Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Tooele, UT EIN: 74-2546494

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Tooele, UT. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $104K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $8K. Net investment income was $17K.

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation at a glance

In short: Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation gave $8K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $8K), mostly in Utah. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$8,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$8,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$8,000
Total assets
$104,493
+9.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Utah (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Tooele Education Foundation: $8KTooele Education Foundation$8K

The largest 2025 recipient was Tooele Education Foundation ($8K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Tooele

How Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 29% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 93% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $8K (2024) to $12K (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $8K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Tooele Education Foundation Tooele, UTScholarships$8,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$104,493$17,635$8,561$8,0001$8,000$17,424$8,558
2024$95,448$11,452$8,507$8,0001$8,000$11,407$7,812
2023$98,664$8,096$10,479$10,0001$10,000$8,056$7,097
2022$100,809$6,456$11,820$11,2001$11,200$6,411$4,794
2021$106,221$12,663$11,601$11,0001$11,000$12,623$8,831
2020$104,414$11,977$12,430$12,0001—$11,547$8,277

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation reported a distributable amount of $9K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation is led by Bruce Cummings, Chairman on every filing since 2020; none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Bruce Cummings

    Chairman

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charlie Roberts

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Earl Tate

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brandon Johnson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cody Lopez

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Johnson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David R Bird

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • W Dean Johnson

    Vice Chairman

    On filings since 2020

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Ed Dalton (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Sidney K Hullinger (2020–2023) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation

How much does Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation give each year?

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation gave $8K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $8K across 1 grant.

How large is Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation?

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation reported $104K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $8K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $9K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

What is Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation?

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Tooele, UT. It holds $104K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation operate?

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation has awarded grants in Utah.

What is Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation's EIN?

Barrick Mercur Gold Mine Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2546494. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 14, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 14, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 18, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 18, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 30, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 24, 2026)

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