Funding search · EIN 208295721 · Pittsburgh, PA

Upmc Group

Name: Upmc Group grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,211
grants reported: $569.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $12,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

devel community research healthcare cancer diabetes autism heart

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

University of Pittsburgh general support, the overwhelming majority of dollars
Western and central PA colleges, school districts, community development groups
Disease-specific research partnerships: heart, cancer, diabetes, kidney, liver
Pittsburgh and Harrisburg civic, arts, and social service organizations
Health education, patient support, and hospital foundations across UPMC's footprint

Typical grant

Median grant is $12,500 and the middle half runs $10,000 to $25,750, so the routine check is small. The exception is enormous: a single $176 million general support grant to the University of Pittsburgh in 2024 dwarfs everything else, followed by a thin tier of $200,000 to $900,000 gifts to regional universities and UPMC affiliates. With 1,211 grants going to 615 recipients over four years, roughly half of grantees appear more than once, so repeat annual support is common at the small end.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“COMMUNITY DEVEL”
“HEALTHCARE SUPPORT”
“HEART RESEARCH”
“CANCER RESEARCH”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie work to a named disease category they already fund: heart, cancer, diabetes, kidney, liver, arthritis.
Ask in the $10,000 to $50,000 range unless you hold an institutional relationship with UPMC.
Anchor the project in western or central Pennsylvania communities, ideally Allegheny or Dauphin County.
Frame as general operating or community development support rather than a restricted research budget.

Worth knowing: This is corporate-affiliated giving, and 1,074 of 1,211 grants stay in Pennsylvania, concentrated in Pittsburgh and the Harrisburg area where UPMC operates hospitals. The University of Pittsburgh grant represents essentially the entire dollar total, so the real accessible pool is the long tail of sponsorship-sized gifts to organizations already in UPMC's orbit.

4 grants matching “epilepsy” · $101,000

$26,000
Epilepsy Association Western Central Pa · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Epilepsy research
$25,000
Epilepsy Association Western Central Pa · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Epilepsy research
$25,000
Epilepsy Association Western Central Pa · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Epilepsy research
$25,000
Epilepsy Association Western Central Pa · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Epilepsy research

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Pittsburgh4 grants · $518.0M
Drive1 grant · $3.5M
Robert Morris University4 grants · $3.5M
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit4 grants · $3.0M
Upmc Altoona4 grants · $2.5M
American Heart Association4 grants · $1.6M
Childrens Hospital of Pgh Foundation4 grants · $1.4M
Allegheny Conf On Community Development3 grants · $1.1M
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
United Way of Venango County2 grants · $853,500

Giving over time

$134.6M

2021

$131.0M

2022

$113.6M

2023

$189.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,211 grants.

