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Margaret Patricia Eagan Charitable Foundation Trust

Accepts applications Ivoryton, Connecticut · EIN 206387495

Margaret Patricia Eagan Charitable Foundation Trust is a private foundation in Ivoryton, Connecticut. In tax year 2024 it gave $133,000 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $8,000 and the largest $41,000. 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 $124,000 the year before.

33% 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
2023$124,00010$2.4 million
2024$133,00012$3.1 million

How to apply

ContactJohn D Lanza
Landmark Square Building 4, Stamford, CT 06901
Phone or email(203) 399-1915
What to submitRequest contains financial data and college plans
DeadlinesMay 15
RestrictionsThe trust has been established to provide scholarships to deserving students in furtherance of his or her college level education whose relatives are current employees of the l.c. Doane company, inc. Of essex, Connecticut or graduates of valley regional high school, mercy high school and xavier high school and who reside in the towns of essex, chester and or deep river, ct. The IRS has granted approval for the foundation's scholarship program in their determination letter.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Margaret Patricia Eagan Charitable Foundation Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 10 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut1$41,000
Florida2$31,000
Rhode Island2$11,000
Arizona1$8,000
Georgia1$8,000
Michigan1$8,000
New Hampshire1$8,000
New Jersey1$8,000
New York1$6,000
Vermont1$4,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Scholarship$41,000
University of Tampa
Tampa, FL
Scholarship$17,000
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Scholarship$14,000
Florida Atlantic University
Atlanta, GA
Scholarship$8,000
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Schloarship$8,000
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Scholarship$8,000
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
Scholarship$8,000
Yavapai Community College
Prescott, AZ
Scholarship$8,000
Fordham College at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Scholarship$6,000
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI
Scholarship$6,000
New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich, RI
Scholarship$5,000
Champain College
Burlington, VT
Scholarship$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Margaret Patricia Eagan Charitable Foundation Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: May 15.

How much does Margaret Patricia Eagan Charitable Foundation Trust give?

$133,000 in tax year 2024, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $8,000.

Who runs Margaret Patricia Eagan Charitable Foundation Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Patrick Poeschl Esq (Trustee) and George H Richards Esq (Trustee).

What does Margaret Patricia Eagan Charitable Foundation Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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