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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 37-1639789

Mericle Foundation

A private foundation in Wilkes Barre, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $84,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Robert K Mericle
100 Baltimore Drive
Wilkes Barre, PA 18701
(570) 823-1100
Form and materials
Formal request must be made by each potential grantee. This may include as appropriate narrative information about the general program and projects, directors and key employees and the specific project for which funding is requested. The foundation may also require financial information regarding the proposed grantee and may ask for such additional information as it may deem relevant to its consideration of the grant request.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $84,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,649,400

  • Tax year 2023

    $225,059

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $41,880

  • Tax year 2022

    $243,666

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $89,777

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,001,002

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $69,703

  • Tax year 2020

    $548,167

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $163,359

  • Tax year 2019

    $508,800

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $42,129

  • Tax year 2018

    $862,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $38,658

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. America 250 PAPittston, PA

    Comemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the united states

    $37,500
  2. Northeast Sight ServicesExeter, PA

    Children's screening program

    $15,000
  3. Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA

    Women and children scholarship

    $10,000
  4. Penn State UniversityState College, PA

    Wilkes-barre general scholarship

    $10,000
  5. St Joseph's Center FoundationScranton, PA

    Sustaining fund

    $10,000
  6. Woman's Resource CenterScranton, PA

    Annual donation

    $1,000
  7. Dinners for KidsWilkes Barre, PA

    Annual dinner-bronze sponsor

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,00050% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $10,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania7 grants $84,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Robert K MericleTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kim E MericleTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Katelyn K MericleTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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