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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 25-6429739

Queequeeg Foundation Trust

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $70,650 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
Ralph Reese
333 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 765-3100
Form and materials
No prescribed form or information is required currently.
Deadlines
No submission deadlines.
Restrictions
Grants made to organizations authorized to carry on charitable and/or educational activities.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $70,650

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $238,404

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,350

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $278,874

  • Tax year 2023

    $4,850

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $256,931

  • Tax year 2022

    $4,950

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $245,200

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,600

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $235,611

  • Tax year 2020

    $3,900

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $227,027

  • Tax year 2019

    $4,600

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $218,325

  • Tax year 2018

    $3,800

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $207,144

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. City of Asylum PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $50,000
  2. Hai FoundationDetroit, MI

    Unrestricted

    $10,250
  3. International Cities of Refuge NetworkNorway

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  4. Cave Canem Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $1,500
  5. Northside Food Pantry AdvisorsPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  6. Prendergast LibraryJamestown, NY

    Unrestricted

    $500
  7. Literacy PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  8. Pittsburgh Arts & LecturesPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  9. The International Poetry ForumPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  10. Wesa - Pittsburgh's NPR News StationPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  11. New Hazlett TheaterPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $200
  12. Quantum TheaterPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $200
  13. Writers and BooksRochester, NY

    Unrestricted

    $150
  14. Wzum - Pittsburgh's Jazz Music StationSouth Park, PA

    Unrestricted

    $150
  15. Artist Image ResourcePittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  16. Attack TheaterPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  17. Center for Transformative ActionIthaca, NY

    Unrestricted

    $100
  18. City Theatre CompanyPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  19. Holocaust Center of Greater PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  20. Kente Arts AlliancePittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  21. Reading Is FundamentalWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $50,00080% of the total
  2. Arts and culture5 grants $10,85017% of the total
  3. Education3 grants $1,8503% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania14 grants $53,050
  2. Michigan1 grant $10,250
  3. New York4 grants $2,250
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Ralph H ReeseTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Diane SamuelsTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jake GoodmanTRUSTEE (AS OF 2/1/25) Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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