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Pembroke Foundation

Accepts applications Bradford, Pennsylvania · EIN 256811371

Pembroke Foundation is a private foundation in Bradford, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $365,000 in 33 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $201,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $389,000 the year before.

37% 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$377,30034$4.9 million
2024$389,00034$5.8 million
2025$365,00033$6.8 million

How to apply

ContactPam Fredeen and Amy McCune
PO Box 264, Bradford, PA 16701
Phone or email(814) 362-1638, trbproperty585@gmail.com
What to submitIn writing detail of requesting organizations need and charitable purpose
RestrictionsPer the officers and directors discretion

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Pembroke Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania29$352,500
New York3$11,500
Texas1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 33 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Bradford Educational Foundation
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$201,000
Futures Endowment Trust
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$52,000
United Way of Bradford
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$18,000
Individual
PA
To support general operating expenses$10,000
Individual
PA
To support general operating expenses$6,000
Derrick City Vol Fire Dept
Derrick City, PA
To support general operating expenses$6,000
Individual
PA
To support general operating expenses$6,000
Individual
PA
To support general operating expenses$5,000
Bradford Landmark Society
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$5,000
Casa
Smethport, PA
To support general operating expenses$5,000
Bradford Family YMCA
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$5,000
Colt 45 Strong Foundation
Allegany, NY
To support general operating expenses$5,000
The Salvation Army
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$5,000
Care for Children
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$5,000
Regina A Quick Center for the Arts
Saint Bonaventure, NY
To support general operating expenses$5,000
Bradford Ecumencial Home
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$2,500
Individual
PA
To support general operating expenses$2,500
McKean County SPCA
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$2,000
Bcpac
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$2,000
Shriners Hospital
Erie, PA
To support general operating expenses$2,000
Bradford Area Public Library
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$2,000
Belmont Fire Dept
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$1,500
Foster Township Police Dept
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$1,500
Lewis Run Vol Fire Dept
Lewis Run, PA
To support general operating expenses$1,500
Angelica Fire Dept
Angelica, NY
To support general operating expenses$1,500
Cosmos Foundation
Houston, TX
To support general operating expenses$1,000
City of Bradford
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$1,000
Bradford Little Theatre
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$1,000
Tuna Valley Trails Assoc
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$1,000
YWCA
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$1,000
Individual
PA
To support general operating expenses$1,000
McKean County Community Foundation
Bradford, PA
To support general operating expenses$500
Penn Brad Oil Museum
Custer City, PA
To support general operating expenses$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Pembroke Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Pembroke Foundation give?

$365,000 in tax year 2025, across 33 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Pembroke Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Pamela Fredeen (VP), Donald Fredeen (VP), Amy McCune (VP) and Daniel McCune (VP).

What does Pembroke Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, human services and community development.

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