Open Foundations · Connecticut

Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc

Manchester, Connecticut · EIN 061574365. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.7M across 87 grants in 2025, a median of $9K each.

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$1.7M
paid in 2025
87
grants paid
$9K
median grant
5%
to first-time recipients
$41.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
KELLEY GUNTHER
Address
935 MAIN STREET LEVEL C SUITE B101, MANCHESTER, CT, 06040
Phone
8605331067
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
COMPLETION OF THE "REQUEST FOR GRANT- AND "SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION" LCOATED ON THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE.
Submission deadline
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - JANUARY - MARCH FOR THE FOLLOWING FALL SEMESTER, GRANTS APPS - YEAR ROUND
Restrictions on awards
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS LIMITED TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA INDICATED ON THE WEBSITE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631779349100713. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 87 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Rebuilding Together - ManchesterCT$100,000SUPPORT
2University of ConnecticutCT$98,550SCHOLARSHIP
3Malta House of Care FoundationCT$85,000SUPPORT
4Connecticut Science CenterCT$79,530SUPPORT
5University of ConnecticutCT$67,811SUPPORT
6Manchester Area Conference of ChurcCT$65,000SUPPORT
7Eastern Connecticut State UniversitCT$55,750SCHOLARSHIPS
8Hockanum Valley Community CouncilCT$55,000SUPPORT
9Open Hearth Association IncCT$55,000SUPPORT
10Hartford Stage CompanyCT$53,195SUPPORT
11Scouting America Ct Rivers CouncilCT$53,150SUPPORT
12Horizons Inc (camp Horizons)CT$50,180SUPPORT
13Connecticut Audubon SocietyCT$49,225SUPPORT
14Connecticut Foodshare (fkafoodshCT$40,000SUPPORT
15Eastern Connecticut State UniversitCT$40,000SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020102$1.2M
2021103$1.5M
2022100$1.7M
202398$1.6M
202483$1.5M
2025 (partial year)87$1.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Connecticut97%
Illinois1%
Texas1%
New York1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Allison WholeyTRUSTEE · 2025
Brian a OrensteinTREASURER · 2025
Charles L PikeVICE PRESIDE · 2025
Doreen DownhamEX DIR/SECRE · 2025
Douglas K AndersonPRESIDENT · 2025
Eric a MarzialiTRUSTEE · 2025
Gregory S WolffTRUSTEE · 2025
Harry S GaucherTRUSTEE · 2025
John D Labelle JrTRUSTEE · 2025
Jon L NorrisTRUSTEE · 2025
Linda S KleinTRUSTEE · 2025
Mary C DevanneyTRUSTEE · 2025
Michael LynchTRUSTEE · 2025
Molly DevanneyEX DIR/ SECR · 2025
Sheila B FlanaganTRUSTEE · 2025
Stephen JoynerTRUSTEE · 2025
Susan M KeatingTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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