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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-6080258

Scherer Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Avon, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $7,200 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $7,200

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $146,421

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $152,307

  • Tax year 2023

    $9,200

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $152,796

  • Tax year 2022

    $10,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $146,716

  • Tax year 2021

    $12,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $127,136

  • Tax year 2020

    $13,650

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $114,594

  • Tax year 2019

    $16,450

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $113,525

  • Tax year 2018

    $12,200

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $113,972

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish FederationWest Hartford, CT

    Annual drive

    $2,000
  2. Hartford HospitalHartford, CT

    Donation

    $2,000
  3. Saint Francis HospitalHartford, CT

    Donation

    $2,000
  4. ACLU FoundationNew York, NY

    Donation

    $1,000
  5. ALS CTMilford, CT

    Donation

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $2,00067% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $1,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut4 grants $6,200
  2. New York1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Henry S Scherer JrPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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