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Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund

Preselected recipients only Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 136080826

Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $815,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $815,000 and the largest $815,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $432,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.1 million2$16.4 million
2024$432,0001$17.9 million
2025$815,0001$19.5 million

How to apply

Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York1$815,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Natural Heritage Trust
Albany, NY
General operating$815,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund give?

$815,000 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $815,000.

Who runs Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Bny Mellon N A (Trustee).

What does Bayard Cutting Arboretum Endowment Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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