The Chase Collegiate School Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on sustaining independent K–12 and prep schools in Connecticut through scholarship and endowment support, while also supporting local Waterbury-area youth services and heritage institutions. Grants frequently fund endowed scholarships, operating support, and program endowments, and the foundation uses community intermediaries to establish donor-advised funds and larger endowed gifts. Recipients are often repeat grantees and local organizations with strong ties to independent education and youth development.
A defining feature of Chase Collegiate School Foundation’s giving is its sustained support for Connecticut independent-school scholarships and endowments. The largest recent grant in the record went to Connecticut Community Foundation for an endowment for Children’s Community School, and the foundation has also made sizable support available directly to Children’s Community School for operating costs and to its scholarship endowment. That pattern points to a funder that favors long-term institutional support rather than one-off program gifts. The foundation’s recent grants also show repeated commitments to schools serving students across Connecticut, including Taft School, Canterbury School, and Westover School. Several awards are specifically labeled for scholarships, while others support operating needs, professional development, and program endowments. In Waterbury, its giving extends beyond schools to youth-serving organizations and a local museum, including endowment support for the Waterbury Police Activity League and stewardship of Chase’s archives at Mattatuck Museum. The result is a compact but clearly education-centered portfolio with local community ties and a strong endowment orientation.
Scholarship support is the clearest theme in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $267,455 to The Taft School for an endowment for scholarships, $265,189 to Canterbury School for funding scholarships, and $114,700 to Waterbury Police Activity League for an endowment for scholarships. The same pattern appears in smaller awards to Wooster School, St Mary Magdalen, St John’s School, Cheshire Academy, and Westover School. The foundation also backs operating support and institutional capacity. In 2025, it gave $354,200 to Children’s Community School for operating support and $115,700 to Westover School for operating support. It funded professional development through $173,986 to The Williams School for an endowment for professional develop, and it supported programming at Foote School with $55,831 for the Horizons program. Heritage stewardship appears in the $200,000 grant to Mattatuck Museum for stewardship of Chase’s archives.
Typical grant size is fairly clustered at the core of the portfolio: p25 is $62,500, median is $69,389, and p75 is $216,297. The record also includes several much larger endowment commitments above $200,000, alongside a set of smaller operating gifts in 2025. Recipients recur across years, with schools such as Taft, Canterbury, Westover, Cheshire Academy, and Children’s Community School appearing more than once. The foundation is a private grantmaker with no program-related investments and no individual giving, and the grants shown are all to institutions rather than people.
$501K
$11.6M
$536K
$576K
Most grants fall between $63K and $216K, with a median of $69K.
25th Percentile
$63K
Median
$69K
75th Percentile
$216K
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Concentrated, repeat giving focused on building endowments and scholarship pools for a relatively small set of local independent schools and youth organizations; a mix of multi-hundred-thousand dollar gifts and smaller recurring grants, often routed through or paired with the Connecticut Community Foundation.
Notable grantees: Connecticut Community Foundation, Children's Community School, The Taft School, Canterbury School, Mattatuck Museum
Giving is strongly concentrated in Connecticut: 95% of grants go to recipients in the state, and the overall scope is local. Waterbury appears repeatedly, including Children’s Community School, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury Police Activity League, and Connecticut Community Foundation. Other Connecticut recipient cities include New Haven, Watertown, New Milford, Middlebury, Oakville, Cheshire, Farmington, Hamden, Washington, and Simsbury. One grant in the recent list went to Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts.
It most often funds Connecticut independent and boarding schools through scholarships, endowments, operating support, and professional development. The recent grants include major scholarship and endowment awards to schools such as The Taft School, Canterbury School, Westover School, and The Williams School.
Typical grants cluster around the mid-five-figure to low-six-figure range. The reported distribution is p25 of $62,500, median of $69,389, and p75 of $216,297.
Yes. Ninety-five percent of grants go to recipients in Connecticut, and the stated geographic scope is local. Recent Connecticut recipients include organizations in Waterbury, New Haven, Watertown, New Milford, Middlebury, Oakville, Cheshire, Farmington, Hamden, Washington, and Simsbury.
The grants include scholarship endowments, operating support, program endowments, and stewardship work. Examples in the record include endowments for scholarships, operating support for schools, support for the Horizons program, and stewardship of Chase’s archives at Mattatuck Museum.
