Ben D Spagolio Charitable Trust
Pottsville, PA · EIN 13-7345617. Reported 153 grants totalling $60,561 to 92 recipients 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. Ben D Spagolio 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 $200. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $500; the smallest was $20 and the largest $2,875. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pottsville Free Public Library | Pottsville, PA | $7,331 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avenues | Pottsville, PA | $5,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillside SPCA | Pottsville, PA | $4,425 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Schuylkill YMCA | Pottsville, PA | $3,560 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,345 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Schuylkill Area Community Foundatio | Pottsville, PA | $2,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Schuylkill United Way | Pottsville, PA | $2,020 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Allentown, PA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fun Time Early Childhood Academy | Naples, FL | $1,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Refuge Church | Minersville, PA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Schuylkill Hope Center | Pottsville, PA | $1,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Minersville Area Food Drive Committee | Minersville, PA | $1,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Walk in Art Center | Schuylkill Haven, PA | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Schuylkill Chamber Foundation | Pottsville, PA | $1,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oheb Zedeck Synagogue Center | Pottsville, PA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Psp Camp Cadet Troop L | Frackville, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Hose Co 2 of Pottsville | Pottsville, PA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hershey Theatre Guild | Hershey, PA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mid Penn Legal Services | Pottsville, PA | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lady Eagles Basketball Boosters | Schuylkill Haven, PA | $720 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crimson Tide Founation | Pottsville, PA | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Found | New York, NY | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church | Pottsville, PA | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Ringgold Borough | New Ringgold, PA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pottsville Crimson Tide Wrestling | Pottsville, PA | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sol Lipton Scholarship Foundation | Pottsville, PA | $550 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Capt Jason B Jones Memorial Found | Orwigsburg, PA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Philadelphia Borough | New Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Padco | Pottsville, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Schuylkill Ems | Pottsville, PA | $500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wvu Foundation | Morgantown, WV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pottsville Boys Soccer Boosters | Pottsville, PA | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Majestic Theater | Pottsville, PA | $405 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Strays No More | Valley View, PA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yorkville Fire & Hose Co Inc | Pottsville, PA | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charles Baber Cemetery Trust | Pottsville, PA | $350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nativity Bvm High School | Pottsville, PA | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wvia | Pittston, PA | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Raleigh, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Joseph's Center | Pottsville, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The League Club | Naples, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Williams Valley Youth Baseball Association | Tower City, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crimson Tide Football Club | Pottsville, PA | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Flyers Vaulting Inc | Pottsville, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lancaster Inferno Soccer | Lancaster, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pausaw | Trumbauersville, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pgael PTO | Pine Grove, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Schuylkill County Historical Society | Pottsville, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Paul's Lutheran Church | Orwigsburg, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Mountain Cross Country Boosters | Orwigsburg, PA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Port Carbon Public Library | Port Carbon, PA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naples Art Institute | Naples, FL | $145 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Naples Senior Center at Jfcs | Naples, FL | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Period Supplies Swfl | Naples, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ashland Public Library | Ashland, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Mountain Lady Eagles Soccer Boosters | Orwigsburg, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedar Sinai | Los Angeles, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ Lutheran Church | Tamaqua, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guz Charitable Project | Pottsville, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawk Mountain | Kempton, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hawk Mountain Sanctuary | Kempton, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Family Parish of Minersville | Minersville, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Joseph F Mccloskey School of Nursing | Pottsville, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lasting Legacy for Pottsville | Pottsville, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Allentown, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mahanoy City Public Library | Mahanoy City, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Osterhout Free Library | Wilkesbarre, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenix Fire Company | Pottsville, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Fire Company 2 | Pottsville, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhoades Foundation | Pottsville, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc | Sag Harbor, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shaw Public Library | Clearfield, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude's Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Rose of Lima PTA | Haddon Heights, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Eagle Foundation for the Blue Mountain School District | Schuylkill Haven, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rochester Womens Giving Circle | Rochester, NY | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Berks Catholic High School | Reading, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bethel AME Church | Pottsville, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith Ucc | Schuylkill Haven, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mackenzie O'brien Scholarship Fund | Minersville, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minersville Area School District | Pottsville, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orwigsburg Free Public Library | Orwigsburg, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Port Carbon Good Will Fire Co | Port Carbon, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rye Free Reading Room | Rye, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Paul Orthodox Church | Naples, FL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tremont Free Public Library | Tremont, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts Troop 31088 | Pottsville, PA | $20 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
28 of 92 (30%) 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 42%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Hillside SPCA
FOR ASSISTANCE TO ANIMALS - Pottsville Free Public Library
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH EDUCATION/BOOKS - International Refuge Church
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH RELIGION - Avenues
FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE DISABLED - Planned Parenthood
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH EDUCATION - American Hose Co 2 of Pottsville
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH FIREFIGHTING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 44 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $14,185 | $200 |
| 2022 | 36 | $16,716 | $175 |
| 2023 | 40 | $15,105 | $245 |
| 2024 | 32 | $14,555 | $275 |
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
92% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $200. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Ben D Spagolio Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1940 W Norwegian St Po Box 1280, Pottsville, PA, 17901. 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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