Open Foundations · Arizona

Picerne Charitable Trust

Phoenix, Arizona · EIN 050487100. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.1M across 437 grants in 2024, a median of $2K each.

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$2.1M
paid in 2024
437
grants paid
$2K
median grant
23%
to first-time recipients
$23.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
BRIAN TOUGAS
Address
75 LAMBERT LIND HIGHWAY, WARWICK, RI, 02886
Phone
4017323700
Form the request should take
A SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT IS MAILED OR EMAILED TO APPROPRIATE HIGH SCHOOLS. POTENTIAL CANDIDATES MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FORM TOGETHER WITH ALL REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT OR SIMILAR LOCAL COLLECTION DEPARTMENT. RECIPIENTS WILL BE SELECTED BASED ON DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED. DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND PRIOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. CANDIDATES SHALL BE SELECTED WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
RELATIVES OF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE, OR OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTORS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202610299349100111. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 437 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1The Public Education FoundationNV$547,500FALL 2025 AND SPRING 2026 PAYMENTS
2Bryant UniversityRI$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
3Phoenix Children's Hospital FoundationAZ$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
4Nazareth AcademyIL$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
5University of Rhode Island FoundationRI$35,000PHARMACY SCHOLARSHIP
6Child HavenNV$30,000TOYS FOR HOLIDAYS
7Three SquareNV$30,000CHRISTMAS MEALS
8Toys for TotsRI$30,000HOLIDAY TOY DONATION
9Button HoleRI$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
10His Mansion MinistriesNH$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
11Massachusetts Eye and EarMA$25,000DR. MILLER'S AMD RESEARCH
12Us Ski and Snowboard FoundationLA$25,000DONATION FOR RAY AND DONNA URITESCU
13Rush University Medical CenterIL$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
14Second Harvest Food BankFL$20,000THANKSGIVING MEALS
15Baby Dj in OrlandoFL$15,000HOLIDAY TOYS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201996$1.3M
2020119$1.7M
2021129$1.7M
2022132$1.8M
2023598$1.7M
2024437$2.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Rhode Island43%
Florida36%
Massachusetts5%
North Carolina2%
Illinois2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

David R PicerneTREASURER · 2024
Ronald Rs PicerneTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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