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Help for the Blind of Eastern CT Inc

Accepts applications Windsor, Connecticut · EIN 061461657

Help for the Blind of Eastern CT Inc is a private foundation in Windsor, Connecticut. In tax year 2025 it gave $29,000 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $12,000 and the largest $13,000. 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 $25,000 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$20,0003$374,489
2024$25,0003$365,613
2025$29,0003$384,088

How to apply

ContactJohn Conover
8 Country Lane, Windsor, CT 06095
Phone or email(860) 683-1222
What to submitPF
RestrictionsOnly restriction is to location in Connecticut

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Help for the Blind of Eastern CT Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut3$29,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fidelco
Hartford, CT
Training a guide dog$13,000
Cris Radio
Windsor, CT
Funding radio programs/staff$12,000
Center for the Blind
New London, CT
Center programs$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Help for the Blind of Eastern CT Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Help for the Blind of Eastern CT Inc give?

$29,000 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $12,000.

Who runs Help for the Blind of Eastern CT Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Donna Balaski (President), John Conover (Secretary) and Lynne Conover (Director).

What does Help for the Blind of Eastern CT Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly animals and disability.

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