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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2692522

Caroline Hunter Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $650,000 paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $650,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,503,154
  • Tax year 2024

    $650,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,916,642
  • Tax year 2023

    $580,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $4,826,392
  • Tax year 2022

    $570,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,569,314
  • Tax year 2021

    $570,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,801,287
  • Tax year 2020

    $450,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,239,327
  • Tax year 2019

    $450,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,494,860

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cape May County ZooCape May Courthouse, NJ

    General support

    $325,000
  2. Cape May County Technical High SchoolCape May Court House, NJ

    General support

    $75,000
  3. Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, NJ

    Scholarships

    $70,000
  4. Wildwood High SchoolWildwood, NJ

    Scholarships

    $65,000
  5. Wildwood Catholic AcademyWildwood, NJ

    Scholarships

    $65,000
  6. Cape May County Animal ShelterCape May Court House, NJ

    General support

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $70,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey6 grants $650,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Vernon C WalkerCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Richard Wayne RaffetyCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kathleen L MarisCO-TRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $17,619
  • Alexander BoyerCO-TRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $17,619
  • PNC Bank N ACO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $70,476

The return

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