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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1794110

The Nutmeg Foundation Inc

A private foundation in West Hartford, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $676,000 paid in grants.

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

    $676,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,150,526
  • Tax year 2024

    $219,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,510,491
  • Tax year 2023

    $138,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,422,349
  • Tax year 2022

    $209,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,530,850
  • Tax year 2021

    $179,850

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,634,744
  • Tax year 2020

    $200,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,597,830
  • Tax year 2019

    $148,904

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,754,720
  • Tax year 2018

    $156,028

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,810,181

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

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

  1. United Way of Central NortheasternHartford, CT

    Hartford Navigation Hub services

    $125,000
  2. Hartford Interval HouseHartford, CT

    Prevention and Education Outreach Intitiative

    $100,000
  3. Chrysalis CenterHartford, CT

    Battling food insecurity in Hartford

    $100,000
  4. Hartford Public LibraryHartford, CT

    The American Place Program Support

    $100,000
  5. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $50,000
  6. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $50,000
  7. Pro Bono PartnershipHartford, CT

    Volunteer recruitment and engagement initiative

    $36,000
  8. Individual

    Nonprofit Board Training

    $30,000
  9. Hands On HartfordHartford, CT

    HR and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging trainings for leadership and general staffs. The overreaching mission is to achieve a postivie result for which the entire staff buys into the mission of serving the low income community.

    $20,000
  10. Journey HomeWest Hartford, CT

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  11. Asylum Hill Congregational ChurchHartford, CT

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  12. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  13. Connecticut FoodshareWallingford, CT

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  14. Asylum Hill Congregational ChurchHartford, CT

    Unrestricted

    $3,000
  15. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $3,000
  16. Playhouse Theatre Group IncWest Hartford, CT

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  17. Chrysalis CenterHartford, CT

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  18. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $1,500
  19. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  20. AHM Youth and Family Services IncHebron, CT

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  21. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $100,00070% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $40,00028% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $2,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut13 grants $530,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Ethel DavisPresident Hours 5Pay $0
  • Sandra Wood ForandSecretary Hours 2Pay $0
  • Paul TraceyTreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
  • Chris HallDirector Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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