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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 65-1185169

Mesarg Educational Trust

A private foundation in Danbury, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $25,700 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
Dr Anand Gokhale
9 Dogwood Park N
Danbury, CT 06811
(203) 744-1224
Form and materials
Plain paper
Deadlines
December 31
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $25,700

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $588,382

  • Tax year 2024

    $23,210

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $550,948

  • Tax year 2023

    $23,001

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $525,018

  • Tax year 2022

    $21,901

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $473,791

  • Tax year 2021

    $22,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $484,463

  • Tax year 2020

    $19,200

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $437,828

  • Tax year 2019

    $23,800

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $424,606

  • Tax year 2018

    $22,524

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $402,581

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

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

  1. DawsDanbury, CT

    Support

    $10,000
  2. Animals in DistressCoopersburg, PA

    Support

    $6,000
  3. PetaNorfolk, VA

    Support

    $3,000
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  6. St Joseph ChurchDanbury, CT

    Support

    $1,500
  7. Dorothy Day HospitalityDanbury, CT

    Sup

    $500
  8. Animal Legal Defense LeagueWashington, DC

    Suppor

    $400
  9. GreenpeaceWashington, DC

    Support

    $400
  10. World Wild Life FundWashington, DC

    Support

    $300
  11. Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Support

    $100
  12. Individual

    Scholarship

    $0
  13. Individual

    Scholarship

    $0
  14. Wild Life in CrisisWeston, CT

    Support

    $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $6,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut4 grants $12,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $6,000
  3. Virginia2 grants $3,100
  4. District of Columbia3 grants $1,100

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Dr Anand GokhaleMANAGING TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0
  • Mary Ellen SierraMANAGING TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $0

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