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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 45-6547402

Merkle Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $145,373 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending May 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 2024

    $145,373

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,856,311

  • Tax year 2023

    $121,224

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,878,497

  • Tax year 2022

    $273,282

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,931,166

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,832

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,600,289

  • Tax year 2020

    $123,166

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,428,706

  • Tax year 2019

    $101,693

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,304,404

  • Tax year 2018

    $144,768

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,228,870

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, OH

    General support

    $54,515
  2. Baldwin Wallace CollegeBerea, OH

    General support

    $54,515
  3. Magnificat High SchoolRocky River, OH

    General support

    $14,537
  4. Wesleyan Senior Care IncElyria, OH

    General support

    $14,537
  5. Muskingum UniversityNew Concord, OH

    General support

    $7,269

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $61,78481% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $14,53719% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio5 grants $145,373

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 $42,063

The return

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