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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-6814276

Merle Selfon Memorial Fund Charitable TR

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $347,242 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

    $347,242

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,660,959

  • Tax year 2024

    $364,902

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,481,159

  • Tax year 2023

    $380,415

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,531,432

  • Tax year 2022

    $401,527

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,700,709

  • Tax year 2021

    $372,031

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,060,109

  • Tax year 2020

    $362,773

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,781,229

  • Tax year 2019

    $359,438

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,032,130

  • Tax year 2018

    $373,536

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,664,342

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lancaster County FoundationLancaster, PA

    General support

    $347,242

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 $347,242100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $347,242

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • PNC Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $59,421

The return

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