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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-6808936

Hilda C Landers Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $280,000 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

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,115,818

  • Tax year 2024

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,018,633

  • Tax year 2023

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,882,385

  • Tax year 2022

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,633,037

  • Tax year 2021

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,732,432

  • Tax year 2020

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,638,285

  • Tax year 2019

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,680,272

  • Tax year 2018

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,553,981

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hood CollegeFrederick, MD

    General support

    $70,000
  2. Goucher CollegeBaltimore, MD

    General support

    $70,000
  3. McDaniel CollegeWestminster, MD

    General support

    $70,000
  4. St Marys CollegeRaleigh, NC

    General support

    $70,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $210,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland3 grants $210,000
  2. North Carolina1 grant $70,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Donald R Mering EsqCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $21,125
  • PNC Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $49,293

The return

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