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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-6242753

P A Staples Testamentary Trust

A private foundation in Hershey, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $11,050 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Request must be received by september 30th
Restrictions
Distributions generally provided to organizations with charitable or educational purposes in the local region.

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $11,050

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $251,701

  • Tax year 2024

    $9,600

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $252,654

  • Tax year 2023

    $7,450

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $242,247

  • Tax year 2022

    $5,650

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $240,092

  • Tax year 2021

    $5,250

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $234,824

  • Tax year 2020

    $13,750

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $225,695

  • Tax year 2019

    $9,525

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $234,849

  • Tax year 2018

    $14,350

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $237,422

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Salvation Army HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA

    Charitable use

    $2,000
  2. Hershey- Derry Township Historical SocietyHershey, PA

    Charitable use

    $1,500
  3. Hershey Rotary ClubHershey, PA

    Charitable use

    $1,500
  4. William E Dearden FoundationHershey, PA

    Charitable use

    $1,200
  5. Gretna TheatreMount Gretna, PA

    Charitable use

    $1,000
  6. Hershey Food BankHershey, PA

    Charitable use

    $1,000
  7. Hershey Symphony OrchestraHershey, PA

    Charitable use

    $1,000
  8. Leader Center for Active LifeHershey, PA

    Charitable use

    $1,000
  9. Nativity School of HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA

    Charitable use

    $850
  10. New Birth of Freedom Council BSAMechanicsburg, PA

    Charitable use

    $0
  11. Schuylkill Area Community FoundationPottsville, PA

    Charitable use

    $0
  12. United Way of the Capital RegionEnola, PA

    Charitable use

    $0

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 $1,00035% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $1,00035% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $85030% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania12 grants $11,050

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Bryn Mawr Trust CoTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $3,257

The return

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