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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-6993571

Hawk Ridgeview Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $1.1 million 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
Mark G Schoeppner
PO Box 62010
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
(412) 854-5080
Form and materials
Requests should be presented in a cover letter which describes the program, its objectives and specifies the amount of funds needed. The letter should convey justification for the request and be signed by a fully authorized official of the organization. In addition, the following information should be provided: determination letter(s) from the internal revenue service most recently filed form 990, with applicable schedules list of officers and directors most recent annual report a written representation that your organization is not a 509(a)(3) supporting organization, or, if it is, that it is a type i, type II, or functionally integrated type III supporting organization (as such terms are defined in the code). [if you are a 509(a)(3) organization, please provide all necessary documentation as detailed in IRS notice 2006-109.]
Deadlines
No deadline.
Restrictions
Recipients of contributions are expected to provide a written agreement acknowledging that all funds will be expended for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,090,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $14,480,119

  • Tax year 2024

    $685,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $10,465,973

  • Tax year 2023

    $520,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $10,291,225

  • Tax year 2022

    $570,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $10,437,353

  • Tax year 2021

    $460,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $9,847,665

  • Tax year 2020

    $442,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $8,757,978

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA

    General operations

    $350,000
  2. Catholic Charities of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operations

    $150,000
  3. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh, PA

    General operations

    $150,000
  4. Grant Foundation Inc DBA Hopital Albert Schweitzer HaitiPittsburgh, PA

    General operations

    $150,000
  5. Salvation Army of Western PACarnegie, PA

    General operations

    $150,000
  6. Alex's Lemonade Stand FoundationWynnewood, PA

    General operations

    $50,000
  7. Children's Museum of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operations

    $25,000
  8. Our Lady of Sacred HeartCoraopolis, PA

    General operations

    $25,000
  9. Cato InstituteWashington, DC

    General operations

    $10,000
  10. Muscarelle Museum of ArtWilliamsburg, VA

    General operations

    $10,000
  11. Toms DoorCarbondale, CO

    General operations

    $10,000
  12. Saint John Vianney ParishDenver, CO

    General operations

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $25,00056% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $10,00022% of the total
  3. Public affairs1 grant $10,00022% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania8 grants $1,050,000
  2. Colorado2 grants $20,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mark G SchoeppnerTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Cynthia W SchoeppnerTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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