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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-8824719

Coherent Ii-Vi Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 52 grants and $1.4 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
July 15
Restrictions
The foundation intends to award scholarship grants to qualified applicants in high schools in locations where coherent corp maintains a plant or a manufacturing facility.
Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
February 15
Restrictions
The majority of the gifts must be used to support graduate or undergraduate students.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,381,018

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $8,842,260

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,714,345

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $7,437,681

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,944,019

    Grants listed
    62
    Assets, end of year
    $7,816,011

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,668,328

    Grants listed
    53
    Assets, end of year
    $8,787,833

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,279,392

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $8,948,236

Grants paid in 2024

52 grants, largest first

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

  1. University of Buffalo AAlbany, NY

    Block gift

    $95,000
  2. University of Buffalo BAlbany, NY

    Block gift

    $95,000
  3. University of California Santa BarbSanta Barbara, CA

    Block gift

    $95,000
  4. University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Block gift

    $95,000
  5. University of IllinoisChicago, IL

    Block gift

    $95,000
  6. University of Illinois Urbana ChampChicago, IL

    Block gift

    $95,000
  7. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    Block gift

    $95,000
  8. The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH

    Block gift

    $95,000
  9. University of RochesterRochester, NY

    Block gift

    $95,000
  10. University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX

    Block gift

    $95,000
  11. Kyoto UniversityKyoto, Japan

    Block gift

    $46,800
  12. Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA

    Block gift

    $23,750
  13. University of IllinoisChicago, IL

    Block gift

    $13,664
  14. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  15. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  16. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  17. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  18. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  19. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  20. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  21. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  22. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  23. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  24. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  25. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  26. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  27. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  28. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  29. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  30. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  31. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  32. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  33. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  34. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  35. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  36. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  37. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  38. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  39. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  40. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  41. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  42. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  43. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  44. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  45. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  46. Individual

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  47. Soochow UniversitySuzhou, China

    Scholarships

    $10,000
  48. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,500
  49. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  50. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  51. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  52. Individual

    Block gift returns

    -$13,696

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $190,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois4 grants $298,664
  2. New York3 grants $285,000
  3. California1 grant $95,000
  4. Michigan1 grant $95,000
  5. Ohio1 grant $95,000
  6. Texas1 grant $95,000
  7. Georgia1 grant $23,750

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Richard W PurnellEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $201,200
  • Carl J JohnsonCHAIRMAN EMERITUS & DIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Marc Y E PelaezCHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Elgin EisslerDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Holly S McCann EsquireSECRETARY Hours 3Pay $0
  • J D BrookhartDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Young Kai ChenDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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