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Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Beacon Falls, Connecticut · EIN 136720542

Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. In tax year 2025 it gave $83,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $18,000. 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 $77,500 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$69,5007$2.3 million
2024$77,5007$2.4 million
2025$83,0006$2.6 million

How to apply

ContactAndrew Gbrucker Esq
93 Fieldstone Lane, Beacon Falls, CT 06403
Phone or email(203) 866-9600, agbesq@aol.com
What to submitWritten request
RestrictionsResearch and advance in medical research

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut2$27,500
New York2$20,000
Minnesota1$18,000
Tennessee1$17,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
General operating purposes$18,000
Chi Memorial Foundation
Chattanooga, TN
General operating purposes$17,500
Norwalk Hospital Foundation
Norwalk, CT
General operating purposes$17,500
Cancer Research Institute
New York, NY
General operating purposes$12,500
Multiple Myeloma Research
Norwalk, CT
General operating purposes$10,000
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
New York, NY
General operating purposes$7,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust give?

$83,000 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Andrew G Brucker (Trustee) and Ellen J Martin (Trustee).

What does Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and science and research.

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