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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-1607779

The Burkland Foundation

A private foundation in Ligonier, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $145,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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
W Elliott Burkland
PO Box 427
Ligonier, PA 15658
(724) 493-6161
Form and materials
N/A
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

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,828,099

  • Tax year 2023

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,230,947

  • Tax year 2022

    $175,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,947,861

  • Tax year 2021

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,923,211

  • Tax year 2020

    $137,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,048,048

  • Tax year 2019

    $102,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,527,159

  • Tax year 2018

    $87,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,569,265

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh, PA

    Art therapy fund

    $40,000
  2. Carnegie MuseumPittsburgh, PA

    Pittsburg Natural History Museum and Powdermill Nature Reserve

    $25,000
  3. Western Pennsylvania ConservancyPittsburgh, PA

    Greening and gardening initiative

    $20,000
  4. Magee Women's Research Institute and FoundationPittsburgh, PA

    9-90 general research fund

    $15,000
  5. American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup FoundationNew York, NY

    Develop and scale technologies to rid oceans of plastic

    $15,000
  6. Ligonier YMCALigonier, PA

    Genral operations

    $10,000
  7. U PowerSeattle, WA

    Active and healthy living for underserved youth

    $10,000
  8. Westmoreland County Community TrustGreensburg, PA

    General operations

    $5,000
  9. Fort LigonierLigonier, PA

    In memory of B. Mooney - ongoing preservation work

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $20,00057% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $15,00043% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania7 grants $120,000
  2. New York1 grant $15,000
  3. Washington1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • William S BurklandChairman Hours 0Pay $0
  • Pamela T BurklandBoard Member Hours 0Pay $0
  • W Elliott BurklandBoard Member Hours 0Pay $0
  • Stewart A BurklandBoard Member Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ian T BurklandBoard Memeber Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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