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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-0809183

Golden Paws Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $3 million 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.

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

    $3,025,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $8,109,062

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,975,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $8,793,038

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,340,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $9,925,461

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,103,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,796,754

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,135,001

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $11,558,078

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,018,333

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $12,831,132

  • Tax year 2019

    $956,666

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $13,399,189

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV

    General charitable purposes

    $1,250,000
  2. Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MD

    General charitable purposes

    $750,000
  3. Conservation International (ci)Arlington, VA

    General charitable purposes

    $525,000
  4. Inova Health FoundationFalls Church, VA

    General charitable purposes

    $200,000
  5. The Potomac SchoolMcLean, VA

    General charitable purposes

    $200,000
  6. Georgia Tech FoundationAtlanta, GA

    General charitable purposes

    $100,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $300,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. West Virginia1 grant $1,250,000
  2. Virginia3 grants $925,000
  3. Maryland1 grant $750,000
  4. Georgia1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Natalie Ferrise BushPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wesley G BushCHAIRMAN, TREASURER, SECY & DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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