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Watertown Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Watertown, CT EIN: 06-6064660 Website

To provide community support grants to local exempt organizations for capital items and individual scholarships to local students for higher education expenses.

Watertown Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Watertown Foundation Inc gave $119K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $119K). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$119,200
+43.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$119,200
+43.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$119,200
Total assets
$5,958,635
+6.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Watertown Foundation Inc

Next open deadline
March 25, 2027 (Watertown Foundation Scholarships)

Who Watertown Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K4$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

How Watertown Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving grew 49% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $80K (2021) to $119K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $119K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Various —$119,200
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$5,958,635$427,490$292,824$119,2001$278,493
2024$5,579,129$817,844$230,222$83,0761$134,477
2023$4,464,142$474,165$218,576$93,5481$272,091
2022$4,138,902$411,693$206,282$80,0841$256,169
2021$4,871,202$244,766$187,038$79,7351$216,673

About Watertown Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Watertown Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Watertown, CT. IRS filing data is available from 2021 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $6.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $119K. Net investment income was $278K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Watertown Foundation Inc is led by Marcia Killeen, President since 2024 (on filings since 2021); none of the 15 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Marcia Killeen

    President

    Vice President & Trustee → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Golden

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Merriman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Margaret Long McKee

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Atkins

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Tina Agati

    Trustee

    President → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • William Dunbar

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Caligiuri

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas D'andrea

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Margret Warner

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Santopietro

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Julia Becker

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Jessell

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Paula Labonte

    Secretary

    Secretary → Secretary & Trustee, 2023

    Secretary & Trustee → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Ted Heavenrich

    Vice President

    Trustee → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: William Palomba (2021–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Brian Flaherty (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Jacqueline Cassidy (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Campbell (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Andrew Gallagher Jr. (2021–2022) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Watertown Foundation Inc

How much does Watertown Foundation Inc give each year?

Watertown Foundation Inc gave $119K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $83K across 1 grant.

How large is Watertown Foundation Inc?

Watertown Foundation Inc reported $6.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $427K.

What is Watertown Foundation Inc's EIN?

Watertown Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-6064660. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 8, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 22, 2023)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 17, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2024

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