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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 77-6259773

Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad

A private foundation in Cornwall, CT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $100,192 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
Housatonic Valley Institute
PO Box 74
Cornwall, CT 06753
(860) 567-6415
[email protected]
Form and materials
cornwallct.org/community/local-non-profits/ housatonic-valley-institute-silas-c-beers-charitable-trust/
Deadlines
May 15th
Restrictions
Applicant must be and have been a resident of Cornwall, Connecticut for at least the past two years.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $100,192

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,300,867

  • Tax year 2024

    $68,110

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,324,369

  • Tax year 2023

    $67,058

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,175,530

  • Tax year 2022

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,286,540

  • Tax year 2021

    $37,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,296,351

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

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

  1. Cornwall Consolidated SchoolLitchfield, CT

    Education, building or

    $23,192
  2. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDaytona Beach, FL

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  3. Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  4. Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, FL

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  5. Gateway Community CollegeNew Haven, CT

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  6. Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  7. University of DenverDenver, CO

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  8. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  9. University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT

    Scholarship

    $6,000
  10. Insight Meditation SocietyBarre, MA

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  11. Individual

    [individual]

    $2,000
  12. Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  13. Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  14. Hobart and William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  15. Pace UniversityNew York, NY

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  16. Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  17. University of ColoradoBoulder, CO

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  18. University of New HampshireDurham, NH

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  19. Wheaton CollegeNorton, MA

    Scholarship

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education9 grants $33,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut4 grants $43,192
  2. Massachusetts4 grants $20,000
  3. Florida2 grants $14,000
  4. Colorado2 grants $9,000
  5. New York3 grants $6,000
  6. Arizona1 grant $2,000
  7. North Carolina1 grant $2,000
  8. New Hampshire1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Heidi L Kearns Co-TrusteeCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Joseph Markow Co-TrusteeCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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