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Form 990-PFTax year 2020EIN 23-7159876

Balso Foundation

A private foundation in West Hartford, CT. Its return for tax year 2020 lists 17 grants and $404,905 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2020 (period ending Dec 31, 2020), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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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

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2020

    $404,905

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2019

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $231,945

  • Tax year 2018

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $242,223

Grants paid in 2020

17 grants, largest first

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

  1. Cheshire Education Foundation IncCheshire, CT

    Educational scholarships

    $388,905
  2. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  3. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  4. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  5. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  6. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  7. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  8. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  9. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  10. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  11. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  12. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  13. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  14. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  15. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  16. Individual

    Education

    $1,000
  17. Individual

    Education

    $1,000

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 $388,905100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut1 grant $388,905

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Michael W HerlihyCO-TRUSTEE Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Frank M Loehmann JrMANAGING CO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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