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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 37-6663674

Jessie Corson Trust

A private foundation in Wheeling, WV. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $300,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $5,036,901

  • Tax year 2024

    $262,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,970,640

  • Tax year 2023

    $229,263

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,408,530

  • Tax year 2022

    $239,641

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,239,618

  • Tax year 2021

    $216,791

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,011,523

  • Tax year 2020

    $220,555

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,263,023

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,003,120

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Humane Society of Somerset CountySomerset, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $60,000
  2. Zoological Society of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $50,000
  3. Beaver County Humane SocietyAliquippa, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $50,000
  4. Hope Haven Farm SanctuarySewickley, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $40,000
  5. Washington Area Humane SocietyEighty Four, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $25,000
  6. Animal Friends IncPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $20,000
  7. National AviaryPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $20,000
  8. White Oak Animal Safe HavenWhite Oak, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $15,000
  9. Gray Paws SanctuaryWhite Oak, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $10,000
  10. Angel Ridge Animal RescueMeadowlands, PA

    General charitable purpose

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals8 grants $270,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania10 grants $300,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Wesbanco Bank IncTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $29,356

The return

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