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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-6973232

Wayne Eisenbaum Charitable Foundati

A private foundation in Old Saybrook, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $300,000 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

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $120,750

  • Tax year 2024

    $265,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $165,822

  • Tax year 2023

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $128,205

  • Tax year 2022

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $85,050

  • Tax year 2021

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $149,569

  • Tax year 2020

    $270,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $58,683

  • Tax year 2019

    $270,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $152,943

  • Tax year 2018

    $305,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $160,457

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Prime Time House IncTorrington, CT

    Rehab for mental illness

    $20,000
  2. Fish Friends in Service to HumanityTorrington, CT

    Provide food to people in need

    $20,000
  3. Haitian Health FoundationNorwich, CT

    Improve living conditions to haiti

    $20,000
  4. Operation Fuel Inc Generation Power CTHartford, CT

    Provide heating fuel to those in nee

    $20,000
  5. CT FoodshareWallingford, CT

    Provide food to people in need

    $20,000
  6. Shoreline Soup KitchensEssex, CT

    Provide food to people in need

    $20,000
  7. House of BreadHartford, CT

    Provide food for those in need

    $20,000
  8. St Vincent DepaulMiddletown, CT

    Help for the homeless and poor

    $20,000
  9. St Vincent DepaulWaterbury, CT

    Help for the homeless and poor

    $20,000
  10. Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    Honor military and first responders

    $20,000
  11. American Red CrossWashington, DC

    Support for emergency victims

    $20,000
  12. CT Community FoundationWaterbury, CT

    Assistance to local non profit orgs

    $15,000
  13. Maria Seymour Brooker MemorialTorrington, CT

    Provide pediatric dental services

    $15,000
  14. The Independence FundCharlotte, NC

    Help injured service members achieve

    $10,000
  15. Susan B Anthony ProjectTorrington, CT

    Provide support to those in need

    $10,000
  16. St Jude Children's ResearchMemphis, TN

    Medical treatment and research

    $10,000
  17. Gifts of LoveAvon, CT

    Assistance for working poor families

    $10,000
  18. ASPCANew York, NY

    Prevention of cruelty to animals

    $10,000

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 $40,00030% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $20,00015% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $20,00015% of the total
  4. Jobs and employment1 grant $20,00015% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $15,00011% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $10,0007% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $10,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut13 grants $230,000
  2. New York2 grants $30,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $20,000
  4. North Carolina1 grant $10,000
  5. Tennessee1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Wayne EisenbaumCHAIRMAN Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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