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Gourlay Mary Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Saint Louis, Missouri · EIN 825442916

Gourlay Mary Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Saint Louis, Missouri. In tax year 2025 it gave $11,600 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $5,600. 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 $10,000 the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$13,0004$314,563
2024$10,0002$331,714
2025$11,6003$358,043

How to apply

ContactWells Fargo Bank Attn Philanthropi
100 North Main Street 5th Floor, Winston Salem, NC 27101
Phone or email(800) 352-3705, grantadministration@wellsfargo.com
What to submitONLINE VIA www.wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/gourlay-trust/
DeadlinesApplications are accepted year round. May 1st is the deadline for the current fiscal year
RestrictionsFor use of institutions for blind persons. Locations limited to Pennsylvania, particularly philadelphia.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Gourlay Mary Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania3$11,600

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Wills Eye Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,600
Visionlink
Bensalem, PA
General operating$5,000
Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels
Flourtown, PA
General operating$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Gourlay Mary Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Applications are accepted year round. May 1st is the deadline for the current fiscal year.

How much does Gourlay Mary Charitable Trust give?

$11,600 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Gourlay Mary Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Wells Fargo Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Gourlay Mary Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger and seniors.

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