Open Foundations · Missouri

Pershing Charitable Trust

Saint Louis, Missouri · EIN 436103545. 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 $5.2M across 83 grants in 2024, a median of $30K each.

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$5.2M
paid in 2024
83
grants paid
$30K
median grant
49%
to first-time recipients
$88.4M
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
BECKI BLANKENSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTO
Address
7711 BONHOME SUITE 875, ST LOUIS, MO, 63105
Phone
6185202977
Form the request should take
WRITTEN REQUESTS ONLY
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NO RESTRICTIONS

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202610419349100611. 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 filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 83 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1St Louis Childrens Hospital FoundationMO$600,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
2ConcordanceMO$400,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
3Epsiscopal Church of St MichaelMO$400,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
4Access AcademiesMO$300,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
5Nine PbsMO$150,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
6Stl University Fbo Vaccine EducationMO$150,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
7Beyond Housing IncMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
8Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
9Greater St Louis IncMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
10Invest StlMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
11Metropolitan Golf FoundationMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
12Peter and Paul Community ServicesMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
13St Louis University Rising Teachers ProgramMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
14The Scholarship Foundation of StlMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS
15Urban League of Metropolitan StlMO$100,000GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201982$4.4M
202080$5.2M
202174$4.9M
202269$5.0M
202377$4.7M
202483$5.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Missouri96%
Massachusetts1%
Colorado1%
Illinois1%

Who decides

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

Marian MehanTRUSTEE · 2024
Rebecca BlankenshipEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Rev Steve LawlerTRUSTEE · 2024
William L Polk JrTRUSTEE · 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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