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E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A

Accepts applications Indiana, Pennsylvania · EIN 256031554

E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A is a private foundation in Indiana, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $435,800 in 74 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $30,000. 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 $418,500 the year before.

27% of its 2025 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
2023$426,60085$9.9 million
2024$418,50078$10.3 million
2025$435,80074$11.5 million

How to apply

ContactE R Crawford Estate Trust Fund A
PO Box 487, McKeesport, PA 14314
Phone or email(412) 751-2770
What to submitGrant requests in letter form. Individual applicants should use a letter form to apply for grants. Public charities and religious organizations should submit applications.
Restrictions2(d) the trustees are guided in their distributions by the distributions by the t/u/w of edwin r.crawford.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania74$435,800

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 74 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Penn State Greater Allegheny
White Oak, PA
Science bldg and$30,000
Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport
McKeesport, PA
General funds$20,000
Allegheny Development Solutions Bridges to Care
Pittsburgh, PA
Funding programs$20,000
McKeesport History & Heritage Center
McKeesport, PA
General fund$18,000
Friends of Camp Soles
Rockwood, PA
General operations$14,000
St Anthony School Programs
Wexford, PA
Educational scholarship$12,000
McKeesport Area Meals on Wheels Inc
McKeesport, PA
General operations$12,000
In Care of Cats Inc
Elizabeth, PA
General operations$10,000
Center for Victims Laurie Macdonald
Pittsburgh, PA
Supporting programs$10,000
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Duquesne, PA
General funds for food bank$10,000
Grow Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
General operations$10,000
Pine Valley Camp
Ellwood City, PA
Support programs at camp$9,500
The Rock of the Redeemer Church
Elizabeth, PA
General church operations$8,000
First Presbyterian Church Duquesne
Duquesne, PA
Fund church activities$8,000
Elizabeth Township Historical Society
McKeesport, PA
Log house & general fund$8,000
The 9th Street Clinic
McKeesport, PA
General operations of$7,000
Bethesda United Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth, PA
General church operations$7,000
Christ United Methodist Church of North Huntingdon
McKeesport, PA
General church operations$6,000
McKeesport Shared Ministries Calvary-First Campus
McKeesport, PA
General operations$5,000
Myarc
Boston, PA
General operations$5,000
Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Greenock, PA
General church operations$5,000
Faith Lutheran Church Dr Wendy S Farone Vicar
McKeesport, PA
General church operations$5,000
New Hope Presbyterian Church Rev Dr Brenda Barnes
North Huntingdon, PA
General church operations$5,000
Highland Grove United Methodist Church
McKeesport, PA
General church operations$5,000
McKeesport Shared Minitries-Beulah Park
McKeesport, PA
General church operations$5,000
Holy Virgin Dormition Russian Orthodox Church Stephen J Tomkowitz
McKeesport, PA
General church operations$5,000
McKeesport Shared Ministry-Christy Park Campus United Methodist Church
McKeepsort, PA
Support ministry on campus$5,000
Elizabeth United Methodist Church
Elizabeth, PA
General church operations$5,000
Pa Cleanways of Allegheny County Inc Caily Grube
Etna, PA
Program assistance$5,000
West Side United Methodist Church
McKeesport, PA
General church operations$5,000
Greenock United Methodist Church
McKeesport, PA
General church operations$5,000
University of Pittsburgh Crawford Scholarship
Pittsburgh, PA
Educational scholarship$5,000
Junior Achievement
Bridgeville, PA
General operations$5,000
McKeesport Hospital Foundation
McKeesport, PA
General fund$5,000
Elizabeth Baptist Church
Elizabeth, PA
General church operations$5,000
McKeesport Presbyterian Church
McKeesport, PA
General operatoins of$5,000
Team 1708 Ampd Robotics Inc
White Oak, PA
Program assistance$5,000
Global Links Angela Garcia Executive Director
Pittsburgh, PA
Funding of programs$5,000
Waypoint Youth and Community Center Inc
West Newton, PA
General operations$5,000
Larosa Youth Development Foundation
McKeesport, PA
General operations$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A give?

$435,800 in tax year 2025, across 74 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A?

Its 2025 filing lists Rebecca S McHolme (Trustee), Drew J Gilbert (Trustee) and Linda C Plum (Trustee).

What does E R Crawford Est Trust Fund A fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, education and youth programs.

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