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Spero Samer Memorial TUW Co-Trustee

Accepts applications Indiana, Pennsylvania · EIN 256175080

Spero Samer Memorial TUW Co-Trustee is a private foundation in Indiana, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $113,000 in 29 grants; the typical grant was $3,500 and the largest $9,000. 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 $115,400 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$125,00018$2.2 million
2024$115,40024$2.3 million
2025$113,00029$2.5 million

How to apply

ContactFirst Commonweatlh Trust Company
111 S Main St, Greensburg, PA 15601
Phone or email(724) 834-6062
What to submitApplications from First Commonwealth Trust Company
DeadlinesAugust 1
RestrictionsTo assist qualifying priesthood students in the western PA area with ties to the Greek Orthodox Church with post secondary education expenses

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Spero Samer Memorial TUW Co-Trustee funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Massachusetts. It also paid $6,000 in 2 grants to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts12$45,500
Pennsylvania8$37,000
Ohio7$24,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 29 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$9,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$7,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$6,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$5,500
IndividualIndividual scholarship$5,000
Individual
OH
Individual scholarship$5,000
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$5,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$5,000
Individual
OH
Individual scholarship$5,000
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$5,000
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$5,000
Individual
OH
Individual scholarship$5,000
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$4,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$4,000
Individual
OH
Individual scholarship$3,500
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
PA
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
OH
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$3,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$2,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$2,000
Individual
OH
Individual scholarship$2,000
Individual
MA
Individual scholarship$2,000
Individual
OH
Individual scholarship$1,000
IndividualIndividual scholarship$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Spero Samer Memorial TUW Co-Trustee accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: August 1.

How much does Spero Samer Memorial TUW Co-Trustee give?

$113,000 in tax year 2025, across 29 grants, with a typical grant of $3,500.

Who runs Spero Samer Memorial TUW Co-Trustee?

Its 2025 filing lists First Commonwealth Bank-Trust (Trustee).

What does Spero Samer Memorial TUW Co-Trustee fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and international.

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