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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8728898

Fitzsimmons Foundation

A private foundation in Wheeling, WV. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $443,000 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Robert P Fitzsimmons
1609 Warwood Avenue
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 277-1700
Form and materials
Written Form with Desciption of Charitable purposes and evidence of charitable exempt status under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Limited to Distributions for Charitableexempt purposes under IRS Sections 501c3

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $443,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,318,610

  • Tax year 2024

    $395,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $4,564,449

  • Tax year 2023

    $468,125

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $4,768,433

  • Tax year 2022

    $446,100

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $5,045,035

  • Tax year 2021

    $387,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,338,698

  • Tax year 2020

    $373,335

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $5,567,662

  • Tax year 2019

    $345,909

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $5,775,706

  • Tax year 2018

    $273,202

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $5,929,988

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Oglebay FoundationWheeling, WV

    Paws in the Park

    $310,600
  2. Individual

    General Purposes

    $50,000
  3. Corpus Christi SchoolWheeling, WV

    General Purposes

    $40,000
  4. Individual

    General Purposes

    $10,000
  5. Individual

    General Purposes

    $8,000
  6. St Michael Parish SchoolWheeling, WV

    General Purposes

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    General Purposes

    $5,000
  8. City of WheelingWheeling, WV

    Gateway Park

    $3,250
  9. Bethlehem Apostolic ChurchWheeling, WV

    Christmas Giveaway

    $2,500
  10. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Football and Womens Basketball & General Purposes

    $2,000
  11. Warwood Lions ClubWheeling, WV

    General Purposes

    $1,500
  12. Steubenville High SchoolSteubenville, OH

    Christmas Giveaway

    $1,000
  13. Holy Family Child Care CenterWheeling, WV

    General Purposes

    $1,000
  14. Individual

    General Purposes

    $1,000
  15. Mountain State SpotlightCharleston, WV

    General Purposes

    $1,000
  16. Mountaineer Areas CouncilFairmont, WV

    General Purposes

    $1,000
  17. United Way of Ohio VallleyWheeling, WV

    General Purposes

    $150

Where the money goes

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

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $310,60099% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $2,000<1% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. West Virginia10 grants $366,000
  2. New York1 grant $2,000
  3. Ohio1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Kayleen F CloughTRUSTEE & 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert P FitzsimmonsTRUSTEE & PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sunni L FitzsimmonsTRUSTEE & VICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert J FitzsimmonsTRUSTEE & SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Clayton J FitzsimmonsTRUSTEE & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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