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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 06-6469925

The Gary C Wendt Foundation

A private foundation in Cos Cob, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $1 million 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

    $1,042,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $27,189,172

  • Tax year 2024

    $877,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $26,518,929

  • Tax year 2023

    $320,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $26,142,830

  • Tax year 2022

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $8,205,870

  • Tax year 2021

    $375,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,412,707

  • Tax year 2020

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $7,263,939

  • Tax year 2019

    $385,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,325,934

  • Tax year 2018

    $350,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $7,489,557

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Community Foundation of BrowardFort Lauderdale, FL

    To transform the community through focused leadership that fosters collaboration, builds endowment, advances equity, and connects people who care to causes that matter.

    $662,000
  2. University of Wisconsin FoundationMadison, WI

    To promote the welfare of and advance the objectives of the university of wisconsin madison by encouraging the interest, engagement, and financial support of alumni, donors, and friends in the life of the university and with each other.

    $200,000
  3. Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH

    To integrate clinical and hospital care with research and education.

    $100,000
  4. Wendt Family Philanthropic FundNew York, NY

    To support initiatives that educate, empower, and lift individuals to reach their full potential, as well as to support programs that strengthen communities.

    $45,000
  5. Slow Burn Theatre Company IncFt Lauderdale, FL

    To showcase the best of contemporary musical theatre to south florida.

    $25,000
  6. Stamford Center for the Arts IncStamford, CT

    To award scholarships for many under-resourced youth and encourage a life-long appreciation of the performing arts.

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $662,00074% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $200,00022% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $35,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida2 grants $687,000
  2. Wisconsin1 grant $200,000
  3. Ohio1 grant $100,000
  4. New York1 grant $45,000
  5. Connecticut1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Gary C WendtTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Valerie AhnemanTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $90,000

The return

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