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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-4633973

Piston Family Foundation

A private foundation in Hermitage, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $7,335 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Not applicable
Restrictions
Restictions as per the bylaws

Contact person, phone, email, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $7,335

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $67,373
  • Tax year 2023

    $1,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $72,569
  • Tax year 2022

    $12,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $74,141
  • Tax year 2021

    $28,765

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $86,553
  • Tax year 2020

    $8,100

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $86,589
  • Tax year 2019

    $50,694

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $75,934
  • Tax year 2018

    $48,007

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $106,688

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across time and cultures in order to connect all people to creativity, knowledge, ideas, and one another.

    $4,035
  2. The City of Hermitage PAHermitage, PA

    Community law enforcement - traffic camera project

    $3,300

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $4,035100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $4,035
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $3,300

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Dr Kathy PistonDIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN, PRESID Hours 2Pay $0
  • Dr Robert PistonDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Robert W Piston JrDIRECTOR,CFO,TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Michael D PistonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Rebecca M PistonDIRECTOR, SECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Steven J PistonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Hannah E PistonDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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