Reading Blue Mountain & Northern

Private foundation · Grantmaker Port Clinton, PA EIN: 23-2971151

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern is a private foundation, based in Port Clinton, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $6K.

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern at a glance

In short: Reading Blue Mountain & Northern gave $6K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $2K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$6,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$2,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$2,000
Total assets
$1,510
+0.0% 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 September 2026.

Who Reading Blue Mountain & Northern funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

14 grants across all recorded years

14<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 14 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

States

Cities

University ParkElizabethtownPhiladelphiaDuryeaHazletonHersheyNew RinggoldOrwigsburgPine GroveTamaqua

How Reading Blue Mountain & Northern gives

  • Giving fell 33% 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$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K2 grants2020 2 grants2021 3 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2020) to $9K (2022). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $6K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
3 individual scholarships Recipients not named —$6,000
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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$1,510$6,000$6,000$6,0003$6,000—$132
2024$1,510$6,000$6,000$6,0003$6,000—$74
2023$1,510$6,001$6,000$6,0003$6,000$1$74
2022$1,509$9,001$9,000$9,0003$9,000$1$74
2021$1,508$5,000$5,070$5,0002$5,000—$75
2020$1,578$5,000$5,000$5,0002——$78

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Reading Blue Mountain & Northern reported a distributable amount of $132 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern is led by Christina Muller-Levan, President & Secretary on every filing since 2020; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Christina Muller-Levan

    President & Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aaron P. Muller

    Vice President

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Philip Geschwindt

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

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 Reading Blue Mountain & Northern

How much does Reading Blue Mountain & Northern give each year?

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern gave $6K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $6K across 3 grants.

What is Reading Blue Mountain & Northern's typical grant size?

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern's median grant in 2025 was $2,000, and its average grant was $2,000, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Reading Blue Mountain & Northern give grants?

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there.

Does Reading Blue Mountain & Northern give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Reading Blue Mountain & Northern's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship" (3 grants).

How large is Reading Blue Mountain & Northern?

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern reported $2K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $6K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $132 (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Reading Blue Mountain & Northern's EIN?

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-2971151. 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

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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