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G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 476525236

G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $38,035 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $3,325 and the largest $19,235. 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 $29,932 the year before.

13% 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$34,5647$792,487
2024$29,9328$840,086
2025$38,0358$908,987

How to apply

ContactPNC Bank Charitable Trust Grant Rev
Tower at PNC Plaza 300 Fifth Ave M, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone or email(412) 395-6964
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 G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan4$27,535
Missouri2$8,475
Illinois1$1,025
Indiana1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St Lorenz Evg Lutheran Church
Frankenmuth, MI
General support$19,235
Wellspring Lutheran Services
Saginaw, MI
General support$4,800
Lutheran Hour Ministries
St Louis, MO
General support$4,325
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
St Louis, MO
General support$4,150
Concordia University
Ann Arbor, MI
General support$2,500
Wheat Ridge Ministries
Itasca, IL
General support$1,025
St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frankenmuth, MI
General support$1,000
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN
General support$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust give?

$38,035 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $3,325.

Who runs G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust?

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

What does G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and education.

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