Funding search · EIN 207020377 · Saint Louis, MO

The Lewis a and Donna M Patterson Char Fdn

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

42
grants reported
$195,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

housingservices

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  • Eye & Ear Foundation3 grants · $30,000
  • Sisters Place4 grants · $20,000
  • North Hills Community Outreach3 grants · $18,000
  • Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden3 grants · $13,000
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy4 grants · $10,600
  • Clear Thoughts Foundation4 grants · $10,600
  • Eye Ear Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • Pittsburgh Public Theater Corp2 grants · $10,000
  • Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsy2 grants · $8,800
  • Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$42,400
2022
$40,100
2023
$55,000
2024
$58,000
2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

  • $10,000

    Eye & Ear Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Eye Ear Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Eye & Ear Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Eye & Ear Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $8,000

    North Hills Community Outreach · Allison Park, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities Diocese Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Friends of Ut Avalanche Forecast Cetr in · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Make a Wish Fdn Greater Pa West Va · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gard I · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Sisters Place · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pit · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    National Aviary Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    North Hills Community Outreach · Allison Park, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Sisters Place · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    North Hills Community Outreach · Allison Park, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Pittsburgh Public Theater Corp · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Sisters Place · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Housing support services

  • $5,000

    North Hills Community Oureach · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Pittsburgh Public Theater Corp · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Sisters Place · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    Housing support services

  • $4,400

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $4,400

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    City Theatre Company · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Clear Thoughts Foundation · Wexford, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    National Aviary Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,600

    Clear Thoughts Foundation · Wexford, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,600

    Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    City Theatre Company · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Clear Thoughts Foundation · Wexford, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Friends of Utah Avalanche Forecast Cente · Salt Lake Cty, UT · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Friends of Utah Avalanche Forecast · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Clear Thoughts Foundation · Wexford, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.