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Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation

Accepts applications West Hartford, Connecticut · EIN 266648184

Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation is a private foundation in West Hartford, Connecticut. In tax year 2025 it gave $90,000 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $30,000 and the largest $30,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $105,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$125,0004$1.5 million
2024$105,0003$1.5 million
2025$90,0003$1.6 million

How to apply

ContactOwen Eagan
24 Arapahoe Rd, West Hartford, CT 06110
Phone or email(860) 232-7200
What to submitApplication is to be a written request with name and purpose of organization detailing the use of requested funds.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut3$90,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Our Companions Domestic A
Bloomfield, CT
Provide benefits for health, welfare$30,000
Out to Pasture
Newington, CT
Provide benefits for health, welfare$30,000
The Simon Foundation Inc
Bloomfield, CT
Provide benefits for health, welfare$30,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation give?

$90,000 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $30,000.

Who runs Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Owen Eagan (Trustee).

What does Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health.

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