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Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 046093505

Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $120,000 in 28 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $123,000 the year before.

29% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$120,00029$2.1 million
2023$123,00027$2.4 million
2024$120,00028$2.5 million

How to apply

ContactChristine E Abramo
C/O Bny Mellon NA, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0185
Phone or email(617) 722-7527
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsContact christine e abramo

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts13$53,500
Rhode Island4$35,000
Colorado5$12,000
California3$7,500
Minnesota1$6,000
Pennsylvania1$5,000
New Mexico1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 28 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Trustees of Reservations
Boston, MA
General operating$20,000
CCN Historic Preservation Building Fdn
Newport, RI
General operating$15,000
Conway School of Landscape Design
Northampton, MA
General operating$10,000
Newport Hospital Foundation
Newport, RI
General operating$10,000
Manitou Art Center
Manitou SPGS, CO
General operating$7,500
Fresh Energy
Saint Paul, MN
General operating$6,000
Eaglebrook School
Deerfield, MA
General operating$5,000
Potter League for Animals
Middletown, RI
General operating$5,000
Weer Africa
Harrisburg, PA
General operating$5,000
Art and Newport
Middletown, RI
General operating$5,000
Saint Joseph's Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
General operating$5,000
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Provincetown, MA
General operating$3,000
West End Racing Club
Truro, MA
General operating$3,000
The Cape Coast and Islands NPR Station
Woods Hole, MA
General operating$3,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Lincoln, MA
General operating$2,000
Wellfleet Historical Society Inc
Wellfleet, MA
General operating$2,000
NPR - KRCC
Colorado Springs, CO
General operating$2,000
Truro Center for the Arts
Truro, MA
General operating$2,000
Institue of Noetic Sciences
Petaluma, CA
General operating$2,000
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Dennis, MA
General operating$1,000
Manomet
Manomet, MA
General operating$1,000
Solstice Project
Santa Fe, NM
General operating$1,000
Outer Cape Chorale
S Wellfleet, MA
General operating$1,000
White Bison
Colorado Springs, CO
General operating$1,000
Fountain Creek Watershed
Colorado Springs, CO
General operating$1,000
Allens Neck Friends Meeting
Dartmouth, MA
General operating$500
Pikes Peak Permaculture
Manitou Springs, CO
General operating$500
18th Street Arts Complex
Santa Monica, CA
General operating$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Contact christine e abramo.

How much does Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl give?

$120,000 in tax year 2024, across 28 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl?

Its 2024 filing lists Bny Mellon N A (Trustee).

What does Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and environment and conservation.

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