Chelsea Groton Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Groton, CT EIN: 06-1520330

Chelsea Groton Foundation is a private foundation based in Groton, Connecticut. It made 326 grants totaling $824,660 in 2025, with most grant dollars going to recipients in Connecticut. The foundation’s filing gives special consideration to programs benefiting communities served by Chelsea Groton Bank.

Key facts about Chelsea Groton Foundation

In short: Chelsea Groton Foundation gave $825K across 326 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in Connecticut. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

EIN
06-1520330
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$824,660
Grants made (2025)
326
Average grant
$2,530
Median grant
$500
Total assets
$10,362,989
Primary geography
Connecticut (92% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
How to apply
The filing says all applications must be submitted online. Full details ↓
Deadline
The filing lists February 1 through April 30 as the application period.

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing

Total Assets

$10.4M

+0.9% YoY

Annual Giving

$825K

+10.6% YoY

Grant Count

326

+1.6% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$3K

+8.9% YoY

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Chelsea Groton Foundation reported a distributable amount of $548K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

How Chelsea Groton Foundation gives

  • 56% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 36% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 146% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

No separate mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its grants include support for education, food security, shelter, homelessness prevention, energy assistance, and community programs.

The CCSU Foundation describes its mission as obtaining private contributions to support educational programs and research at Central Connecticut State University. Covenant Shelter of an individual recipient says it provides temporary emergency shelter to people displaced from their homes. Connecticut Foodshare describes its mission as delivering an informed and equitable response to hunger by mobilizing community partners, volunteers, and supporters. These are grantees’ descriptions of their own work, not statements of the foundation’s mission.

Grantmaking

In 2025, the foundation reported 326 grants totaling $824,660. Grant amounts ranged from $100 to $50,000, and the median was $500. Examples include $50,000 to the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT Foundation for an innovation center payment, $39,286 to the City of an individual recipient for a community center payment, and $25,000 to the CCSU Foundation for its Excellence in Banking Program. Other grants of $10,000 included awards for food security, shelter, homelessness prevention, energy assistance, and inclusion and advocacy.

Review Cycle

The filing lists February 1 through April 30 as the application period. The 2026 period has passed; the filing does not specify a later application cycle.

How to Apply

The filing says all applications must be submitted online. Applicants must provide 501(c)(3) status, a mission statement, a complete budget for the described project, an operating budget, audited financial statements, and Form 990. Eligible applicants are public charities exempt under section 501(c)(3) and governmental units under section 170(c)(1).

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

In 2025, 92% of grant dollars went to recipients in Connecticut, 5% to Rhode Island, and 1% each to New York and Massachusetts. The filing also reports 0% for Pennsylvania. The foundation gives special consideration to programs benefiting communities served by Chelsea Groton Bank.

Grant Distribution by State

15states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 326 itemized grants.

Cities

NorwichNew LondonGrotonWesterlyHartfordMysticWaterfordNianticGales FerryJewett CityStoningtonPawcatuckNorth StoningtonEast LymeNew HavenQuaker HillWindsorHamdenLedyardNew York

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1M1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 321 grants2024 326 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $606K (2023) to $875K (2020). In 2025 it made 326 grants totaling $825K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT Foundation: $50KChamber of Commerce of EasternCT Foundation$50KCity of New London: $39KCity of New London$39KCCSU Foundation: $25KCCSU Foundation$25KUnited Way of Sect: $12KUnited Way of Sect$12KUnited Way of Southeastern Connecticut: $11K across 2 grantsUnited Way of SoutheasternConnecticut$11K · 2 grantsSafe Futures Inc: $10K across 2 grantsSafe Futures Inc$10K · 2 grantsNew London Homeless Hospitality Center: $10K across 2 grantsNew London HomelessHospitality Center$10K · 2 grantsSoutheastern Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence Inc (Scadd): $10K across 2 grantsSoutheastern Council onAlcoholism & Drug Dependence…$10K · 2 grantsSt Vincent De Paul Place Norwich Inc: $10K across 2 grantsSt Vincent De Paul PlaceNorwich Inc$10K · 2 grantsCovenant Shelter of New London Inc: $10K across 2 grantsCovenant Shelter of New LondonInc$10K · 2 grants

The largest 2025 recipient was Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT Foundation ($50K). Together the top 10 received $188K.

