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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6093505

Bird Charles Sumner FDN TR Udecl

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 28 grants and $120,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Contact christine e abramo
Restrictions
Contact christine e abramo

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,953,771
  • Tax year 2023

    $123,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $2,034,111
  • Tax year 2022

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $2,079,178
  • Tax year 2021

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,990,020
  • Tax year 2020

    $159,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,996,826
  • Tax year 2019

    $186,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,966,317
  • Tax year 2018

    $102,500

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $1,996,516

Grants paid in 2024

28 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Trustees of ReservationsBoston, MA

    General operating

    $20,000
  2. CCN Historic Preservation Building FDNNewport, RI

    General operating

    $15,000
  3. Conway School of Landscape DesignNorthampton, MA

    General operating

    $10,000
  4. Newport Hospital FoundationNewport, RI

    General operating

    $10,000
  5. Manitou Art CenterManitou SPGS, CO

    General operating

    $7,500
  6. Fresh EnergySt Paul, MN

    General operating

    $6,000
  7. Eaglebrook SchoolDeerfield, MA

    General operating

    $5,000
  8. Potter League for AnimalsMiddletown, RI

    General operating

    $5,000
  9. Weer AfricaHarrisburg, PA

    General operating

    $5,000
  10. Art and NewportMiddletown, RI

    General operating

    $5,000
  11. Saint Joseph's Arts FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General operating

    $5,000
  12. Provincetown Art Association and MuseumProvincetown, MA

    General operating

    $3,000
  13. West End Racing ClubTruro, MA

    General operating

    $3,000
  14. The Cape Coast and Islands NPR StationWoods Hole, MA

    General operating

    $3,000
  15. Massachusetts Audubon SocietyLincoln, MA

    General operating

    $2,000
  16. Wellfleet Historical Society IncWellfleet, MA

    General operating

    $2,000
  17. NPR - KRCCColorado Springs, CO

    General operating

    $2,000
  18. Truro Center for the ArtsTruro, MA

    General operating

    $2,000
  19. Institue of Noetic SciencesPetaluma, CA

    General operating

    $2,000
  20. Cape Cod Museum of ArtDennis, MA

    General operating

    $1,000
  21. ManometManomet, MA

    General operating

    $1,000
  22. Solstice ProjectSanta Fe, NM

    General operating

    $1,000
  23. Outer Cape ChoraleS Wellfleet, MA

    General operating

    $1,000
  24. White BisonColorado SPGS, CO

    General operating

    $1,000
  25. Fountain Creek WatershedColorado SPGS, CO

    General operating

    $1,000
  26. Allens Neck Friends MeetingDartmouth, MA

    General operating

    $500
  27. Pikes Peak PermacultureManitou SPGS, CO

    General operating

    $500
  28. 18th Street Arts ComplexSanta Monica, CA

    General operating

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment5 grants $30,00042% of the total
  2. Arts and culture6 grants $15,50022% of the total
  3. Education2 grants $15,00021% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $10,00014% of the total
  5. Mental health1 grant $1,0001% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts13 grants $53,500
  2. Rhode Island4 grants $35,000
  3. Colorado5 grants $12,000
  4. California3 grants $7,500
  5. Minnesota1 grant $6,000
  6. Pennsylvania1 grant $5,000
  7. New Mexico1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • BNY Mellon N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $21,134

The return

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