Funding search · EIN 066068790 · New Canaan, CT

The Schwedel 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.

80
grants reported
$423,405
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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  • New Canaan Library3 grants · $120,000
  • Temple Sinai3 grants · $75,570
  • 50can1 grant · $50,000
  • Princeton University3 grants · $48,000
  • New Canaan Community Foundation (the Dome)1 grant · $20,000
  • New Canaan Community Foundation2 grants · $18,000
  • Nccf New Canaan Community Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • Achievement First2 grants · $10,000
  • Kingswood Oxford School4 grants · $8,000
  • Beth Sholom B'Nai Israel3 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$129,640
2022
$120,550
2023
$83,780
2024
$89,435
2025

Grant history

All 80 reported grants, largest first.

  • $56,780

    Temple Sinai · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General funds

  • $55,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $50,000

    50can · Washington, DC · 2025

    General funds

  • $50,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $20,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    General funds

  • $20,000

    New Canaan Community Foundation (the Dome) · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $15,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    General funds

  • $15,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    General funds

  • $13,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General funds

  • $10,000

    New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    General funds

  • $10,000

    Nccf New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $9,465

    Temple Sinai · Stamford, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $9,325

    Temple Sinai · Stamford, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $8,000

    New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    General funds

  • $5,000

    Shelbourne Farms · Shelbourne, VT · 2025

    General funds

  • $5,000

    Achievement First · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $5,000

    Achievement First · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $5,000

    Nccf · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $2,700

    Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, NH · 2023

    General funds

  • $2,600

    Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, NH · 2022

    General funds

  • $2,500

    Beth Sholom B'Nai Israel · Manchester, CT · 2025

    General funds

  • $2,500

    Beth Sholom B'Nai Israel · Manchester, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $2,500

    Beth Sholom B'Nai Israel · Manchester, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $2,000

    Kingswood Oxford School · West Hartford, CT · 2025

    General funds

  • $2,000

    Kingswood Oxford School · West Hartford, CT · 2024

    General funds

  • $2,000

    Kingswood Oxford School · West Hartford, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $2,000

    Connecticut Foodshare · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $2,000

    Kingswood Oxford School · West Hartford, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,675

    Miscellaneous Charity Distributions (10) · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,475

    Miscellaneous Charity Distributions (9) · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,100

    University of Pennsylvania (Trustees of the) · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,100

    University of Pennsylvania (Trustees of the) · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    City Year · Dorchester, MA · 2025

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Aacr Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Americares · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Connecticut Foodshare · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind · Warrington, PA · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Komen (Susan G) · Washington, DC · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Mazon · Albert Lea, MN · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Mskcc - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Library Annual Fund · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance · New York, NY · 2023

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Aacr Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Americares · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Bushnell Center for Performing Arts · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind · Warrington, PA · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Komen (Susan G) · Washington, DC · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Mazon · Washington, DC · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Md Anderson Cancer Center Annual Fund · Houston, TX · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Mskcc - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Library Annual Fund · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $1,000

    Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance · New York, NY · 2022

    General funds

  • $500

    Woodway Scholarship Fund · Darien, CT · 2025

    General funds

  • $500

    Bhof · Washington, DC · 2023

    General funds

  • $500

    New Canaan Cares · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $500

    New Canaan Land Trust · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $500

    Parkinson'S Body and Mind · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $500

    Bhof · Washington, DC · 2022

    General funds

  • $500

    New Canaan Cares · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $500

    New Canaan Land Trust · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $250

    Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $250

    Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General funds

  • $250

    New Canaan Museum & Historical Society · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $250

    Special Olympics - Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $250

    Teach for America - Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General funds

  • $250

    Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $250

    New Canaan Museum & Historical Society · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $250

    Special Olympics - Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $250

    Teach for America - Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General funds

  • $135

    Phi Beta Kappa Society · Washington, DC · 2025

    General funds

  • $100

    New Canaan Cares · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    General funds

  • $100

    New Canaan Museum & Historical Society · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    General funds

  • $100

    New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    General funds

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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.