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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-7384132

Ben F Bryer Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $350,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending May 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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $350,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,163,256

  • Tax year 2023

    $315,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,377,272

  • Tax year 2022

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,007,095

  • Tax year 2021

    $360,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,086,386

  • Tax year 2020

    $310,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,124,111

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Icahn School of Med at Mt SinaiNew York, NY

    General operating

    $150,000
  2. University of Michigan--FlintFlint, MI

    General operating

    $125,000
  3. Flint Institute of MusicFlint, MI

    General operating

    $50,000
  4. The New York Public LibraryNew York, NY

    General operating

    $25,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $50,00067% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $25,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan2 grants $175,000
  2. New York2 grants $175,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert HurandCO-TRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • BNY Mellon N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $49,725

The return

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