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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-6444196

M Bonnie Axthelm Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Westport, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $27,750 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

    $27,750

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $161,726

  • Tax year 2024

    $44,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $164,379

  • Tax year 2023

    $44,250

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $187,205

  • Tax year 2022

    $42,400

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $215,694

  • Tax year 2021

    $46,050

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $247,126

  • Tax year 2020

    $40,750

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $271,576

  • Tax year 2019

    $43,175

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $291,247

  • Tax year 2018

    $31,250

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $321,628

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  2. Uu WilmingtonWilmington, NC

    Unrestricted

    $6,000
  3. Assumption ChurchWestport, CT

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  4. Staples High SchoolWestport, CT

    Restricted

    $3,000
  5. Center for HopeDarien, CT

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  6. Unitarian ChurchWestport, CT

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  7. Westport MusuemWestport, CT

    Unrestricted

    $250
  8. Friends of SherwoodWestport, CT

    Unrestricted

    $0
  9. St Agnes MusicRoeland Park, KS

    Unrestricted

    $0
  10. UuaBoston, MA

    Unrestricted

    $0
  11. World Central KitchenWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $0
  12. Westport Human ServicesWestport, CT

    Unrestricted

    $0
  13. EarthplaceWestport, CT

    Unrestricted

    $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut8 grants $11,750
  2. Wisconsin1 grant $10,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $6,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $0
  5. Kansas1 grant $0
  6. Massachusetts1 grant $0

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Megan A BrownTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Nancy AxthelmTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Stephen AxthelmTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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