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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 06-1533192

The Max Showalter Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Essex, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $10,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
W Campbell Hudson III
PO Box 398
Essex, CT 06426
(860) 767-0195
Form and materials
There are no application format requirements
Deadlines
Applications are accepted at anytime
Restrictions
All awards must be consistent with the purpose of the foundation.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $143,943

  • Tax year 2023

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $144,596

  • Tax year 2022

    $11,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $132,437

  • Tax year 2021

    $11,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $152,089

  • Tax year 2020

    $8,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $133,001

  • Tax year 2019

    $7,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $132,605

  • Tax year 2018

    $7,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $116,875

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Goodspeed Opera HouseEast Haddam, CT

    Mission of foundation

    $5,000
  2. Ivoryton Playhouse FoundationIvoryton, CT

    Musical theatre program

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • W Campbell Hudson IIISECY/TREASUR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jane H PercyVP/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Peter WalkerPRES/DIR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Ralph GuardianoDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • David HaysDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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