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Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Hartford, Connecticut · EIN 061562154

Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Hartford, Connecticut. In tax year 2024 it gave $557,756 in 55 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $300,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $381,084 the year before.

27% of its 2024 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
2022$367,45864$1.7 million
2023$381,08461$2.1 million
2024$557,75655$1.6 million

How to apply

ContactJohn P Redding
225 Asylum St FL 29, Hartford, CT 06103-1534
Phone or email(860) 549-1674

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut42$543,622
New York4$5,434
Massachusetts2$3,500
District of Columbia2$1,600
New Jersey1$1,500
California1$600
Florida1$500
South Dakota1$500
Tennessee1$500

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 55 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Renbrook School
West Hartford, CT
Take flight: the campaign for renbrook$300,000
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT
Support of premier membership$50,000
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
West Hartford, CT
Holocaust dignity fund$25,000
Theater Works Hartford
Hartford, CT
Your name means dream sponsorship$25,000
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
33rd annual black & red sponsorship$17,500
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Hartford, CT
The bushnell's annual fund$15,000
Connecticut Science Center
Hartford, CT
Annual gift$15,000
New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain, CT
Unrestricted purpose$12,000
Farmington Chabad
Farmington, CT
Unrestricted purpose$10,000
United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut
Hartford, CT
Unrestricted purpose$10,000
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT
2025 spring gala$10,000
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
Stars dancing for parkinson's event sponsorship$8,333
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Hartford, CT
Annual fund$5,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
West Hartford, CT
2024 annual fund$5,000
Renbrook School
West Hartford, CT
Grandparents' group project$5,000
Uconn Hillel
Storrs, CT
Unrestricted purpose$5,000
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT
Jewish art and culture research$5,000
Voices of Hope
Farmington, CT
Unrestricted purpose$3,600
Breakthrough T1D
New York, NY
Fy25 connecticut gala supporting sponsor$3,334
New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain, CT
Gold sponsor annual art party$3,334
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, MA
Patron program$3,000
Grace Academy
Hartford, CT
The power of grace sponsorship$2,500
Congregation Beth Israel
West Hartford, CT
High holy day appeal$1,800
Connecticut Foodshare
Wallingford, CT
Congregation beth israel's food drive$1,800
American Liver Foundation
West Orange, NJ
2025 liver life walk connecticut$1,500
Center for Children's Advocacy
Hartford, CT
Unrestricted purpose$1,250
House of Bread
Hartford, CT
2024 hunger banquet sponsorship$1,000
Jewish Museum
New York, NY
Unrestricted purpose$1,000
Mandell Jewish Community Center
West Hartford, CT
26th annual scholarship tournament - refreshment cart sponsor$1,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC
Unrestricted purpose$1,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Unrestricted purpose$600
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, DC
Unrestricted purpose$600
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Los Angeles, CA
Unrestricted purpose$600
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Hartford, CT
Annual fund$500
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Unrestricted purpose$500
Hatzalah South Florida Ems Inc
Miami, FL
Unrestricted purpose$500
National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
Box Elder, SD
Unrestricted purpose$500
Parkinson's Foundation
New York, NY
Unrestricted purpose$500
Petit Family Foundation
Plainville, CT
Unrestricted purpose$500
Pomfret School
Pomfret, CT
Unrestricted purpose$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc give?

$557,756 in tax year 2024, across 55 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Cheryl A Chase (President/Director), John P Redding (Secretary/Director) and Dara Chase Dyer (Director).

What does Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and faith communities.

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