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Margaretta Churchman Char Trust

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 326540910

Margaretta Churchman Char Trust is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $130,335 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $11,278 and the largest $11,278. 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 $123,190 the year before.

25% 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$130,28812$2.8 million
2024$123,19011$3.0 million
2025$130,33512$3.3 million

How to apply

ContactSee School Counselor
500 First Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone or email(412) 442-8772
What to submitPlease see guidance counselor to retreive application form
DeadlinesDeadline in early may annually see guidance counselor for exact date
RestrictionsStudents must be from jefferson county Ohio and maintain a 3.0 gpa. With application they must submit 2 letters of recommendation, a 200 word essay, hs transcript

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Margaretta Churchman Char Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Ohio.

StateGrantsAmount
Ohio10$112,780
Pennsylvania2$17,555

Grants paid in 2025

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Steubenville Catholic Central High Schoo
Steubenville, OH
Scholarships$11,278
Steubenville Baseball Assoc
Steubenville, OH
General support$11,278
A Caring Place Child Advocacy
Winterville, OH
General support$11,278
Indian Creek Foundation
Winterville, OH
Scholarships$11,278
United Way of Jefferson County
Steubenville, OH
General support$11,278
Steubenville City Schools Fdn
Steubenville, OH
Scholarships$11,278
Aim Womens Center
Steubenville, OH
General support$11,278
Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County
Steubenville, OH
General support$11,278
Center of Hope Friendship Room
Steubenville, OH
General support$11,278
Ohio Valley Youth Network
Steubenville, OH
General support$11,278
Analesa Perdue Co PNC Bank
Pittsburgh, PA
Scholarship$9,500
Janyah Withers Co PNC Bank
Pittsburgh, PA
Scholarship$8,055

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Margaretta Churchman Char Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Deadline in early may annually see guidance counselor for exact date.

How much does Margaretta Churchman Char Trust give?

$130,335 in tax year 2025, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $11,278.

Who runs Margaretta Churchman Char Trust?

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

What does Margaretta Churchman Char Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and youth programs.

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