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Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad

Accepts applications Cornwall, Connecticut · EIN 776259773

Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad is a private foundation in Cornwall, Connecticut. In tax year 2025 it gave $100,192 in 19 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $23,192. 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 $68,110 the year before.

95% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$24,0003$1.4 million
2023$67,0582$1.5 million
2024$68,11017$1.7 million
2025$100,19219$1.8 million

How to apply

ContactHousatonic Valley Institute
PO Box 74, Cornwall, CT 06753
Phone or email(860) 567-6415, hvicharitabletrust@gmail.com
What to submitcornwallct.org/community/local-non-profits/ housatonic-valley-institute-silas-c-beers-charitable-trust/
DeadlinesMay 15th
RestrictionsApplicant must be and have been a resident of Cornwall, Connecticut for at least the past two years.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut5$45,192
Massachusetts4$20,000
Florida2$14,000
Colorado2$9,000
New York3$6,000
Arizona1$2,000
North Carolina1$2,000
New Hampshire1$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Cornwall Consolidated School
Litchfield, CT
Education, building or$23,192
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL
Scholarship$7,000
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
Scholarship$7,000
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
Scholarship$7,000
Gateway Community College
New Haven, CT
Scholarship$7,000
Harvard College
Cambridge, MA
Scholarship$7,000
University of Denver
Denver, CO
Scholarship$7,000
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Scholarship$7,000
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Scholarship$6,000
Insight Meditation Society
Barre, MA
Scholarship$4,000
Scholarship & Loan to Various Recipients
Litchfield, CT
Scholarship$2,000
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Scholarship$2,000
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
Scholarship$2,000
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Scholarship$2,000
Pace University
New York, NY
Scholarship$2,000
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Scholarship$2,000
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Scholarship$2,000
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
Scholarship$2,000
Wheaton College
Norton, MA
Scholarship$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad accept grant applications?

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

How much does Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad give?

$100,192 in tax year 2025, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad?

Its 2025 filing lists Heidi L Kearns Co-Trustee (Co-Trustee) and Joseph Markow Co-Trustee (Co-Trustee).

What does Silas C Beers UW Charitable Trust Uad fund?

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

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