Funding search · EIN 066199399 · Waterbury, CT

James Burns Trust

Name: James Burns Trust grants, 2022–2025
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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.

63
grants reported: $208,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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

scholarship

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Connecticut4 grants · $33,000
Central Connecticut State University4 grants · $22,500
Southern Ct State University4 grants · $19,750
Springfield College3 grants · $15,000
University of Hartford2 grants · $11,500
Middlesex Community College2 grants · $9,000
Quinnipiac University3 grants · $7,500
University of Massachusetts Amherst3 grants · $7,500
American International College3 grants · $6,750
University of Connecticut - Hartford Cam2 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$8,500

2022

$52,250

2023

$70,250

2024

$77,500

2025

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$13,500
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$12,500
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$7,500
Central Connecticut State University · New Britain, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$7,250
Central Connecticut State University · New Britain, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$6,750
Southern Ct State University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$6,500
University of Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$6,000
Middlesex Community College · Middletown, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$5,750
Central Connecticut State University · New Britain, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$5,500
Southern Ct State University · New Haven, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Springfield College · Springfield, MA · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
University of Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Springfield College · Springfield, MA · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Springfield College · Springfield, MA · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$4,000
University of Connecticut - Hartford Cam · Hartford, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$4,000
Southern Ct State University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$3,500
Southern Ct State University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Scholarship
$3,000
Tunxis Community College · Farmington, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$3,000
Middlesex Community College · Middletown, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
University of Massachusetts Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Allan Hancock College · Santa Maria, CA · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Eastern Connecticut State University · Willimantic, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Iona University · New Rochelle, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Quinnipiac University · Hamden, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Shippensburg University · Shippensburg, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Franklin Pierce College · Rindge, NH · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
Quinnipiac University · Hamden, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
Ahop Christian Leadership Academy · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Franklin Pierce College · Rindge, NH · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Iona University · New Rochelle, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Quinnipiac University · Hamden, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
University of Connecticut Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
University of Massachusetts Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,250
American International College · Springfield, MA · 2025
Scholarship
$2,250
Capital Community College · Hartford, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$2,250
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$2,250
Unc Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$2,250
American International College · Springfield, MA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,250
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Scholarship
$2,250
Unc Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$2,250
American International College · Springfield, MA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,250
Niagara University · Niagara University, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$2,250
Regis College · Denver, CO · 2023
Scholarship
$2,250
The Berkshire School · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Bentley University · Waltham, MA · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
Delaware Valley University · Souderton, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
Bentley University · Waltham, MA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Delaware Valley University · Souderton, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Roger Williams University · Bristol, RI · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
University of Connecticut - Hartford Cam · Hartford, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Central Connecticut State University · New Britain, CT · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2022
Scholarship
$1,500
Eastern Connecticut State University · Willimantic, CT · 2024
Scholarship
$1,000
University of New Haven · West Haven, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Western Ct State University · Danbury, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Eastern Connecticut State University · Willimantic, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
West New England University · Springfield, MA · 2022
Scholarship

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.