Luella Wood TW Charitable

Private foundation · Grantmaker Buffalo, NY EIN: 23-7831211

Luella Wood TW Charitable is a private foundation, based in Buffalo, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $330K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $17K. Net investment income was $29K.

Luella Wood TW Charitable at a glance

In short: Luella Wood TW Charitable gave $17K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $9K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$17,258
+6.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$8,629
+6.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$8,629
Total assets
$329,912
+3.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
Pennsylvania (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Luella Wood TW Charitable funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Trinity Lutheran Church: $9KTrinity Lutheran Church$9KMillersville University Development Office: $9KMillersville UniversityDevelopment Office$9K

The largest 2025 recipient was Trinity Lutheran Church ($9K). Together the top 2 received $17K.

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

10<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 10 grants of 10 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

MillersvilleWrightsville

How Luella Wood TW Charitable gives

  • Giving grew 75% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 102% of 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$30K2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2022) to $29K (2021). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $17K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Trinity Lutheran Church Wrightsville, PAGeneral Support$8,629
Millersville University Development Office Millersville, PAGeneral Support$8,629
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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$329,912$36,330$26,479$17,2582$18,158$28,667$17,757
2024$320,072$25,332$24,835$16,1602$17,060$17,680$18,159
2023$319,944$13,673$25,452$16,8932$17,793$5,962$17,059
2022$331,806$16,885$19,210$9,8702$10,770$9,143$17,793
2021$334,170$36,350$37,399$28,9362$28,936$27,066$19,975
2020$335,289$16,681$26,510$18,7002—$8,838$18,831

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Luella Wood TW Charitable reported a distributable amount of $18K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Luella Wood TW Charitable is led by Manufacturers And Traders Trust Com, Trustee on the 2025 filing — the only officer listed, and compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Manufacturers And Traders Trust Com

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    $8K (2025)

Former officers (3)
  • Former: M&T Bank (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: M&T Trust CO (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: MT Trust CO (2020) — 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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Com — Trustee: $8KManufacturers and…Trustee$8K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $8K, to Manufacturers and Traders Trust Com (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Luella Wood TW Charitable

How much does Luella Wood TW Charitable give each year?

Luella Wood TW Charitable gave $17K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $16K across 2 grants.

How large is Luella Wood TW Charitable?

Luella Wood TW Charitable reported $330K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $18K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $18K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

Where does Luella Wood TW Charitable operate?

Luella Wood TW Charitable has awarded grants in Pennsylvania.

What is Luella Wood TW Charitable's EIN?

Luella Wood TW Charitable's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7831211. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 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 2023 (received by the IRS May 7, 2024)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 7, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 10, 2023)

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