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Fratcher Foundation

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 201897957

Fratcher Foundation is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $129,614 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $64,707 and the largest $64,707. 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 $107,016 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$109,9643$2.8 million
2024$107,0163$3.0 million
2025$129,6143$3.3 million

How to apply

ContactPNC Charitable Trust Grant Committe
Tower at PNC Plaza300 Fifth AveMS, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone or email(412) 258-3051
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsSee footnotes

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fratcher Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan3$129,614

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Michigan State University
Alpena, MI
General support$64,707
Michigan City of Lansing
Lansing, MI
General support$64,707
Lansing Old Newsboys Association
Lansing, MI
Shoe drive$200

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fratcher Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See footnotes.

How much does Fratcher Foundation give?

$129,614 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $64,707.

Who runs Fratcher Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists PNC Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Fratcher Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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