Gustave and Hilda Bierlein TR
Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 47-6525236 · reported 2023–2025 · files as G & H Bierlein Charitable Trust
23grants reported
$3,000median award
$1,000lower quartile
$750smallest grant
$103Ktotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 17 of its 23 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $91K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
500 1st Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3128
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 1,942 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| St Lorenz Evg Lutheran Church | Frankenmuth, MI | $19,235 |
| St Lorenz Evg Lutheran Church | Frankenmuth, MI | $18,264 |
| St Lorenz Evg Lutheran Church | Frankenmuth, MI | $14,282 |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS | St Louis, MO | $6,300 |
| Wellspring Lutheran Services | Saginaw, MI | $4,800 |
| Lutheran Hour Ministries | St Louis, MO | $4,325 |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | St Louis, MO | $4,150 |
| Lutheran Homes of Michigan Inc | Flint, MI | $4,000 |
| International Lutheran Laymans | St Louis, MO | $3,600 |
| Concordia University | Ann Arbor, MI | $3,600 |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS | St Louis, MO | $3,100 |
| Lutheran Hour Ministries | St Louis, MO | $3,000 |
| Concordia University | Ann Arbor, MI | $3,000 |
| Concordia University | Ann Arbor, MI | $2,500 |
| Wheat Ridge Ministries | Itasca, IL | $1,025 |
| St John's Evangelical | Frankenmuth, MI | $1,000 |
| Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, IN | $1,000 |
| Wheat Ridge Ministries | Itasca, IL | $1,000 |
| Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, IN | $1,000 |
| Wheat Ridge Ministries | Itasca, IL | $900 |
| Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, IN | $900 |
| St John's Evangelical | Frankenmuth, MI | $800 |
| St John's Evangelical | Frankenmuth, MI | $750 |
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