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Beagary Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Brooklyn, Connecticut · EIN 066419011

Beagary Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Brooklyn, Connecticut. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.2 million in 42 grants; the typical grant was $9,500 and the largest $166,666. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $1.2 million the year before.

17% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$921,32632$16.4 million
2024$1.2 million38$19.0 million
2025$1.2 million42$19.9 million

How to apply

ContactPatricia A Morgan
49 Westview Drive, Brooklyn, CT 06234
Phone or email(860) 779-0429
What to submitWritten request, including amount requested, the purpose and the charitable benefit

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Beagary Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut31$884,886
Vermont1$166,666
Massachusetts8$157,000
Ohio1$30,000
New Hampshire1$7,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 42 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Brattleboro Museum & Arts Center
Brattleboro, VT
Capital campaign$166,666
Killingly Public Schools
Killingly, CT
Programs; field; voag; music;$150,500
Pomfret School
Pomfret, CT
General fund$100,000
Killingly Parks & Recreation
Killingly, CT
Summer camp; capital campaign$84,000
Plainfield Parks & Recreation
Plainfield, CT
General fund; summer camp$75,000
Rectory School
Pomfret, CT
Stem program$75,000
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT
Education outreach program$60,000
Griswold Public Schools
Griswold, CT
Music dept$57,500
Plainfield High School
Central Village, CT
Scholarship fund; music; athletics$55,200
Old Sturbridge Village Museum
Sturbridge, MA
Equipment$50,000
Putnam Public Schools
Putnam, CT
Music dept' athletics$49,100
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Vneyard Haven, MA
Programs$45,000
Fidelity Charitable Gifts Fund
Cincinnati, OH
Donor advised fund$30,000
YMCA of Martha's Vineyard
Vineyard Haven, MA
Programs; endowment$30,000
Habitat for Humainty of Eastern CT
New London, CT
General fund$25,000
Hale YMCA Youth & Family Center
Putnam, CT
General fund; teen program$25,000
Marthas Vineyard Preservation Trust
Edgartown, MA
Programs$20,000
Woodstock Academy
Woodstock, CT
Student enrichment; facilities$18,000
East Lyme High School
East Lyme, CT
Athletic programs$17,500
Roseland Park
South Woodstock, CT
Legacy campaign$17,000
Pomfret Public Library
Pomfret, CT
General fund$10,000
Teeg
North Grosvenor Dale, CT
General fund$9,000
Brooklyn Public Schools
Brooklyn, CT
Enrichment grant; music program$8,000
Performing Arts of Northeast CT
Pomfret, CT
Programs$8,000
Harvard H Ellis Technical School
Danielson, CT
Student enrichment program$7,186
Northcountry Center for the Arts
Lincoln, NH
Music programs$7,000
Friends of Killingly Library
Danielson, CT
Reading programs$6,000
CT Audobon Society
Pomfret Center, CT
Educational endowment$5,000
Sail Martha's Vineyard
Vineyard Haven, MA
Summer camp$5,000
Brooklyn Parks & Recreation
Brooklyn, CT
Summer camp$4,000
The Hanover Theater & Conservatory
Worcester, MA
General fund$4,000
Winham -Tolland 4-H Camp
Pomfret Center, CT
Summer camp program$4,000
Putnam Cemetary Association
Putnam, CT
General fund$2,600
CT Public Media
Hartford, CT
Annual campaign$2,500
Killingly Historical Society
Danielson, CT
Educational programs$2,500
Putnam Elks Lodge 574
Putnam, CT
Holiday programs$2,500
Provincetown Art Assoc & Museum
Provincetown, MA
General fund$2,500
Northeast CT Education Foundation
Putnam, CT
General fund$2,500
Friends of Assis Food Pantry
Danielson, CT
General fund$1,000
Project Pin Food Pantry
Moosup, CT
General fund$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Beagary Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Beagary Charitable Trust give?

$1.2 million in tax year 2025, across 42 grants, with a typical grant of $9,500.

Who runs Beagary Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Patricia A Morgan (Trustee).

What does Beagary Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and youth programs.

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