Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Canonsburg, PA EIN: 25-6680570

Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation, based in Canonsburg, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $22K. Net investment income was $1K.

Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

In short: Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation gave $22K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $6K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$22,017
+29.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
4
+33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$5,504
-2.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$5,509
Primary geography
Pennsylvania (59% 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 Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

Urban Impact: $10KUrban Impact$10KYoung Life: $9KYoung Life$9KCity Mission - Living Stones Inc: $2KCity Mission - Living StonesInc$2KLigonier Camp and Conference Center: $1KLigonier Camp and ConferenceCenter$1K

The largest 2025 recipient was Urban Impact ($10K). Together the top 4 received $22K.

Grant Size Distribution

16 grants across all recorded years

16<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 16 grants of 16 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

Cities

PittsburghColorado SpringsEnglewoodLigonierUniontownBethel Park

How Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 132% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). 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$10K$20K$30K3 grants2019 2 grants2020 3 grants2021 3 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $9K (2021) to $22K (2025). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $22K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Urban Impact Pittsburgh, PAChildrens Summer Program$10,000
Young Life Colorado Springs, COReach Kids for Christ$9,017
City Mission - Living Stones Inc Uniontown, PATo Provides for Homeless Shelter Operations$2,000
Ligonier Camp and Conference Center Ligonier, PAChildrens Summer Camp$1,000
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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—$726$1,130$22,0174$22,017$1,176$497
2024$20,841$885$807$17,0003$17,000$44$1,448
2023$37,673$817$590$12,0003$12,000—$2,181
2022$50,252$1,033$11,765$9,5003$9,500—$2,739
2021$60,984$785$11,172$9,0003——$3,292
2020$71,371$14,132$16,034$14,0002—$291$3,899
2019$73,273$20,029$17,024$15,0003—$2,872$4,426

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation reported a distributable amount of $497 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation is led by Herbert E. Cable Jr., Trustee on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Herbert E. Cable Jr.

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation give each year?

Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation gave $22K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $17K across 3 grants.

What is Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation's typical grant size?

Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $5,509, and its average grant was $5,504, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation give grants?

Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 59% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Colorado (41%).

Does Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.

How much is Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation required to give away each year?

Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation reported a distributable amount of $497 on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

What is Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation's EIN?

Cable Herbert Cable Family Charitable Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 25-6680570. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 14, 2025)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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