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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-3483530

Bermel Family Foundation

A private foundation in Simsbury, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $80,750 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), 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

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Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $80,750

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $458,472

  • Tax year 2023

    $68,750

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $531,135

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $590,561

  • Tax year 2021

    $18,984

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $642,100

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $159,912

  • Tax year 2019

    $17,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $155,490

  • Tax year 2018

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $162,817

  • Tax year 2017

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $174,423

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Sconset Trust IncSiasconset, MA

    For general charitable purposes

    $45,000
  2. Sankaty Head Foundation IncSiasconset, MA

    For general charitable purposes

    $25,000
  3. Nantucket Conservation FoundationNantucket, MA

    For general charitable purposes

    $10,000
  4. On the Isle CorporationSiasconset, MA

    For general charitable purposes

    $500
  5. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY

    For general charitable purposes

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $55,00099% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $80,500
  2. New York1 grant $250

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • John J BermelTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lisa R BermelTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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