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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 25-6666319

Peter F McManus Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Chesterbrook, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $377,834 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

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
August 31
Restrictions
Study of causes of alcoholism and other addictions as set forth in application.

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

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

    $377,834

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $958,114
  • Tax year 2024

    $320,302

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,090,847
  • Tax year 2023

    $294,284

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,149,115
  • Tax year 2022

    $288,752

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,242,095
  • Tax year 2021

    $299,614

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,509,268
  • Tax year 2020

    $374,963

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,470,504
  • Tax year 2019

    $199,997

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,560,829
  • Tax year 2018

    $149,998

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,588,521

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University Texas Medical BranchGalveston, TX

    Hommel project

    $100,000
  2. Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    Nenov project

    $100,000
  3. Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    Unterwald project

    $99,294
  4. Rowan University FoundationGlassboro, NJ

    Manvich project

    $93,570
  5. University of NebraskaLincoln, NE

    Refund - garcia project

    -$414
  6. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    Grant refund- seo project

    -$1,956
  7. Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC

    Refund - ferris project

    -$12,660

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $280,204100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania2 grants $199,294
  2. Texas1 grant $100,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $93,570
  4. Nebraska1 grant -$414
  5. Connecticut1 grant -$1,956
  6. North Carolina1 grant -$12,660

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Katharine G LidzTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $14,056

The return

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