Funding search · EIN 261344446 · Madison, CT

The Summer Hill Foundation

Name: The Summer Hill Foundation 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.

43
grants reported: $3.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $86,000
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

furtherance

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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.

Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust4 grants · $600,000
Save the Redwoods League3 grants · $300,000
Trust for Public Land3 grants · $300,000
Nature Conservancy of Connecticut3 grants · $300,000
The Wyndham Land Trust3 grants · $300,000
Pathfinders1 grant · $200,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust3 grants · $186,000
Pacific Forest Trust2 grants · $150,000
Avalonia Land Conservancy2 grants · $150,000
Madison Land Conservation Trust2 grants · $115,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$661,000

2023

$898,000

2024

$676,000

2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangley, ME · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$200,000
Pathfinders · Killingworth, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$200,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangley, ME · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Nature Conservancy of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangley, ME · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
The Wyndham Land Trust · Pomfret Center, CT · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Nature Conservancy of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangley, ME · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
The Wyndham Land Trust · Pomfret Center, CT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Middlesex Land Trust · Middletown, CT · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
The Wyndham Land Trust · Pomfret Center, CT · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Avalonia Land Conservancy · Old Mystic, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Madison Land Conservation Trust · Madison, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Nature Conservancy of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$93,000
North Branford Land Trust · Branford, CT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$86,000
Historic Huguenot Street · New Paltz, NY · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$75,000
Pacific Forest Trust · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$75,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$75,000
Pacific Forest Trust · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$65,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
Joshuas Trust · Mansfield Center, CT · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
Maine Woodland Owners · Augusta, ME · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
Avalonia Land Conservancy · Old Mystic, CT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
Greater Lovell Land Trust · Lovell, ME · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
Joshuas Trust · Mansfield Center, CT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
Maine Woodland Owners · Augusta, ME · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
Stanton-Davis Homestead · Pawcatuck, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$50,000
The Dudley Foundation · North Guilford, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$46,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$35,200
Madison Historical Society · Madison, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$30,000
South Glastonbury Public Library · South Glastonbury, CT · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$25,000
Groton Parks Foundation · Groton, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$20,000
Groton Open Space Association · Groton, CT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$15,000
Madison Land Conservation Trust · Madison, CT · 2025
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$10,000
Branford Historical Society · Branford, CT · 2024
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$10,000
The Dudley Foundation · North Guilford, CT · 2023
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
$7,500
Deacon John Grave Foundation · Madison, CT · 2022
Furtherance of tax exempt activities

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