Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust
Columbus, OH · EIN 25-6358729. Reported 88 grants totalling $2,193,044 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $249,121. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Franklin | Franklin, PA | $323,621 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valley Grove Elementary School | Franklin, PA | $180,270 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Red and Black Booster Club | Franklin, PA | $139,612 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Barrow Civic Theatre | Franklin, PA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Franklin Cemetery | Franklin, PA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Venango County Humane Society | Seneca, PA | $95,937 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Venango Coun | Reno, PA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Venango | Reno, PA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Envision Blind Sports | Mercer, PA | $69,488 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Franklin YMCA | Franklin, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mel Blount Youth Home | Claysville, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Ambulance | Townsend, WI | $48,288 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franklin Area School District | Franklin, PA | $42,051 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jamies Kids | Franklin, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shriners Children's Erie | Erie, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Venango County Sheriff's Office | Franklin, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridge Builders Community Foundation | Oil City, PA | $35,660 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bethesda Lutheran Services | Meadville, PA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Franklin Attn Ronnie Beith | Franklin, PA | $31,157 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin Blues & Barbecue | Franklin, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rocky Grove Athletic Booster | Franklin, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hermitage Little League | Hermitage, PA | $25,760 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Autism Speaks | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fscas of Venango County | Oil City, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abc Life Center | Franklin, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franklin Area Meals on Wheels | Franklin, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jaime's Kids | Franklin, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life Center | Franklin, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Venango Center for Creative Development | Franklin, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northwest Hospital Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bridge Builders | Oil City, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 1ST Lady's Fund | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Autism Tough Foundation | Knox, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Elementary PTO | Allison Park, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cranberry Home & School Group | Seneca, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oil Region Alliance of Business Industry | Oil City, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pink Splash for the Cure | Franklin, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Polk Fire Rescue | Polk, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ppc Violence Free Network | Oil City, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Precious Paws | Franklin, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Precious Paws Animal Rescue | Franklin, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandycreek PTO | Franklin, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Thunder Elite Fastpitch Inc | Vienna, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Venango County Coon & Fox Assn | Franklin, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Venango County Coon and Fox Club | Franklin, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Venango County Fair Inc | Franklin, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franklin Blues Barbeque | Franklin, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Venanago County Horse Committee | Franklin, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Victory Elementary School PTO | Harrisville, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vintage Wings Inc | Washington, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sugarcreek Borough | Franklin, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franklin Civic Operetta Assoc | Franklin, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
23 of 55 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 40%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- City of Franklin
$7,000 FRANKLIN ON ICE, $10,000 BILL BEITH GOLF OUTING, $25,000 GENERAL OPERATING - Red and Black Booster Club
$5,000 GOLF OUTING, $29,611.55 JODY RAY BILLINGSLEY GOLF OUTING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 42 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $485,094 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 25 | $570,899 | $10,200 |
| 2023 | 23 | $561,391 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 19 | $575,660 | $23,288 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 89% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1558 Dept EA5W86, Columbus, OH, 43216. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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