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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-6386858

The Edith S Wheeler Trust

A private foundation in Trumbull, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 23 grants and $136,483 paid in grants.

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

    $136,483

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $4,007,178
  • Tax year 2024

    $138,782

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $3,536,153
  • Tax year 2023

    $120,017

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $3,170,882
  • Tax year 2022

    $158,545

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,954,564
  • Tax year 2021

    $153,329

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $3,466,546
  • Tax year 2020

    $123,988

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,148,079
  • Tax year 2019

    $119,052

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,095,650
  • Tax year 2018

    $163,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,702,220

Grants paid in 2025

23 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT

    Education/scholarships

    $26,300
  2. Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    Education/scholarships

    $12,000
  3. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Education/scholarships

    $10,600
  4. Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT

    Education/scholarships

    $9,700
  5. University of FloridaGainesville, FL

    Education/scholarships

    $6,000
  6. University of GeorgiaAthens, GA

    Education/scholarships

    $6,000
  7. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    Education/scholarships

    $6,000
  8. Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

    Education/scholarships

    $5,880
  9. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    Education/scholarships

    $5,100
  10. Bunnell High SchoolStratford, CT

    Education/scholarships

    $5,000
  11. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Education/scholarships

    $4,500
  12. University of IllinoisUrbana, IL

    Education/scholarships

    $4,100
  13. University of MarylandCollege Park, MD

    Education/scholarships

    $4,000
  14. Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA

    Education/scholarships

    $3,500
  15. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Education/scholarships

    $3,500
  16. University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC

    Education/scholarships

    $3,500
  17. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    Education/scholarships

    $3,100
  18. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Education/scholarships

    $3,099
  19. Ohio UniversityAthens, OH

    Education/scholarships

    $3,000
  20. Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT

    Education/scholarships

    $3,000
  21. Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA

    Education/scholarships

    $3,000
  22. Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY

    Education/scholarships

    $3,000
  23. Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN

    Education/scholarships

    $2,600
  24. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $4 in all.

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education11 grants $60,99991% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $5,8809% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut5 grants $50,000
  2. Massachusetts5 grants $26,700
  3. New York3 grants $17,100
  4. Florida1 grant $6,000
  5. Georgia1 grant $6,000
  6. Rhode Island1 grant $5,880
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $4,500
  8. Illinois1 grant $4,100
  9. Maryland1 grant $4,000
  10. South Carolina1 grant $3,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • John P Chiota EsqTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $26,520
  • Robert F BurnaskaTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $26,520

The return

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