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The Merle E & Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 256755561

The Merle E & Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $134,343 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $3,434 and the largest $106,869. 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 $122,023 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$122,0237$2.9 million
2024$134,3437$3.1 million

How to apply

ContactRebecca Pott
500 First Ave P7-PFSC-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone or email(412) 762-7070
What to submitLetter of application
RestrictionsRestricted to the types of religious, educational, literacy and scientific organizations traditionally supported by the donor and her late husband

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Merle E & Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania5$124,040
North Carolina1$6,869
Florida1$3,434

Grants paid in 2024

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$106,869
Fox Chapel Presb Church
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$6,869
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
General support$6,869
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$3,434
Shady Side Academy
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$3,434
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$3,434
First Presbyterian Church of Naples
Naples, FL
General support$3,434

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Merle E & Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Merle E & Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation give?

$134,343 in tax year 2024, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $3,434.

Who runs The Merle E & Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation?

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

What does The Merle E & Olive Lee Gilliand Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and faith communities.

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