Data / Foundation grants / Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Trust
Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Trust: 10 grants to organizations, $260,000 (tax year ended May 2025)
Lappe-Bowman J B for B-L Fdn-Char Trust, a private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA, paid 10 grants to organizations totaling $260,000 in its tax year ended May 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 7, 2025. The largest was $75,000 to Guiding Eyes for the Blind in Yorkville Heights, NY for general operating.
SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads every private foundation's Form 990-PF as the IRS publishes it, and this page is that reading. Ask for the foundations that fund your cause in your state, with the amounts and purposes, and new grants arrive in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as the returns are filed.
- EIN
- 256440597
- Based in
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Assets
- $6,368,526
- Grants paid
- $260,000
- Tax year ended
- May 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended May 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed October 7, 2025, IRS object ID 202512809349100801. It reported $260,000 in grants paid; 10 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind | Yorkville Heights, NY | General operating | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Pa School for Blind Children | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Seeing Eye | Morristown, NJ | General operating | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Guide Dog Foundation | Smithtown, NY | General operating | $16,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freedom Guide Dogs | Cassvile, NY | General operating | $16,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Helen Keller Services for the Blind | Brooklyn, NY | General operating | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Braille Press | Boston, MA | General operating | Arts, culture and humanities | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | General operating | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pilots To the Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | General operating | Animal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $125,000 |
| Education | $17,500 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $7,500 |
| Animal-related | $5,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $120,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $75,000 |
| New Jersey | $50,000 |
| Massachusetts | $15,000 |
Also on SpecStream
- Who funds human services in New York
- Who funds human services in New Jersey
- Who funds education in Pennsylvania
- Who funds arts, culture and humanities in Massachusetts
- Who funds education in Massachusetts
- Who funds animal-related in New York
Updated October 7, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.