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Melvin D Wing Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Springfield, Illinois · EIN 856783714

Melvin D Wing Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Springfield, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $172,910 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $172,910 and the largest $172,910. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $159,000 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$116,5601$1.4 million
2024$159,0001$1.4 million
2025$172,9101$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactMelvin D Wing Charitable Trust Melv
425 E Washington St, Springfield, IL 62701-1207
Phone or email(217) 201-2956, mcmen732@aol.com
What to submitFormal letter requesting donations including W-4 information of charity.
RestrictionsMust be for the benefit of disadvantaged youth, persons in need through no fault of their own, veteran's programs, youth training, educational programs, scholarships, local news which educates the public, for programs and service which promote arts, music, general and charitable philanthropic causes that benefit the Springfield area.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Melvin D Wing Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois1$172,910

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
IL
Veteran's programs, youth training, educational programs, scholarships, general and charitable philanthropic causes.$172,910

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Melvin D Wing Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Melvin D Wing Charitable Trust give?

$172,910 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $172,910.

Who runs Melvin D Wing Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Joseph E McMenamin (Trustee).

What does Melvin D Wing Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, veterans and youth programs.

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