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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-7883782

Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $905,000 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

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

    $905,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $8,864
  • Tax year 2024

    $245,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $8,731
  • Tax year 2023

    $320,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $8,932
  • Tax year 2022

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $15,643
  • Tax year 2021

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $18,732
  • Tax year 2020

    $492,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $6,943
  • Tax year 2019

    $380,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $11,106

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Sheldrick Wildlife TrustLaguna Hills, CA

    General operating

    $250,000
  2. Wesleyan SchoolPeachtree Cor, GA

    General operating

    $250,000
  3. Mon Valley Boys AcademyWest Mifflin, PA

    General operating

    $150,000
  4. Westmoreland Museum of ArtGreensburg, PA

    General operating

    $100,000
  5. UPMC Children's Hospital FoundationPittsburgh, PA

    General operating

    $100,000
  6. Creating Pittsburgh TomorrowPittsburgh, PA

    General operating

    $25,000
  7. Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial FundBoston, MA

    General operating

    $20,000
  8. Coastal Georgia Historical SocietySt Simons Is, GA

    General operating

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $420,00046% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $250,00028% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $110,00012% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $100,00011% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $25,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania5 grants $385,000
  2. California1 grant $250,000
  3. Georgia1 grant $250,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks LLPCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $3,990
  • BNY Mellon N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $7,710

The return

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