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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-3981786

Bennack Polan Foundation A57121005

A private foundation in New Canaan, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 14 grants and $289,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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 2024

    $289,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,779,278

  • Tax year 2023

    $253,042

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,206,365

  • Tax year 2022

    $170,880

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,269,941

  • Tax year 2021

    $101,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,214,694

  • Tax year 2020

    $256,620

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $3,216,213

  • Tax year 2019

    $544,000

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $3,273,240

  • Tax year 2018

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,407,160

  • Tax year 2017

    $184,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,484,464

Grants paid in 2024

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT

    RPL study

    $40,000
  2. Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT

    Gene therapy

    $28,000
  3. Curtain Up Cancer FoundationSan Antonio, TX

    The six performance

    $25,000
  4. Community Foundation Texas HillKerrville, TX

    Flood relief fund

    $25,000
  5. St Aloysius ParishNew Canaan, CT

    Building campaign

    $25,000
  6. Deer Run & Brookwoods CampAlton, NH

    Equipment

    $20,000
  7. USA for UnfpaNew York, NY

    Children in lebanon

    $20,000
  8. USA for UnfpaNew York, NY

    Training app for midwives in afghanistan

    $20,000
  9. The Marbridge FoundationManchaca, TX

    Benevolent

    $20,000
  10. Ek Powe ElementaryDurham, NC

    Literary tutoring program

    $15,000
  11. Our Lady of the HillsKerrville, TX

    Tapps academic

    $15,000
  12. International Medical ResponseBrooklyn, NY

    Black worker scholarship

    $15,000
  13. From the Heart ProductionNew York, NY

    The girls documentary

    $15,000
  14. Central Academy of TechnologyMonroe, NC

    Art supplies

    $6,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services3 grants $60,00060% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $40,00040% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut3 grants $93,000
  2. Texas4 grants $85,000
  3. New York4 grants $70,000
  4. North Carolina2 grants $21,000
  5. New Hampshire1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Frank A Bennack JrPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mary Lake PolanVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Shelley McCulloughSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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