Recipients often recur across years. Schools such as The Taft School, Canterbury School, Westover School, Cheshire Academy, and Children’s Community School appear multiple times in the recent grant list, showing repeated support rather than isolated awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL | WATERBURY, CT | $354,200 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WESTOVER SCHOOL WESTOVER SCHOOL | MIDDLEBURY, CT | $115,700 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| TAFT SCHOOL TAFT SCHOOL | WATERTOWN, CT | $12,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HOLY DISCIPLES-ST MARY MAGDALEN HOLY DISCIPLES-ST MARY MAGDALEN | OAKVILLE, CT | $7,200 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CHESHIRE ACADEMY CHESHIRE ACADEMY | CHESHIRE, CT | $4,100 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL | FARMINGTON, CT | $4,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL | WASHINGTON, CT | $1,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HAMDEN HALL HAMDEN HALL | HAMDEN, CT | $900 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| WESTMINSTER SCHOOL WESTMINSTER SCHOOL | SIMSBURY, CT | $400 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION I CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION I | WATERBURY, CT | $1,209,821 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT F/B/O CHILDRENS COMM. SCH |
| WOODWARD FOUNDATION WOODWARD FOUNDATION | NEW HAVEN, CT | $560,720 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| CHILDRENS COMMUNITY SCHOOL CHILDRENS COMMUNITY SCHOOL | WATERBURY, CT | $313,865 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE TAFT SCHOOL THE TAFT SCHOOL | WATERTOWN, CT | $267,455 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CANTERBURY SCHOOL CANTERBURY SCHOOL | NEW MILFORD, CT | $265,189 | 2023 | FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION I | WATERBURY, CT | $200,000 | 2023 | ESTABLISH DONOR ADVISED FUND |
| MATTATUCK MUSEUM | WATERBURY, CT | $200,000 | 2023 | STEWARDSHIP OF CHASE'S ARCHIVES |
| THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL | NEW LONDON, CT | $173,986 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP |
| WATERBURY POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE WATERBURY POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE | WATERBURY, CT | $114,700 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| WOOSTER SCHOOL WOOSTER SCHOOL | DANBURY, CT | $74,883 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| ST JOHN'S SCHOOL ST JOHN'S SCHOOL | WATERTOWN, CT | $63,895 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| ST MARY MAGDALEN ST MARY MAGDALEN | OAKVILLE, CT | $63,895 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| WESTOVER SCHOOL | MIDDLEBURY, CT | $62,500 | 2023 | FUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CANTERBURY SCHOOL | NEW MILFORD, CT | $62,500 | 2023 | FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE TAFT SCHOOL | WATERTOWN, CT | $62,500 | 2023 | FUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CHESHIRE ACADEMY | CHESHIRE, CT | $62,500 | 2023 | FUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS |
| FOOTE SCHOOL FOOTE SCHOOL | NEW HAVEN, CT | $55,831 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR HORIZONS PROGRAM |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WATERBURY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WATERBURY | WATERBURY, CT | $31,921 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL | MIDDLEFIELD, CT | $18,764 | 2023 | ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| BERKSHIRE SCHOOL BERKSHIRE SCHOOL | SHEFFIELD, MA | $17,037 | 2023 | SUPPORT "SHAWN'S PLACE" |
HOLY DISCIPLES-ST MARY MAGDALEN HOLY DISCIPLES-ST MARY MAGDALEN
$7,200OPERATING SUPPORT
CHESHIRE ACADEMY CHESHIRE ACADEMY
$4,100OPERATING SUPPORT
MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL
OPERATING SUPPORT
THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL THE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL
$1,500OPERATING SUPPORT
HAMDEN HALL HAMDEN HALL
$900OPERATING SUPPORT
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL WESTMINSTER SCHOOL
$400OPERATING SUPPORT
CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION I CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION I
$1,209,821ENDOWMENT F/B/O CHILDRENS COMM. SCH
WOODWARD FOUNDATION WOODWARD FOUNDATION
$560,720GENERAL PURPOSES
CHILDRENS COMMUNITY SCHOOL CHILDRENS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
$313,865ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
CANTERBURY SCHOOL CANTERBURY SCHOOL
$265,189FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS
MATTATUCK MUSEUM
$200,000STEWARDSHIP OF CHASE'S ARCHIVES
THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL
$173,986ENDOWMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP
WATERBURY POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE WATERBURY POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE
$114,700ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
WOOSTER SCHOOL WOOSTER SCHOOL
$74,883ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
ST JOHN'S SCHOOL ST JOHN'S SCHOOL
$63,895ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
ST MARY MAGDALEN ST MARY MAGDALEN
$63,895ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
CANTERBURY SCHOOL
$62,500FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS
CHESHIRE ACADEMY
$62,500FUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS
FOOTE SCHOOL FOOTE SCHOOL
$55,831ENDOWMENT FOR HORIZONS PROGRAM
ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL
$18,764ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
BERKSHIRE SCHOOL BERKSHIRE SCHOOL
$17,037SUPPORT "SHAWN'S PLACE"