Liberty Bank Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 06-1479957 · since 1997liberty-bank.com/about-liberty-bank/liberty-community/community-foundation/liberty-bank-foundation·Connecticut, Massachusetts·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$2.3M

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$5,000 to $25,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$10,000

Typical grant (median)

144 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

A mix of rolling and fixed deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your organisation is a 501(c)(3) working on education and workforce readiness, small business, affordable housing or food security, its stated priorities fit, though food-security requests are limited to primary food pantries or soup kitchens in communities where Liberty Bank operates.
Ask within a modest range: about 8 in 10 of its 424 grants fall between $5,000 and $25,000 and the median is $10,000, with stated bands of $2,500 to $5,000 for Local Impact Grants and $10,000 to $25,000 for Strategic Impact Grants, and because its largest grant was $200,000 that band is not a ceiling.
Its geographic focus is not stated; the filing shows grants mainly in Connecticut and Massachusetts, which describes past giving rather than a limit on who may apply.
Strategic Impact Grant applicants should begin with a Letter of Interest, and the foundation may invite aligned requests to a full proposal; since 64% of its grant dollars in the filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, existing relationships appear to carry weight.
The filing gives no deadlines, so check the application requirements for the programme you want before you write.

Overview

Liberty Bank Foundation is a US private foundation based in Middletown, CT.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Liberty Bank Foundation supports 501(c)(3) organisations whose work aligns with its funding priorities and creates meaningful local impact. It invests in nonprofit partners working to strengthen local communities and expand opportunity for the people and places it serves. Its priorities are education, workforce readiness and support for small business; affordable housing; and food security. Food-security grants are limited to primary food pantries or soup kitchens in communities where Liberty Bank operates, while the Liberty Bank Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive is its primary means of addressing food security. The Foundation looks for clear community need, strong nonprofit partners, practical plans, and outcomes that help individuals and families become stronger, more stable, and better positioned for the future.

Themes

Education and workforce readiness
Small business
Affordable housing
Food security

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

How to apply

Strategic Impact Grant applicants begin with a Letter of Interest (LOI). The Foundation reviews LOIs, and requests aligned with its priorities may be invited to submit a full proposal.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 64% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 424 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The Foundation looks for clear community need, strong nonprofit partners, practical plans, and outcomes that help individuals and families become stronger, more stable, and better positioned for the future.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.

Grant dollars by state

Connecticut90%

Massachusetts8%

New York<1%

North Carolina<1%

Florida<1%

Tennessee<1%

The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2025, 64% of grant dollars went to organisations Liberty Bank Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
19% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

144 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $10,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 144 grants in tax year 2025 by size

$1k–$2.5k1%

$2.5k–$5k2%

$5k–$10k32%

$10k–$25k46%

$25k–$50k13%

$50k–$100k4%

$100k–$250k2%

Median $10,000 (tax year 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut · To support granting wishes in connecticut in celebration of liberty bank's 200th anniversary
$200,0002025 tax year
Middlesex YMCA · To support the northern middlesex y south end renovation and expansion
$200,0002025 tax year
Community Foundation of Middlesex County · To support the 2025 liberty bank rotary club thanksgiving drive
$145,0002025 tax year
Covenant Preparatory School · To offset expenses associated with recent move to new location in downtown hartford /to support programming at covenant prep
$60,0002025 tax year
Middlesex United Way · 2024-2025 corporate gift
$57,0002025 tax year
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · To support the centennial scholarship program
$50,0002025 tax year
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island · To support granting wishes in western massachusetts in celebration of liberty bank's 200th anniversary
$50,0002025 tax year
Green and Blue Foundation · To support community programming in hartford
$50,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Toral Maher — Executive Director / Secretary
Tim Ryan — Chairman
Susan Martin — Director
Robert Parry — Director
Minnie Saleh — Director
Mary Faber — Assistant Secretary
Liberty Bank — Substantial Contributor
Kathy Doucette — Treasurer
Dr Elsa Nunez — Director
David Glidden — President and CEO

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$1,583,330	$1,453,742	$40,816,789	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$2,328,542	$2,072,056	$43,082,367	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$3,166,621	$2,340,080	$46,788,869	Filing for 2025 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.