Trust for Public Land
Los Angeles, CA
$100KTax year 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
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The Summer Hill Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 26-1344446 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- The Summer Hill Foundation
- Phone
- (203) 421-3669
- Application materials
- The Foundation intends to focus its activities on giving grants to land trusts and other organizations dedicated to protecting the environment, especially in ecologically sensitive areas. The Foundation will support charitable organizations that help preserve land in its natural state, re-introduce native plants to areas where they have been removed, and preserve historically significant buildings associated with open space. The Foundation will also support charitable and educational institutions that provide environmentally-related education. The Foundation may also make distributions to local governments or governmental agencies for the preservation of historically significant buildings. Recipient organizations will be required to fill out an application form for the approval process.
Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- The Summer Hill Foundation
- Address
- 888 Summer Hill Road Madison, CT, 06443
- Phone
- 2034213669
- Deadlines
- N/A
- Application materials
- The Foundation intends to focus its activities on giving grants to land trusts and other organizations dedicated to protecting the environment, especially in ecologically sensitive areas. The Foundation will support charitable organizations that help preserve land in its natural state, re-introduce native plants to areas where they have been removed, and preserve historically significant buildings associated with open space. The Foundation will also support charitable and educational institutions that provide environmentally-related education. The Foundation may also make distributions to local governments or governmental agencies for the preservation of historically significant buildings. Recipient organizations will be required to fill out an application form for the approval process.
- Restrictions
- N/A
Reported organization name: The Summer Hill Foundation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | $676K |
| 2024 | 13 | $898K |
Where The Summer Hill Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Nature Conservancy of Connecticut
New Haven, CT
$100KTax year 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust
Rangley, ME
$100KTax year 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
Save the Redwoods League
San Francisco, CA
$100KTax year 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust
Rangley, ME
$100KTax year 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from The Summer Hill Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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