Funding search · EIN 066444196 · Westport, CT

M Bonnie Axthelm Charitable Foundation

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

60
grants reported
$158,400
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Marquette University4 grants · $60,000
  • Assumption Church4 grants · $23,000
  • Uu Wilmington4 grants · $20,000
  • Center for Hope4 grants · $20,000
  • Staples High School4 grants · $11,250
  • Unitarian Church4 grants · $8,000
  • Diocese of Bridgeport3 grants · $4,500
  • Westport Musuem4 grants · $3,250
  • St Agnes Music4 grants · $3,000
  • Westport Library3 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$42,400
2022
$44,250
2023
$44,000
2024
$27,750
2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

  • $20,000

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $9,000

    Assumption Church · Westport, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Center for Hope · Darien, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Uu Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Uu Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Assumption Church · Westport, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Center for Hope · Darien, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Assumption Church · Westport, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Uu Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Center for Hope · Darien, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $4,500

    Diocese of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Restricted

  • $4,000

    Assumption Church · Westport, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Unitarian Church · Westport, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Staples High School · Westport, CT · 2025

    Restricted

  • $3,000

    Staples High School · Westport, CT · 2024

    Restricted

  • $3,000

    Uu Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,750

    Staples High School · Westport, CT · 2023

    Restricted

  • $2,500

    Center for Hope · Darien, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Staples High School · Westport, CT · 2022

    Restricted

  • $2,000

    Unitarian Church · Westport, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Unitarian Church · Westport, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Earthplace · Westport, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    St Agnes Music · Roeland Park, KS · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Unitarian Church · Westport, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westport Human Services · Westport, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westport Library · Westport, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westport Musuem · Westport, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    St Agnes Music · Roeland Park, KS · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westport Musuem · Westport, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    St Agnes Music · Roeland Park, KS · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westport Library · Westport, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westport Musuem · Westport, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $250

    Westport Musuem · Westport, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $150

    Uua · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $150

    Uuuno · New York, NY · 2022

    Restricted

  • $100

    Uusc · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Restricted

  • $0

    Earthplace · Westport, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Friends of Sherwood · Westport, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    St Agnes Music · Roeland Park, KS · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Uua · Boston, MA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Westport Human Services · Westport, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Diocese of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Restricted

  • $0

    Friends of Sherwood · Westport, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Uua · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Uusc · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Restricted

  • $0

    Uuuno · New York, NY · 2024

    Restricted

  • $0

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Diocese of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Restricted

  • $0

    Friends of Sherwood · Westport, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Uua · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Uusc · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Restricted

  • $0

    Uuuno · New York, NY · 2023

    Restricted

  • $0

    Westport Library · Westport, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $0

    Friends of Sherwood · Westport, CT · 2022

    Unrestricted

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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.