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US nonprofit · EIN 266406869 · Middletown, CTiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 266406869) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2009.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Connection Inc Employee Benefit TR

Revenue
$7.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$7.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$3.5m
$2.1m liabilities
Net assets
$1.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
5.0y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
4
reported in Part VI
How am I connected?

Connection Inc Employee Benefit TR's network

7 people5 organisationsi7 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 7 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Beth ConnorCbdo2024
2 yrs
Gary WallaceTrustee2022
4 yrs
Karen BuckleyTrustee2020
6 yrs
Lisa Dematteis-LeporeCEO2018
8 yrs
Ray BovichTrustee2018
8 yrs
Ritika TripathiDirector of HR2024
2 yrs
Steve AbshireCFO2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Lisa Dematteis-LeporeCEO1$0$427k$25k
Ray BovichTrustee1$0
Gary WallaceTrustee1$0
Karen BuckleyTrustee1$0
Beth ConnorCbdo1$0
Steve AbshireCFO1$0
Ritika TripathiDirector of HR1$0

About

Legal name
Connection Inc Employee Benefit Tr
EIN
266406869
Address
100 Roscommon Dr Ste 203, Middletown, CT, 06457-7558
State
Connecticut
Mission
To function as a funding vehicle to one or more benefits plans for providing certain death, medical, accident, retirement and other benefits to eligible employees of the connection, inc. And the connection fund, inc. And their dependents, whether on an insured or self-insured basis, and whether through group insurance policies, group annuity contracts or other investment contracts. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Y43 Mutual and membership benefit
IRS classification
501(c)09 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Mutual & Membership Benefit
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1990
Principal officer
Stephen Abshire (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2009
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedTO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF HUMAN SERVICESThe Connection IncRelatedAFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIESThe Connection Fund IncRelatedHOUSING OPPORTUNITIESThe Connection Fund Realty IncRelatedHOUSING OPPORTUNITIESThe Connection Fund - Jefferson Inc

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsLisa Dematteis-Lepore
≥8years on the filingsRay Bovich
≥6years on the filingsKaren Buckley
≥4years on the filingsGary Wallace

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$3.5m
Total liabilities
$2.1m
Net assets or fund balances
$1.5m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$7.3m
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$7.5m$7.5mDeficit $9k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.