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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-6669255

Helen Ruth Gordon Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $73,108 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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
See footnote
Restrictions
See footnote

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $73,108

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,462,512

  • Tax year 2023

    $71,821

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,432,788

  • Tax year 2022

    $83,718

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,403,801

  • Tax year 2021

    $80,677

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,522,388

  • Tax year 2020

    $67,606

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,519,506

  • Tax year 2019

    $73,105

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,472,740

  • Tax year 2018

    $77,513

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,473,562

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Community Life Enrichment FoundationWest View, PA

    General operating

    $20,000
  2. Laurelville Mennonite Church CenMt Pleasant, PA

    General operating

    $15,000
  3. Bhutanese Community AssociationPittsburgh, PA

    General operating

    $12,000
  4. Write PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operating

    $10,000
  5. Early Excellence ProjectPittsburgh, PA

    General operating

    $8,000
  6. Center for Hearing & Deaf ServicesPittsburgh, PA

    General operating

    $6,023
  7. YWCA Greater PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operating

    $2,085

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 $10,00056% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $8,00044% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania7 grants $73,108

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 $16,620

The return

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