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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-6803142

Mary M Nelson Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $334,870 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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $334,870

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,339,210

  • Tax year 2024

    $317,328

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $5,874,714

  • Tax year 2023

    $287,242

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,005,343

  • Tax year 2022

    $407,088

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,463,475

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $7,979,732

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Second Harvest Food Bank of NwpaErie, PA

    General support

    $167,435
  2. Erie Community FoundationErie, PA

    General support

    $167,435

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $167,435100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania2 grants $334,870

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • PNC Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $72,780

The return

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