Funding search · EIN 347206462 · Pittsburgh, PA

Vernon Hildinger Trust

Name: Vernon Hildinger Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

41
grants reported: $80,203
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,614
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Andrew Geyer1 grant · $5,875
Kinsey Null1 grant · $5,148
Erica Ren1 grant · $2,938
Reid Gates1 grant · $2,938
Alana Kramer1 grant · $2,574
Amanda Carpenter1 grant · $2,574
Daniels Svetlana1 grant · $2,500
Sowers Sarah1 grant · $2,422
Hirshberg Matthew1 grant · $2,422
Wood Robert1 grant · $2,343

Giving over time

$23,501

2022

$20,592

2023

$19,373

2024

$16,737

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$5,875
Andrew Geyer · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$5,148
Kinsey Null · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,938
Erica Ren · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$2,938
Reid Gates · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$2,574
Alana Kramer · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,574
Amanda Carpenter · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Daniels Svetlana · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,422
Hirshberg Matthew · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,422
Sowers Sarah · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,343
Wood Robert · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,092
Columbus State Comm College Fbo Lillian · Columbus, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$2,092
Ohio Northern Univ Fbo Evangeline Wilcox · Ada, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$2,092
Ohio State Univ Fbo Adrianna Sivillo · Columbus, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$2,092
Ohio State Univ Fbo Kiana Gabler · Columbus, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$2,092
Ohio State Univ Fbo Nataliya Mikhayluk · Columbus, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$2,092
Ohio State Univ Fbo Santino Carnevale · Columbus, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$1,958
Madelyn Gaus · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,958
Maggie Bumgardner · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,958
Mikala Ridder · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,614
Campbell Amelia · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,614
Frybarger Arianna · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,614
Piazza Kiera · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,469
Elizabeth Lombardi · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,469
Lauren Howell · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,469
Margaret Malone · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,469
Nick Sowers · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,395
Bowling Green State Univ Fbo Lillian · Bowling Green, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$1,395
Kent State Univ Tuscarawas Fbo Chyann · New Philadelphia, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$1,395
Ohio Northern Univ Fbo Ashley Sims · Ada, OH · 2025
Scholarship
$1,287
Alexander Desmarais · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,287
Autumn Lewis · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,287
Benjamin Ryan · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,287
Cayden Wilson · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,287
Jacob Fitzpatrick · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,287
Miabella Lopresti · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,287
Olivia Crabtree · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,287
Rylee Hart · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,211
Hammerle Isabelle · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,211
Hiles Aubrey · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,211
Jackson Adrianna · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,211
Ripley Ava · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship

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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.