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Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 256271818

Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $258,593 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $14,750 and the largest $35,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $234,695 the year before.

100% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$234,69517$5.8 million
2024$258,59318$6.0 million

How to apply

ContactPNC Charitable Trust Grant Review C
The Towers at PNC Plaza 300 Fifth A, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone or email(412) 258-3051
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsSee footnote

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania16$241,593
Ohio1$9,500
Texas1$7,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Classrooms Without Borders
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$35,000
Allegheny Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods - Housing Incorporated
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$25,000
Outreach Teen & Family Services
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$25,000
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood, PA
Covid support$17,084
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$15,000
The Frick Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$15,000
The Blessing Board
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$15,000
Young Adult Survivors United
Wexford, PA
General support$15,000
Healing Hunger Beaver County
Aliquippa, PA
General support$15,000
Crawford County Mental Health Awareness Program
Meadville, PA
General support$14,500
Food Moxie
Philadelphia, PA
General support$10,000
New Sun Rising
Millvale, PA
General support$10,000
Handmade Arcade
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$10,000
United Way of Butler County
Hamilton, OH
General support$9,500
Common Threads
Austin, TX
General support$7,500
YWCA Tri-County Area
Pottstown, PA
General support$7,500
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$7,000
Open Up Association
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$5,509

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust give?

$258,593 in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $14,750.

Who runs Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists PNC Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly human services and food and hunger.

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