Gilfillan M and a Charitable Trust

Analysis

Gilfillan M and a Charitable Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Gilfillan M and a Charitable Trust reported income of $171k and spending of $266k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $548k to $171k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Gilfillan M and a Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Linn-Mar Boosters Club Inc ($171k), Jamestown United Way ($171k) and Unite the United ($171k).

Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $60k (22% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $6.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6.3m.