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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-1600346

Carol L Sirot Foundation

A private foundation in Guilford, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $159,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Emphasis on, but not restricted to, arts, health related organizations and anti-discrimination issues

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $159,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,333,765

  • Tax year 2024

    $115,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,787,206

  • Tax year 2023

    $99,800

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,198,056

  • Tax year 2022

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $825,939

  • Tax year 2021

    $112,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $923,930

  • Tax year 2020

    $89,900

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $997,809

  • Tax year 2019

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,071,994

  • Tax year 2018

    $86,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $1,016,536

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bateman Horne CenterMurray, UT

    Medical education

    $50,000
  2. Women and Family Life Center IncGuilford, CT

    Flexible spending fund 3 key opportu

    $39,000
  3. LeapNew Haven, CT

    Sponsorship for 2025 event

    $15,000
  4. Fair Haven Community Health CareNew Haven, CT

    Welcome baby program

    $12,000
  5. Yale Repertory TheatreNew Haven, CT

    Season 2024-25 sponsor

    $10,000
  6. Yale Reportory TheatreNew Haven, CT

    Season 2025-26 sponsor

    $10,000
  7. Goodspeed Musical IncEast Haddam, CT

    Marquee sponsorship

    $5,000
  8. Smith College Museum of ArtNorthampton, MA

    Fund for contemporary art 1

    $5,000
  9. Smith College Museum of ArtNorthampton, MA

    Fund for contemporary art 2

    $5,000
  10. TheaterworksHartford, CT

    Rob ruggiero innovation fund

    $2,000
  11. Jewish FederationWoodbridge, CT

    Lion of judah

    $1,800
  12. LeapNew Haven, CT

    In honor of guido & ann calabresi

    $1,000
  13. Shoreline VillageBranford, CT

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  14. YuwoNew Haven, CT

    Gustave & carol l sirot scholarship

    $1,000
  15. Anti Defamation LeagueNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $700
  16. Women's Health Research at YaleNew Haven, CT

    Unrestricted

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $41,00098% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $7002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut13 grants $99,000
  2. Utah1 grant $50,000
  3. Massachusetts2 grants $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

11 people as filed

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

  • Carol L SirotPRES/MGR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Joseph A MirandaTREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Michael SeeleySECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Greg PepeDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • John W O'Brien MDDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Morris Papernik MDDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Charles NobleDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Mary DimmockDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Paula NewtonDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Mary Ann McAvoyDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • William BoughtonDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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