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Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust

Preselected recipients only Newtown, Pennsylvania · EIN 456251403

Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Newtown, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $660,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $33,000 and the largest $363,000. 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 the same as $660,000 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$701,2506$12.9 million
2024$660,0006$13.6 million
2025$660,0006$14.4 million

How to apply

Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust 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 Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts1$363,000
Pennsylvania1$165,000
Iowa1$33,000
New Jersey1$33,000
Oklahoma1$33,000
Texas1$33,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Lahey Clinic Foundation Office of Philanthropy
Charlestown, MA
General purposes$363,000
The Children's Country Week Assn
Downingtown, PA
General purposes$165,000
American Cancer Society
Oklahoma City, OK
General purposes$33,000
American Heart Association
Dallas, TX
General purposes$33,000
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ
General purposes$33,000
American Red Cross
Boone, IA
General purposes$33,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust give?

$660,000 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $33,000.

Who runs Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists First National Bank of Newtown (Trustee).

What does Elmer K and Ethel R Timby Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health.

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