$176.2M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$120.5M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$119.1M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$102.3M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$3.5M
Drive · Danville, PA · 2021
Econ devel
$1.0M
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community devel
$885,000
Robert Morris University · Moon Twp, PA · 2024
General support
$885,000
Robert Morris University · Moon Twp, PA · 2023
General support
$850,000
Robert Morris University · Moon Twp, PA · 2022
General Support
$850,000
Robert Morris University · Moon Twp, PA · 2021
General support
$809,722
Erie Seawolves · Erie, PA · 2021
General support
$749,413
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$747,313
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$741,313
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$741,313
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$686,833
United Way of Venango County · Reno, PA · 2023
Community devel
$662,835
Childrens Hospital of Pgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Healthcare support
$612,606
Upmc Altoona · Altoona, PA · 2024
General support
$612,606
Upmc Altoona · Altoona, PA · 2023
General support
$612,606
Upmc Altoona · Altoona, PA · 2022
General Support
$612,606
Upmc Altoona · Altoona, PA · 2021
General support
$607,000
United Way of Venango County · Reno, PA · 2022
Community Devel
$605,408
Childrens Hospital of Pgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Healthcare Support
$602,800
American Heart Association · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Heart research
$601,750
United Way of Venango Cty · Reno, PA · 2021
General support
$535,000
Allegheny Conf On Community Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$501,200
Chatham University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$422,174
American Heart Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Heart research
$371,588
American Heart Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Heart research
$366,625
Allegheny Conf On Comm Devel · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$335,125
Allegheny Conf On Community Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$325,000
Heinz History Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$274,183
American Cancer Society · Warren, PA · 2022
Cancer Research
$267,003
American Cancer Society · Warren, PA · 2024
Cancer research
$250,000
Chatham University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$237,554
Pinnacle Health Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$215,413
American Cancer Society · Warren, PA · 2021
Cancer research
$215,000
Whitaker Center for Science and Arts · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$210,000
Point Park University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$201,500
Ladies Hospital Aid Society · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$201,000
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Pgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Healthcare support
$201,000
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Pgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Healthcare Support
$200,000
Allegheny Conf On Community Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Cumberland Valley School District · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Pgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Healthcare support
$200,000
Point Park University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Ladies Hospital Aid Society · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Point Park University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$200,000
Point Park University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$181,200
The Peyton Walker Foundation · Camp Hill, PA · 2024
General support
$175,000
Oakland Business Improvement District · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$175,000
Oakland Business Improvement District · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$172,352
American Heart Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Heart Research
$166,667
United Way of Venango County · Reno, PA · 2024
Community devel
$166,667
Erie County Department of Health · Erie, PA · 2021
General support
$164,866
Family House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community devel
$162,500
Heinz History Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$158,500
Cutting Edge Baseball · Williamsport, PA · 2024
General support
$156,475
Westminster College · New Wilmington, PA · 2024
General support
$156,232
Magee Womens Research Institute and Fnd · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$155,475
Westminster College · New Wilmington, PA · 2023
General support
$155,475
Westminster College · New Wilmington, PA · 2022
General Support
$154,462
Family House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community devel
$150,800
Energy Innovation Center Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$150,240
Family House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community Devel
$150,000
Cutting Edge Baseball · Williamsport, PA · 2023
General support
$148,174
Family House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community devel
$143,970
2p110 Cares · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$138,242
Oxford Development Company · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$138,000
Ymca of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community Devel
$137,975
Westminster College · New Wilmington, PA · 2021
General support
$132,000
Ymca of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community devel
$125,000
The Advanced Leadership Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$124,110
Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$124,020
First Response Training Llc · Jefferson, PA · 2024
General support
$122,000
The Salvation Army · West Nyack, NY · 2024
General support
$122,000
Cutting Edge Baseball · Williamsport, PA · 2022
General Support
$120,445
Williamsport Crosscutters · Williamsport, PA · 2021
General support
$110,400
Magee Womens Research Institute and Fnd · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$103,720
Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$103,500
Patients R Waiting · Lititz, PA · 2024
General support
$102,500
Pa College of Technology Foundation · Williamsport, PA · 2021
General support
$101,280
Lycoming College · Williamsport, PA · 2021
General support
$100,500
Magee Womens Research Institute and Fnd · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$100,000
Ccac Educational Foundation · Pittsurgh, PA · 2024
Ccac acationalaccve
$100,000
Fulton County Medical Center · McConnellsburg, PA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Jmi Sports · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$100,000
Neighboring Academy · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Community devel
$100,000
Ccac Educational Foundation · Pittsurgh, PA · 2023
General support
$100,000
United Way of Southwestern Pa · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community devel
$100,000
Ccac Educational Foundation · Pittsurgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$100,000
Ccac Educational Foundation · Pittsurgh, PA · 2021
General support
$95,000
Oakland Business Improvement District · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$91,250
Canterbury Place · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$90,000
Persad Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$86,975
Aldi · Saxonburg, PA · 2024
General support
$85,000
Cancer Bridges · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Cancer support
$85,000
Oakland Business Improvement District · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$85,000
Cancer Bridges · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$82,500
Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Arthritis research

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.