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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-6068790

The Schwedel Foundation

A private foundation in New Canaan, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $89,435 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $89,435

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,384,376

  • Tax year 2024

    $83,780

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,262,084

  • Tax year 2023

    $120,550

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,157,812

  • Tax year 2022

    $129,640

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $1,466,689

  • Tax year 2021

    $64,075

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $1,437,587

  • Tax year 2020

    $69,885

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,268,570

  • Tax year 2019

    $101,106

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $1,393,015

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. 50CANWashington, DC

    General funds

    $50,000
  2. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General funds

    $20,000
  3. New Canaan Community FoundationNew Canaan, CT

    General funds

    $8,000
  4. Shelbourne FarmsShelbourne, VT

    General funds

    $5,000
  5. Beth Sholom B'nai IsraelManchester, CT

    General funds

    $2,500
  6. Kingswood Oxford SchoolWest Hartford, CT

    General funds

    $2,000
  7. City Year IncDorchester, MA

    General funds

    $1,000
  8. Woodway Scholarship FundDarien, CT

    General funds

    $500
  9. Phi Beta Kappa SocietyWashington, DC

    General funds

    $135
  10. New Canaan CaresNew Canaan, CT

    General funds

    $100
  11. New Canaan Museum & Historical SocietyNew Canaan, CT

    General funds

    $100
  12. New Canaan Nature CenterNew Canaan, CT

    General funds

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $72,00090% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $8,00010% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia2 grants $50,135
  2. New Jersey1 grant $20,000
  3. Connecticut7 grants $13,300
  4. Vermont1 grant $5,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Alan R SchwedelTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • H Andrew SchwedelTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Erica Allison Breckner SchwedelTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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