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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 25-6318631

Esther L Soder Patton Fund

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $57,987 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $57,987

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,064,694

  • Tax year 2024

    $55,278

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,056,309

  • Tax year 2023

    $51,462

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,105,906

  • Tax year 2022

    $64,665

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,127,226

  • Tax year 2021

    $57,598

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,097,401

  • Tax year 2020

    $57,220

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,007,012

  • Tax year 2019

    $50,257

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,039,119

  • Tax year 2018

    $51,320

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,052,065

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Salvation ArmyWest Nyack, NY

    General operating

    $6,443
  2. Presque Isle Audubon SocietyErie, PA

    General operating

    $6,443
  3. The Sight Center of Northwest PAErie, PA

    General operating

    $6,443
  4. Erie City MissionErie, PA

    General operating

    $6,443
  5. American Red CrossWashington, DC

    General operating

    $6,443
  6. Humane Society of Northwestern PAErie, PA

    General operating

    $6,443
  7. Erie Zoological SocietyErie, PA

    General operating

    $6,443
  8. Bethany Evangelical Lutheran ChurchErie, PA

    General operating

    $6,443
  9. Asbury Woods Nature CenterErie, PA

    General operating

    $6,443

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $6,44350% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $6,44350% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania7 grants $45,101
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $6,443
  3. New York1 grant $6,443

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • BNY Mellon N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $21,381

The return

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