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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-2994852

Girling Foundation

A private foundation in Allentown, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $25,000 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

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

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $292,437
  • Tax year 2024

    $61,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $334,827
  • Tax year 2023

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $450,589
  • Tax year 2022

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $531,943
  • Tax year 2021

    $24,250

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $592,722
  • Tax year 2020

    $12,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $656,043

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St Judes Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    General fund

    $11,000
  2. Salvation ArmyHarrisburg, PA

    General fund

    $5,500
  3. Race for Education Brandywine Heights PTCTopton, PA

    General fund

    $5,000
  4. Women's 5K ClassicBath, PA

    General fund

    $1,500
  5. Masonic Childrens HomeElizabethtown, PA

    General fund

    $1,000
  6. Western Salisbury Fire CompanyAllentown, PA

    General fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania5 grants $14,000
  2. Tennessee1 grant $11,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Robert T GirlingPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • John GirlingVP Hours 0Pay $0
  • Louise GirlingVP Hours 0Pay $0
  • Robert M SegalVP Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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