Funding search · EIN 061601116 · New Canaan, CT

The Seelert 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.

100
grants reported
$282,184
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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  • Stamford Hospital Foundation4 grants · $40,500
  • Waveny Park Conservancy4 grants · $40,500
  • New Canaan Community Foundation4 grants · $28,500
  • Town Players of New Canaan3 grants · $27,000
  • New Canaan Ram Football Association4 grants · $26,000
  • New Canaan Library4 grants · $14,334
  • New Canaan Land Trust3 grants · $12,000
  • Staying Put in New Caanan4 grants · $8,500
  • Project Broadway2 grants · $6,000
  • New Canaan Ems4 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$60,334
2022
$76,100
2023
$73,250
2024
$72,500
2025

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

  • $21,000

    Waveny Park Conservancy · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable donations

  • $16,000

    Waveny Park Conservancy · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $12,500

    New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $12,500

    Town Players of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $12,500

    Town Players of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $11,000

    New Canaan Ram Football Association · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,500

    Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,334

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    New Canaan Land Trust · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Stamford Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $8,000

    New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    New Canaan Ram Football Association · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    New Canaan Ram Football Association · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable donations

  • $5,000

    Green Mountain Valley School · Waitsfield, VT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    New Canaan Ram Football Association · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $3,000

    Ct Stage · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $3,000

    New Canaan Community Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $3,000

    Project Broadway · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $3,000

    Project Broadway · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,500

    New Canaan Ems · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,500

    Staying Put in New Caanan · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,500

    Waveny Lifecare Network · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,500

    Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Association · Wilton, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,500

    Woodstock Region Journalism Foundation · Woodstock, VT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Getabout · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Staying Put in New Caanan · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Town Players of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Greenich Audubon Society · Greenwich, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Waveny Park Conservancy · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Staying Put in New Caanan · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Association · Wilton, CT · 2023

    Charitable donations

  • $2,000

    Staying Put in New Caanan · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps · Wilton, CT · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $1,500

    New Canaan Ems · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,500

    New Canaan Historical Society · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,500

    Waveny Park Conservancy · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $1,100

    Ct Stage · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Ccnc Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Charitable Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    The Woodstock Foundation · Woodstock, VT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Uconn Foundation · Stors, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Ccnc Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Friends of Harvard Golf · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Getabout · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Mad River Volunteer Ambulance Service · Waitsfield, VT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Beautification League · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Chamber Music · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Norwalk River Valley Trail · Georgetown, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Uconn Foundation · Stors, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Wilton Library · Wilton, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Zack'S Place · Woodstock, VT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Ccnc Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable donations

  • $1,000

    Do It Like Dan · Woodstock, VT · 2023

    Charitable donations

  • $1,000

    Friends of Harvard Golf · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Getabout · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Beautification League · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Ems · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable donation

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Land Trust · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Norwalk River Valley Trail · Wilton, CT · 2023

    Charitable donation

  • $1,000

    Uconn Foundation · Stors, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Waveny Lifecare Network · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Wilton Library · Wilton, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Country Club of North Carolina · Pinehurst, NC · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $1,000

    Do It Like Dan · Woodstock, VT · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $1,000

    Friends of Harvard Golf · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Getabout · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable donation

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Beautification League · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Ems · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable donation

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Land Trust · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Norman Williams Public Library · Woodstock, VT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Norwalk River Valley Trail · Wilton, CT · 2022

    Charitable donation

  • $1,000

    Pentangle · Woodstock, VT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Person To Person · Stamford, CT · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $1,000

    Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity · Portsmouth, NH · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $1,000

    Uconn Foundation · Stors, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Waveny Lifecare Network · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Wilton Library · Wilton, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $750

    New Canaan Charitable Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    New Canaan Historical Society · New Canaan, CT · 2025

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Meals On Wheels · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    New Canaan Historical Society · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Norman Williams Public Library · Woodstock, VT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Wilton Firefighters Benevolent Fund · Wilton, CT · 2024

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Meals On Wheels · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    New Canaan Charitable Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    New Canaan Historical Society · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Norman Williams Public Library · Woodstock, VT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Zack'S Place · Woodstock, VT · 2023

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Meals On Wheels · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    New Canaan Charitable Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $500

    Soul Ryeders · Rye, NY · 2022

    Charitable donations

  • $500

    Woodstock Aging Council · Woodstock, VT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

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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.