Funding search · EIN 066386858 · Trumbull, CT

The Edith S Wheeler Trust

Name: The Edith S Wheeler Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

82
grants reported: $553,827
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,490
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships education educational

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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University of Connecticut4 grants · $114,900
Northeastern University4 grants · $32,350
Boston College2 grants · $22,000
University of Maryland3 grants · $21,250
George Washington University2 grants · $21,000
Cornell University3 grants · $20,700
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library1 grant · $18,523
Georgetown University3 grants · $18,500
Quinnipiac University2 grants · $18,400
Yale University3 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$158,545

2022

$120,017

2023

$138,782

2024

$136,483

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$32,500
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$28,850
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
Education/scholarships
$27,250
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2023
Education/scholarships
$26,300
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2025
Education/scholarships
$18,523
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library · Monroe, CT · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$15,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$14,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$13,250
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Education/scholarships
$12,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025
Education/scholarships
$10,600
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2025
Education/scholarships
$10,250
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Education/scholarships
$10,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Education/scholarships
$9,700
Quinnipiac University · Hamden, CT · 2025
Education/scholarships
$8,700
Quinnipiac University · Hamden, CT · 2024
Education/scholarships
$8,000
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Education/scholarships
$7,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
University of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Education/scholarships
$7,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023
Education/scholarships
$7,000
Union College · Schenectady, NY · 2023
Education/scholarships
$7,000
University of New Haven · West Haven, CT · 2023
Education/scholarships
$7,000
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2023
Education/scholarships
$7,000
College of Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$7,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$7,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$7,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$7,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$7,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$7,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$6,250
Editcott College · Beverly, MA · 2023
Education/scholarships
$6,200
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Education/scholarships
$6,000
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Education/scholarships
$6,000
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2025
Education/scholarships
$6,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2025
Education/scholarships
$6,000
Fordham University · Bronz, NY · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$5,880
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2025
Education/scholarships
$5,100
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2025
Education/scholarships
$5,100
Western Connecticut State University · Danbury, CT · 2024
Education/scholarships
$5,000
Bunnell High School · Stratford, CT · 2025
Education/scholarships
$5,000
University of Mount Saint Vincent · Bronx, NY · 2024
Education/scholarships
$5,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Education/scholarships
$5,000
The University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education/scholarships
$4,600
Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2024
Education/scholarships
$4,500
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2025
Education/scholarships
$4,500
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Education/scholarships
$4,500
Gettysburg College · Gettysburg, PA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$4,100
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2025
Education/scholarships
$4,100
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Education/scholarships
$4,000
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2025
Education/scholarships
$4,000
McGill University · 2023
Education/scholarships
$4,000
Southern Connecticut State University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$3,700
Umass · Amherst, MA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$3,500
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,500
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,500
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,500
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2023
Education/scholarships
$3,500
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$3,100
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,100
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Education/scholarships
$3,099
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,000
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,000
Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,000
Wagner College · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Education/scholarships
$3,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2023
Education/scholarships
$3,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$2,800
Bard College · Annadale On Hudson, NY · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$2,600
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2025
Education/scholarships
$2,600
American University · Washington, MA · 2024
Education/scholarships
$2,500
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Education/scholarships
$2,000
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2024
Education/scholarships
$2,000
Housatonic College · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Education/scholarships
$2,000
Springfield College · Springfield, MA · 2022
Educational/scholarships/grants
$32
Various Contributions From Passthru · Trumbull, CT · 2024
Charity
$22
Various Contributions From Passthru · Trumbull, CT · 2022
Charity
$17
Various Contributions From Passthru · Trumbull, CT · 2023
Charity
$4
Various Contributions From Passthru · Trumbull, CT · 2025
Charity

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