GROTON PARKS FOUNDATION INC

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2015 · Form 990EZ · revenue $140K · expenses $139K · assets $12K

EIN
06-1574542
Address
C/O P FILIPPETTI 1041 POQUONNOCK RD, GROTON, CT 06340-0000
NTEE code
N32 Parks and Playgrounds (Recreation and Sports) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 2000 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
JOHN SILSBY (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF & ACHIEVE BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR UNMET EQUIPMENT & PROGRAM NEEDS OF THE TOWN OF GROTON'S PARKS & RECREATION SYSTEM. THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO DEVELOP THROUGH COMMUNITY SUPPORT, FINANCIAL RESOURCES FROM PUBLIC & PRIVATE SOURCES AND GRANT ASSISTANCE TO GROTON PARKS AND RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT PROJECTS SELECTED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 10 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
A Neil Brown DIRECTOR2015 0 $0 reported 1
Allyn Copp DIRECTOR2015 0 $0 reported 1
Paul Filippetti TREASURER2015 0 $0 reported 1
James Sherrard DIRECTOR2015 0 $0 reported 1
John Silsby PRESIDENT2015 0 $0 reported 1
Domenic Venditti DIRECTOR2015 0 $0 reported 1
Andrew Halsey DIRECTOR2015 0 $0 reported 1
Ray Munn TREASURER2015 0 $0 reported 1
Mark Berry DIRECTOR2015 0 $0 reported 1
Richard Conant DIRECTOR2015 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2015 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
A NEIL BROWN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
ALLYN COPP DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
PAUL FILIPPETTI TREASURER0 $0-- $01
JAMES SHERRARD DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
JOHN SILSBY PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
DOMENIC VENDITTI DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
ANDREW HALSEY DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
RAY MUNN TREASURER0 $0-- $01
MARK BERRY DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
RICHARD CONANT DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$140,094$138,804 $11,677$11,677 $140,082- ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $44,939 in all, tax years 2022 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
SUMMER HILL FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Groton Parks Foundation Inc” 2022 1$25,000 2022$25,000
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PFIZER FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GROTON PARKS FOUNDATION INC” 2023-2024 2$11,130 2024$3,630
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$8,809 2023$8,809
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2015 · Form 990EZ · $138,804 spent · pay $0 · grants $138,804 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $138,804 100.0%
Total$138,804100%

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