How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Gregory M Cook
PO Box 450
Chester, CT 06412
(860) 526-4911
- Form and materials
- An application must be obtained
- Deadlines
- No
- Restrictions
- No
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$3,100,000
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $39,319,811
-
Tax year 2024
$2,925,000
- Grants listed
- 14
- Assets, end of year
- $37,692,528
-
Tax year 2023
$500,000
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $37,528,848
-
Tax year 2022
$2,605,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $37,619,513
-
Tax year 2021
$3,600,000
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $37,917,705
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Tax year 2020
$2,725,000
- Grants listed
- 14
- Assets, end of year
- $40,593,199
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Tax year 2019
$3,075,000
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $38,694,394
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Individual
General support
$450,000 -
Friends of the Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchNew York, NY
General support
$450,000 -
Global PehtTrumbull, CT
General support
$400,000 -
Moving Picture InstituteNew York, NY
General support
$350,000 -
Accuracy in MediaWashington, DC
General support
$250,000 -
Documenting HopeWest Simsbury, CT
General support
$250,000 -
Constructive Dialogue InstituteNew York, NY
General support
$150,000 -
Emergent Order Foundation IncAustin, TX
General support
$150,000 -
Institute for JusticeArlington, VA
General support
$150,000 -
Davidson Institute for Global SecurityHanover, NH
General support
$100,000 -
Hand to Heart ProjectCornish Flat, NH
General support
$100,000 -
Incubate FoundationMadison, FL
General support
$100,000 -
The Fairness CenterHarrisburg, PA
General support
$100,000 -
Liberty Justice CenterAustin, TX
General support
$50,000 -
STEM Teachers NYCNew York, NY
General support
$50,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture2 grants $600,00050% of the total
- Civil rights1 grant $150,00012% of the total
- Crime and legal aid2 grants $150,00012% of the total
- Education1 grant $150,00012% of the total
- Public affairs1 grant $150,00012% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- New York4 grants $1,000,000
- Connecticut2 grants $650,000
- District of Columbia1 grant $250,000
- New Hampshire2 grants $200,000
- Texas1 grant $150,000
- Virginia1 grant $150,000
- Florida1 grant $100,000
- Pennsylvania1 grant $100,000
- Illinois1 grant $50,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Gregory M CookTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
- Brett PhaneufTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Shelley GregoryTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Wallis GrahamTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Kirby LimTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in Connecticut
- Private foundations in Chester
- Foundations that fund arts and culture in Connecticut
- Foundations that fund civil rights in Connecticut
- Foundations that fund crime and legal aid in Connecticut
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Same main cause (arts and culture), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.
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- The Common Sense Fund Inc 39 grants Preselected only $3,790,000 giving
- Robert and Jill Leblanc Charitable Trust 10 grants Preselected only $2,100,000 giving
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