Organizations only. It also paid 7 grants to individuals ($10,000), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

650 grants across all recorded years

645<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K3$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 645 grants of 650 (99%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT Foundation New London, CTInnovation Center - Payment 4 of 5$50,000
City of New London New London, CTNL Community Ctr - Pymt 1 of 7$39,286
CCSU Foundation New Britain, CTExcellence in Banking Program$25,000
United Way of Sect Gales Ferry, CT2024 Corporate Match$11,511
Always Home Inc Mystic, CTHomelessness prevention and shelter diversion of low-income families with minor children$10,000
Martin House Inc Norwich, CTFood Security Program$10,000
New London Community Meal Center (NLCMC) New London, CTMitigation of Food Insecurity Within New London County$10,000
Operation Fuel Inc Hartford, CTEmergency Energy Assistance for New London County Residents$10,000
Southeastern Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence Inc (Scadd) New London, CTScadd Recreation & Wellness Initiative$10,000
St Vincent De Paul Place Norwich Inc Norwich, CTFood Pantry$10,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants Grant count
2025 $10,362,989 $929,250 $833,871 $824,660 326
2024 $10,271,969 $860,546 $767,990 $745,529 321
2023 $10,174,083 $753,837 $626,591 $605,701 1
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$500K$1M$1.5M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$10,362,989$10,271,969$10,174,083
Revenue$929,250$860,546$753,837
Expenses$833,871$767,990$626,591
Qualifying Distributions$799,660$745,529$605,701
Net Investment Income$762,396$419,919$332,382
Distributable Amount$547,646$523,666$483,074

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Anthony Joyce as president, Lori Dufficy as vice president, and Jessica Todd as treasurer. Trustees listed are Catherine Young, Alexis Kahn, Dennis Cambria, Jean McGran, Dawn Sandvoss, Thomas Switz, and Rebecca Magner.

Chelsea Groton Foundation is led by Anthony Joyce, President since 2022 (on filings since 2021); none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Anthony Joyce

    President

    Trustee → President, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Alexis Kahn

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Catherine Young

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Jean McGran

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Switz

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Cardinal Piscatelli

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Magner

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Dawn Sandvoss

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis Cambria

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Dufficy

    Vice President

    Trustee → Vice President, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Jessica Todd

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: Anne Wilkinson (2020–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Ishmael Bryan (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: June Holaday (2022–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Wendy Bury (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Betsy Conway (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Miria Grey (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: B. Michael Rauh Jr. (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Maggie Jones (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Marilynn Malerba (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Christina Caplet (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Christina Nocito (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Dana Chapel (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Ulysses Hammond (2020) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Contact

Application contact: Chelsea Groton Foundation
Mailing address: 904 Poquonnock Road, Groton, CT 06340
Phone: (860) 823-4800
Email: giving@chelseagroton.com

Frequently asked questions about Chelsea Groton Foundation

How much does Chelsea Groton Foundation give each year?

Chelsea Groton Foundation gave $825K across 326 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $746K across 321 grants.

What is Chelsea Groton Foundation's typical grant size?

Chelsea Groton Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $500, and its average grant was $2,530, across 326 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Chelsea Groton Foundation give grants?

Chelsea Groton Foundation gives mostly in Connecticut: 92% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Rhode Island (5%). The most frequent recipient cities were New London, CT (41 grants), Norwich, CT (40 grants), Groton, CT (24 grants) and Westerly, RI (18 grants).

Does Chelsea Groton Foundation give general operating support?

Occasionally: 2% of Chelsea Groton Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (8 of 326) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Recurring purposes include "Acts of Kindness" (139 grants), "Scholarship Grant" (16 grants) and "Adopt-a-Family Program" (6 grants).

Who are Chelsea Groton Foundation's largest grantees?

Chelsea Groton Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT Foundation ($50,000), City of New London ($39,286) and CCSU Foundation ($25,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 7 grants to individuals ($10,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 14% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Chelsea Groton Foundation?

Chelsea Groton Foundation reported $10.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $800K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $548K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What does Chelsea Groton Foundation fund?

No separate mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its grants include support for education, food security, shelter, homelessness prevention, energy assistance, and community programs. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Chelsea Groton Foundation?

The filing says all applications must be submitted online. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑

What is Chelsea Groton Foundation's EIN?

Chelsea Groton Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-1520330. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.

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