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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-5748145

Bison Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Canonsburg, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $622,000 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.

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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

    $622,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,605,115

  • Tax year 2024

    $472,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,670,342

  • Tax year 2023

    $334,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,560,111

  • Tax year 2022

    $269,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,734,541

  • Tax year 2021

    $290,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,753,738

  • Tax year 2020

    $167,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,906,689

  • Tax year 2019

    $180,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,543,855

  • Tax year 2018

    $186,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,245,630

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Washington City MissionWashington, PA

    General

    $500,000
  2. Children's Hospital of PiPittsburgh, PA

    General

    $100,000
  3. Carnegie MuseumsPittsburgh, PA

    General

    $20,000
  4. The Woodlands FoundationWexford, PA

    General

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services2 grants $502,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania4 grants $622,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Walter W TurnerPRESIDENT/TR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Arlene G TurnerSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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