The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 82-2658347 · since 2018kashulonfoundation.org·Connecticut·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$1.8M

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$10,000 to $75,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$35,000

Typical grant (median)

45 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

This foundation fits your work if you are a 501(c)(3) public charity based in and serving Western Connecticut, providing educational or welfare opportunities to children and families on a needs basis.
Most of its grants fall between $10,000 and $75,000, with a median of $25,000, so a request in that range is typical, though its largest grant was $100,000.
Start with a Letter of Inquiry through its website, briefly describing your organisation and the nature and amount of your request, since a full application is considered only by invitation.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but 90% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a first-time applicant should not assume an easy route.
Organisations based outside Western Connecticut are unlikely to meet its stated eligibility.

Overview

The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wilmington, DE.

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

The foundation supports the welfare of children and families through education and other services, with a focus on organisations in Western Connecticut. It says its grants are intended to generate a lasting impact and transformative results for those served. Eligible organisations are generally public charities recognised by the IRS under section 501(c)(3), located in and serving Western Connecticut, providing educational or welfare opportunities to children and families, and needs-based. It considers general-support requests to expand or sustain operations as well as project support for specific activities. Eligible activities include annual appeals, capital requests or campaigns, private elementary and high schools, pre-K schools, vocational training, scholarship programmes, nongovernmental organisations, organisations benefiting children's welfare, and religious organisations where requests improve children's welfare or education.

Themes

Child and family welfare
Education
Vocational training
Scholarship programs

Geographic Focus

Western Connecticut.

How to apply

Organisations submit a Letter of Inquiry through the website, briefly describing the organisation and the nature and amount of the request. A full funding application is considered by invitation as the next review step.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 90% 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 149 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

Applicants should generally be IRS-recognised tax-exempt public charities under section 501(c)(3).
Applicants should generally be located in and serve Western Connecticut communities.
Applicants should generally provide educational or welfare opportunities to children and families.
Applicants should generally be needs-based.

Where grants go

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

Grant dollars by state

Connecticut88%

Iowa4%

North Carolina3%

Massachusetts2%

Tennessee1%

Illinois<1%

2 other states: 1%

The largest single recipient received 6% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2025, 90% of grant dollars went to organisations The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

45 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $35,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 45 grants in tax year 2025 by size

$1k–$2.5k2%

$2.5k–$5k0%

$5k–$10k4%

$10k–$25k16%

$25k–$50k38%

$50k–$100k33%

$100k–$250k7%

Median $35,000 (tax year 2025)

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

Saint Aloysius Church · To help fund the church's Faith-Based Education Initiatives, including the creation of an innovative curriculum in grades pre-K through 6
$100,0002025 tax year
The Carver Inc · To support the Bridgeport-Carver Partnership for Afterschool and Summer Learning project
$100,0002025 tax year
Catholic Relief Services · Driving Mission Agility, Strengthening Families and Empowering Youth initiatives
$100,0002025 tax year
Covenant School of Bridgeport · salary funds to support one math and science teacher and one AmeriCorp teaching fellow
$80,0002025 tax year
Cardinal Shehan Center · After School and Saturday program
$75,0002025 tax year
Fairfield University · To help fund scholarships for students enrolled in the University's Computer Science program at Fairfield Bellarmine, with a focus on low-income students from Bridgeport, CT
$75,0002025 tax year
Future 5 · Next Track program, which identifies and offers career counseling to students not on a college track
$75,0002025 tax year
Kids in Crisis · Safe Haven program
$75,0002025 tax year

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

Officers and directors

James P Murray — Director, Treasurer
Martin McLaughlin Sr — Director
Christian Le Bris — Director, President
Gail Kashulon — Director, Secretary
George Benington — Director

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$1,921,536	$1,599,000	$38,637,879	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$2,080,840	$1,714,500	$40,477,309	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$2,209,986	$1,804,350	$45,258,321	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.