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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-0474577

The Fortin Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 38 grants and $464,700 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

    $464,700

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $9,888,724

  • Tax year 2024

    $365,100

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $9,844,879

  • Tax year 2023

    $276,900

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $9,612,650

  • Tax year 2022

    $104,450

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $7,384,414

  • Tax year 2021

    $71,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $7,476,374

  • Tax year 2020

    $69,750

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,565,435

  • Tax year 2019

    $71,600

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,585,540

  • Tax year 2018

    $60,950

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,545,820

Grants paid in 2025

38 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Return to Roots Learning Community CorpRochester, NH

    General & Unrestricted

    $80,000
  2. Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $50,000
  3. Childrens Open Charitable Trust IncMonroe, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $35,000
  4. Emerge Connecticut IncNew Haven, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  5. St Joseph High SchoolTrumbull, CT

    For the new Football scoreboard

    $25,000
  6. Echo Hose Hook and Ladder Ambulance Corps IncShelton, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  7. The Samantha and Kyle Busch Bundle of Joy FundMooresville, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  8. Farm Aid IncCambridge, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  9. Town of Glastonbury ConnecticutGlastonbury, CT

    Town of Glastonbury Fire Department

    $15,000
  10. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $14,000
  11. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  12. Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck ValleyShelton, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  13. Mercy Chefs IncPortsmouth, VA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  14. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $10,000
  15. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $10,000
  16. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $10,000
  17. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $9,200
  18. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $9,000
  19. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $9,000
  20. Glastonbury Volunteer Ambulance Association IncGlastonbury, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $8,000
  21. Shelton Volunteer Fire Company Number 4 Pine RockShelton, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $8,000
  22. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $5,500
  23. Angel Charitable CorporationHenderson, NV

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  24. Connecticut River Watershed Council IncGreenfield, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  25. Folds of Honor FoundationAlbany, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  26. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $5,000
  27. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $5,000
  28. St Joseph High SchoolTrumbull, CT

    Charitable Event

    $5,000
  29. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $5,000
  30. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $5,000
  31. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $4,500
  32. Childrens Law Center IncHartford, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  33. Glastonbury Amateur Baseball IncGlastonbury, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  34. Individual

    Scholarship grant

    $2,500
  35. Academy of the Holy Family IncBaltic, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  36. Glastonbury Arts IncGlastonbury, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  37. St Vincent Depaul of the Valley IncDerby, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  38. The New Haven Reads Community Book Bank IncNew Haven, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $136,00057% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid2 grants $28,00012% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $20,0008% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $15,0006% of the total
  5. Human services2 grants $11,0005% of the total
  6. Health1 grant $10,0004% of the total
  7. 5 other causes5 grants $20,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut15 grants $161,000
  2. New Hampshire1 grant $80,000
  3. New York3 grants $65,000
  4. Massachusetts2 grants $20,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $20,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $10,000
  7. Nevada1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Beth FortinSec, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dilcia FortinBoard Member Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael FortinDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wayne J FortinTreas, VP, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Janine SadoskiPres, Dir Hours 15Pay $0
  • Mitchell J SadoskiBoard Member Hours 1Pay $0

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