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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6757486

W J and C R Wrighton Charitable

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $94,913 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $94,913

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,804,875
  • Tax year 2024

    $87,011

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,790,650
  • Tax year 2023

    $90,888

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,789,035
  • Tax year 2022

    $98,820

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,980,952
  • Tax year 2021

    $93,584

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,267,536
  • Tax year 2020

    $92,151

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,796,356
  • Tax year 2019

    $85,111

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,815,989
  • Tax year 2018

    $197,751

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,841,260

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Elm St Congregational ChurchSouthbridge, MA

    General support

    $42,437
  2. Harrington Memorial HospitalSouthbridge, MA

    General support

    $18,861
  3. United Way of So Cent Mass IncSouthbridge, MA

    General support

    $9,430
  4. American Red CrossWashington, DC

    General support

    $9,430
  5. Northfield Mount Hermon SchoolMount Hermon, MA

    General support

    $4,147
  6. American Cancer Society IncAtlanta, GA

    General support

    $3,536
  7. March of Dimes FoundationArlington, VA

    General support

    $3,536
  8. The Salvation ArmyWest Nyack, NY

    General support

    $3,536

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health2 grants $22,39762% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $9,43026% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $4,14712% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $74,875
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $9,430
  3. Georgia1 grant $3,536
  4. New York1 grant $3,536
  5. Virginia1 grant $3,536

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • PNC Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $20,962

The return

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