Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1562154. Reported 291 grants totalling $1,854,852 to 98 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $360 and $5,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renbrook School | West Hartford, CT | $425,000 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Hartford, CT | $302,225 | 19 | 5 | 2024 |
| Theater Works Hartford | Hartford, CT | $135,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hartford Stage | Hartford, CT | $125,350 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford, CT | $117,634 | 11 | 5 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Science Center | Hartford, CT | $98,150 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Britain Museum of American Art | New Britain, CT | $77,835 | 11 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $76,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | Hartford, CT | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Israel | West Hartford, CT | $43,304 | 20 | 5 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $40,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hartford Symphony Orchestra | Hartford, CT | $27,500 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $20,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $19,500 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mandell Jewish Community Center | West Hartford, CT | $18,500 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Gent Row Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Voices of Hope | Hartford, CT | $14,400 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| South Park Inn | Hartford, CT | $13,334 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grace Academy | Hartford, CT | $12,850 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | Farmington, CT | $10,002 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Farmington Chabad | Farmington, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Hartford Arts Council | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central and N Eastern Ct | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | Wallingford, CT | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Uconn Hillel | Storrs, CT | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emanual Synagogue | West Hartford, CT | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Children's Advocacy | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| House of Bread | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Liver Foundation | West Orange, NJ | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $3,334 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | Hagerstown, MD | $3,334 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Conference for Community and Justice | Windsor, CT | $3,334 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Seriousfun Children's Network | Norwalk, CT | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | Storrs, CT | $2,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation | Simsbury, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Petit Family Foundation | Plainville, CT | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $2,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dignity Grows | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $1,825 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Liver Foundation | North Haven, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Southwest New England | Hartford, CT | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Wallingford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Liver Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Built With Our Hands | Rocky Hill, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Museum of Culture and History | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven | Woodbridge, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | Miami, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loaves and Fishes Ministries Inc | Hartford, CT | $800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund | Hartford, CT | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts | New Haven, CT | $567 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish America | Phoenix, AZ | $550 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Autism Speaks | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baystate Health Foundation | Springfield, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Connecticut Bar Foundation | Hartford, CT | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hatzalah South Florida Ems Inc | Miami, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation | West Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Box Elder, SD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pomfret School | Pomfret, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southington Community Cultural Arts | Southington, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhood | West Hartford, CT | $360 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beth Sholom B'nai Israel | Manchester, CT | $334 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Best Buddies International | Miami, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beth El Temple | West Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brain and Behavior Research Foundation | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Community Foundation | Waterbury, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Farmworkers Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County Inc | Lake Worth, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ferguson Library | Stamford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jfact Fund Inc | Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lustgarten Foundation | Woodbury, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miller River Park Collaborative | Stamford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Monsignor Scanlan High School | Bronx, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spinal Cord Injury Association of Connecticut | Wallingford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Ann Place | West Palm Beach, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wireless Zone | Groton, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc | Rocky Hill, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roaring Brook Nature Center | Canton, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friendship Circle of Greater Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Connecticut | Trumbull, CT | $100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute | Williamstown, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Clark | Williamstown, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish America | Trumbull, CT | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | Triangle, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
45 of 98 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Renbrook School
TAKE FLIGHT: THE CAMPAIGN FOR RENBROOK - Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
SUPPORT OF PREMIER MEMBERSHIP - Congregation Beth Israel
SANCTUARY FACADE MAINTENANCE FUND - Hartford Stage
PRODUCTION SPONSORSHIP - TROUBLE IN MIND - Theater Works Hartford
SPONSORSHIP OF - THE REMBRANDT - Tufts University
CHERYL CHASE AND STUART BEAR FAMILY FOUNDATION TERM SCHOLARSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 178 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 54 | $308,316 | $1,800 |
| 2021 | 57 | $240,238 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 64 | $367,458 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 61 | $381,084 | $1,800 |
| 2024 | 55 | $557,756 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Chase ENTERPRISES225 Asylum Stfl, Hartford, CT, 06103. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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