Connecticut Automotive Retailers
To promote the interests of the ct automobile dealers before the state legislature and with various state agencies while providing programs and services that support the state's automotive retail industry.
Connecticut Automotive Retailers at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,628,229
- +27.7% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,321,814
- +6.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $2,328
- +28.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,361,944
- +7.0% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Connecticut Automotive Retailers funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2020, annual grant giving ranged from $13K (2020) to $21K (2019). In 2020 it made 1 grant totaling $13K.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,628,229 | $1,321,814 | $1,361,944 | — | — | $2,328 |
| 2024 | $1,275,491 | $1,244,769 | $1,273,195 | — | — | $1,812 |
| 2023 | $1,094,472 | $1,005,364 | $993,878 | — | — | $838 |
| 2022 | $487,813 | $901,772 | $974,543 | — | — | $490 |
| 2021 | $355,537 | $858,128 | $877,344 | — | — | $428 |
| 2020 | $327,395 | $1,005,056 | $1,080,087 | $13,169 | 1 | $2,022 |
| 2019 | $252,835 | $999,521 | $1,288,789 | $20,692 | 1 | $281 |
About Connecticut Automotive Retailers
Based on IRS filings
Connecticut Automotive Retailers is a public charity, based in Hartford, CT. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $2K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Connecticut Automotive Retailers is led by Sarah Fryxell, President on every filing since 2021; 1 of 20 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sarah Fryxell
President
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$20K (2021) → $180K (2025)
E. Clayton Gengras III
Chairman
Secretary → Vice Chairman, 2020
Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Aiosa
Nada Director & Assistant Treasurer
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Arthur Schaller Jr.
Honorary Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bradley Hoffman
Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Bolles
Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hayden Reynolds
Honorary Board Member
Treasurer → Chairman, 2021
Chairman → Honorary Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John O'Connell
Honorary Board Member
Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2020
Chairman → Honorary Board Member, 2021
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Larabee
Honorary Board Member
Chairman → Honorary Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Crowley
Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Mitchell
Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Lynch Jr.
Honorary Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Garavel
Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Miller
Honorary Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Valenti
Honorary Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Valenti Jr.
Vice Chairman
Secretary → Treasurer, 2021
Treasurer → Vice Chairman, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christine Monaco Dimauro
Treasurer
Board Member → Secretary, 2021
Secretary → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Courtney
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Spencer Brockman
Board Member
On filings since 2024
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Messner
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (13)
- Former: Frederick Blasius (2019–2024) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Edward Demarseilles (2019–2021) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: George J. Ryan (2019–2021) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: James Fleming (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Joseph Tufano (2019–2021) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Michael Healey (2019–2021) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Susan Atkins (2019–2021) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Mary Ellen Chechoski (2020–2021) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Anthony Mazza (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: David Stevens (2019–2020) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Meghan Scranton (2019–2020) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice (2019) — Honorary Board Member
- Former: Tamera Jackson (2019) — Treasurer
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $180K, to Sarah Fryxell (President).
Frequently asked questions about Connecticut Automotive Retailers
How large is Connecticut Automotive Retailers?
Connecticut Automotive Retailers reported $1.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.3M.
Where does Connecticut Automotive Retailers operate?
Connecticut Automotive Retailers has awarded grants in Connecticut.
What is Connecticut Automotive Retailers's EIN?
Connecticut Automotive Retailers's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-0302510. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 9, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 9, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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