Mashantucket Pequot/Mohegan Fund Grant History for Connecticut Municipalities, 1994-2027

Grant payment data for Connecticut municipalities eligible for state grants in lieu of taxes, as mandated by state statutes. The dataset includes columns for 'Municipality/Tribe' and 'Town code' alongside 24 fiscal year columns from FY 1994 to FY 2027. It is hosted on the data.ct.gov platform via Socrata and was last updated on November 21, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze grant payment trends over time using the 24 fiscal year columns (e.g., FY 1994, FY 2025) for a specific 'Municipality/Tribe'.
• Compare grant allocations between different municipalities by joining data on 'Town code' or 'Municipality/Tribe' across fiscal years.
• Model future grant payments using historical time-series data from the available fiscal year columns for predictive budgeting.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term time series with 24 distinct fiscal year columns spanning from 1994 to 2027.
• Includes a structured identifier ('Town code') that likely facilitates joins with other municipal datasets.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, such as handling of missing values, requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ct.gov (State of Connecticut Open Data Portal)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official state grant distribution records as per Connecticut General Statutes.

Time Range

Fiscal years 1994 through 2027, as indicated by column names.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-11-21 15:22:20.

Geography

Municipalities within the state of Connecticut, USA.