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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-1344446

The Summer Hill Foundation

A private foundation in Madison, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $676,000 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
The Summer Hill Foundation
888 Summer Hill Road
Madison, CT 06443
(203) 421-3669
Form and materials
The Foundation intends to focus its activities on giving grants to land trusts and other organizations dedicated to protecting the environment, especially in ecologically sensitive areas. The Foundation will support charitable organizations that help preserve land in its natural state, re-introduce native plants to areas where they have been removed, and preserve historically significant buildings associated with open space. The Foundation will also support charitable and educational institutions that provide environmentally-related education. The Foundation may also make distributions to local governments or governmental agencies for the preservation of historically significant buildings. Recipient organizations will be required to fill out an application form for the approval process.
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $676,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $19,960,715

  • Tax year 2024

    $898,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $18,243,224

  • Tax year 2023

    $661,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $17,075,868

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,132,700

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $15,640,525

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,001,750

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $20,503,819

  • Tax year 2020

    $760,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $18,713,345

  • Tax year 2019

    $802,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $17,037,294

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Wyndham Land Trust IncPomfret Ctr, CT

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $100,000
  2. Trust for Public LandLos Angeles, CA

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $100,000
  3. Nature Conservancy of ConnecticutNew Haven, CT

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $100,000
  4. Rangeley Lakes Heritage TrustRangeley, ME

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $100,000
  5. Historic Huguenot StreetNew Paltz, NY

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $86,000
  6. Pacific Forest TrustSan Francisco, CA

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $75,000
  7. Maine Woodland OwnersAugusta, ME

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $50,000
  8. Joshuas TrustMansfield Center, CT

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $50,000
  9. Madison Land Conservation TrustMadison, CT

    Furtherance of tax exempt activities

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment4 grants $265,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut4 grants $265,000
  2. California2 grants $175,000
  3. Maine2 grants $150,000
  4. New York1 grant $86,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Michael D JohnsonTrustee Hours 1.5Pay $0

The return

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