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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 55-6091949

Sara E Blake Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wheeling, WV. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $576,825 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

    $576,825

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $9,477,533

  • Tax year 2024

    $556,054

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $8,859,765

  • Tax year 2023

    $498,732

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $8,388,065

  • Tax year 2022

    $467,887

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $8,350,569

  • Tax year 2021

    $467,887

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $8,427,330

  • Tax year 2020

    $467,887

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,743,304

  • Tax year 2019

    $467,887

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,755,558

  • Tax year 2018

    $467,887

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,921,314

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, WV

    Scholarships for worthy

    $490,301
  2. Thomson United Methodist Church Nka New Life United Methodist CHWheeling, WV

    General uses

    $86,524

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $490,301100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. West Virginia2 grants $576,825

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Wesbanco BankTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $49,953

The return

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