Reis

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (25)
  • Former: John Simoneau (2020–2023) — Member
  • Former: Jonathan Richmond (2020–2023) — Member
  • Former: Lindy Lee Gold (2020–2023) — Member
  • Former: Sandy Mello (2020–2023) — Member
  • Former: Sheldon Bustow (2020–2023) — Member
  • Former: Laura Hitt (2022–2023) — Controller
  • Former: Clodomiro Falcon (2023) — Member
  • Former: Katie Dagostino (2023) — Member
  • Former: Bettina Armour (2020–2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Bill Bishop (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Dan Tapper (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Duncan Harris (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Johnathan Colman (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Lyle Wray (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Mike Komaromi (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Renata Dixon (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Susan Pierson (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Yolanda Rivera (2022) — Construction
  • Former: Julie Watson - Compliance (2020–2021) — Accountability Administrator
  • Former: Richard Pearson (2020–2021) — Strategic Partnership Officer
  • Former: Yolanda Rivera - Director (2020–2021) — Construction Sector Initiative
  • Former: Eric Hoeppner (2020) — Director
  • Former: Joseph Toner (2020) — Director
  • Former: Paula Gilberto (2020) — Director
  • Former: Terry Borjeson (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Alex Johnson — President/Ce: $225KAlex JohnsonPresident/Ce$225KJames Boucher — Chief Strat: $158KJames BoucherChief Strat$158KTracy Beckley — CFO: $143KTracy BeckleyCFO$143KJulie Watson — Accountabili: $138KJulie WatsonAccountabili$138KSandy Mackie — Chief Prog.: $127KSandy MackieChief Prog.$127KDaniel Garewski — MGR SP Prog: $102KDaniel GarewskiMGR SP Prog$102KKimberly Staley — VP/ Chief of: $36KKimberly StaleyVP/ Chief of$36K

Contact

Mailing address: 1 Union Place 3Rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: (860) 522-1111
Website: https://capitalworkforcepartners.org

Frequently asked questions about Capital Workforce Partners Inc

How much does Capital Workforce Partners Inc give each year?

Capital Workforce Partners Inc gave $15.6M across 23 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $15.1M across 23 grants.

What is Capital Workforce Partners Inc's typical grant size?

Capital Workforce Partners Inc's median grant in 2025 was $251,398, and its average grant was $676,771, across 23 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Capital Workforce Partners Inc that year got $20K on average.

Where does Capital Workforce Partners Inc give grants?

Capital Workforce Partners Inc gives mostly in Michigan: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Connecticut (45%). The most frequent recipient cities were Hartford, CT (9 grants), New Britain, CT (2 grants) and Bridgeport, CT (2 grants).

Does Capital Workforce Partners Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 23 grants with a stated purpose on Capital Workforce Partners Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Youth Employment Tra" (16 grants) and "Employment Training" (4 grants).

Who are Capital Workforce Partners Inc's largest grantees?

Capital Workforce Partners Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Educational Data Systems Inc ($8,583,980), Our Piece of the Pie (Opp) ($1,478,200) and Blue Hills Civic Association ($994,795), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 71% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Capital Workforce Partners Inc?

Capital Workforce Partners Inc reported $7.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $28.2M.

What does Capital Workforce Partners Inc fund?

The organization describes its mission as serving 37 municipalities in north central Connecticut and coordinating comprehensive programs for job-seeking employees. Its adult services are delivered primarily through seven American Job Centers and one job funnel location. The organization says these services include programs supported by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, federal grants, and state and philanthropic funding. It reported serving 12,393 people in adult services in…

How do I apply for a grant from Capital Workforce Partners Inc?

In filing year 2025, Capital Workforce Partners reported 23 grants totaling $15,565,744. Grant amounts ranged from $15,790 to $8,583,980, with a median of $251,398. The largest grant was $8,583,980 to Educational Data Systems Inc. in Dearborn, Michigan, for employment training. Other large 2025 grants included $1,478,200 to Our Piece of the Pie in Hartford for youth employment training; $695,609 to Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board in Franklin for adult employment training; $507,820 to Huma…

What is Capital Workforce Partners Inc's EIN?

Capital Workforce Partners Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-1013293. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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