Funding search · EIN 250965466 · Pittsburgh, PA

The Pittsburgh Foundation

Name: The Pittsburgh Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

3,268
grants reported: $178.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $19,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services education religion arts development human youth schools

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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

Scholarships and student financial aid for Pittsburgh-area students
Human services: food banks, shelters, housing, emergency assistance
Arts and culture organizations in Allegheny County
Higher education, led by University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon
Community and neighborhood development, including Beaver County revitalization
Conservation, watershed and outdoor recreation projects in western PA

Typical grant

Median grant is $19,750, with the middle half between $10,000 and $50,512. The seven-figure checks go to anchor institutions and scholarship intermediaries (University of Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Promise, Scholarship America), while the bulk of the 3,268 grants are small operating or program awards under $50,000. With 3,268 grants to 1,961 recipients over three years, roughly half of recipients appear more than once, so repeat support is normal rather than exceptional.

Their words

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

“SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT FINANCIAL AID”
“COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT”
“NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION”
“HUMAN SERVICES”
“COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work in Allegheny or Beaver County; 2,501 of 3,268 grants went to Pennsylvania recipients.
Ask in the $25,000 to $75,000 range for a first request unless you are an anchor institution.
Frame research as community capacity building or neighborhood development, not as academic inquiry.
Partner with a named grantee like New Sun Rising, Neighborhood Allies or The Forbes Funds to establish local credibility.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so much of the money moves through donor-advised funds and named scholarship funds, which explains checks to Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable and out-of-state hospitals; donor relationships, not staff review, drive a large share of it. Beaver County shows up unusually strongly in the largest grants (Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community, Women's Center of Beaver County, Trails Ministries, Reforest Our Future), suggesting a distinct pool of restricted funds serving that county.

9 grants matching “steele” · $1.5M

$357,050
Steel City Squash · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Education
$19,110
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corp · Homestead, PA · 2024
Performing arts
$50,000
Steel Rivers Council of Governments · Homestead, PA · 2023
Government and public administration
$48,000
Steel City Squash · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Education
$7,500
Steel City Helping Hands · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Human services
$976,750
Steel City Squash · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Education
$50,000
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corp · Homestead, PA · 2022
Historical societies preservation
$11,000
Steel Valley Trail Council · Homestead, PA · 2022
Natural resource conservation protection
$6,000
Steel City Improv Festival · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Performing arts

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 Pittsburgh3 grants · $10.3M
Scholarship America3 grants · $3.6M
The Pittsburgh Promise3 grants · $3.2M
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary3 grants · $2.3M
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh3 grants · $2.3M
Daisy Wilson Artist Community1 grant · $1.8M
Heritage Valley Health System Foundation3 grants · $1.6M
Sewickley Public Library3 grants · $1.6M
Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $1.6M
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank3 grants · $1.5M

Giving over time

$59.5M

2022

$55.1M

2023

$64.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,268 grants.

$4.3M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Higher education
$3.5M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Education
$2.4M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Education
$1.8M
Daisy Wilson Artist Community · Bethel Park, PA · 2022
Arts and culture
$1.6M
Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2023
Scholarships
$1.3M
The Pittsburgh Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarships and student financial aid
$1.3M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2022
Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking fdns
$1.2M
Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2024
Scholarships
$1.2M
United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Federated giving programs
$976,750
Steel City Squash · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Education
$954,904
The Pittsburgh Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarships and student financial aid
$934,450
The Pittsburgh Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarships student financial aid
$878,397
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Arts, culture and humanities
$798,918
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Museums
$788,449
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Higher education
$767,441
United Way of Southwestern Pa · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Human services
$762,592
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Education
$760,655
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Higher education
$705,016
Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2022
Scholarships student financial aid
$702,331
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Philanthropic community support
$691,911
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Higher education
$686,357
United Way of Southwestern Pa · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Human services
$659,116
Schwab Charitable · Orlando, FL · 2024
Philanthropic community support
$631,534
Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community · Ambridge, PA · 2024
Environmental support
$627,786
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2024
Food banks & pantries
$618,117
The Neighborhood Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Elementary and secondary schools
$616,142
The Salvation Army · Carnegie, PA · 2022
Human services
$606,595
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Museums
$578,000
New Brighton Area School District · New Brighton, PA · 2024
Elementary and secondary schools
$567,887
Heritage Valley Health System Foundation · Moon Township, PA · 2024
Hospital support services
$565,232
Sewickley Public Library · Sewickley, PA · 2024
Libraries
$563,391
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking fdns
$554,118
Children'S Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Health care
$550,000
Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community and neighborhood dev
$535,073
New Sun Rising · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community and neighborhood dev
$531,949
Heritage Valley Health System Foundation · Moon Township, PA · 2023
Health care
$527,584
Sewickley Public Library · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Libraries
$503,142
Heritage Valley Health System Foundation · Moon Township, PA · 2022
Hospitals healthcare
$502,527
The Forbes Funds · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community assistance
$500,000
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Philanthropic community support
$500,000
Trails Ministries · Beaver Falls, PA · 2024
Family services
$500,000
Women'S Center of Beaver County · Beaver, PA · 2024
Family violence shelters
$496,756
Sewickley Public Library · Sewickley, PA · 2022
Libraries
$462,700
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2022
Food banks & pantries
$460,161
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Performing arts
$459,822
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Religion
$438,984
Children'S Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Hospital support services
$437,400
The Forbes Funds · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Public foundations
$426,844
Allegheny Conference On Community Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community and neighborhood development
$426,228
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Higher education
$414,735
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2023
Food banks & pantries
$405,764
The Forbes Funds · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Public foundations
$404,962
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Performing arts
$393,335
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking fdns
$387,205
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
Hospitals
$384,261
Jewish Family and Community Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Family services
$377,943
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Performing arts
$374,467
The Neighborhood Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Elementary and secondary schools
$359,576
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Libraries
$358,010
Allegheny County Health Department · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Government and public administration
$357,640
Allegheny Health Network · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General health
$357,050
Steel City Squash · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Education
$350,800
1hood Media Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Arts and culture
$347,582
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Religion
$346,000
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Health research resources
$342,661
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Jewish community support
$342,587
The Neighborhood Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Elementary and secondary schools
$339,730
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Higher education
$337,049
The Salvation Army · Carnegie, PA · 2024
Human services
$335,846
Community Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Public foundations
$327,200
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Arts education
$324,820
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023
Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations nec
$322,613
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Health care
$320,000
Crop and Kettle · Ambridge, PA · 2024
Job training
$315,700
1hood Media Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Arts and culture
$315,200
Locally Grown · Willkinsburg, PA · 2024
Food security strategies
$308,456
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
Hospitals
$302,113
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Education
$302,046
Humane Animal Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Animal protection and welfare
$299,923
Action-Housing · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Housing support
$298,676
Hosanna Industries · Gibsonia, PA · 2024
Housing and human services
$297,588
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Human services
$296,724
Poise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community and neighborhood development
$292,071
Reforest Our Future · Beaver, PA · 2024
Forest conservation
$291,507
Humane Animal Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Animal protection and welfare
$288,011
Beaver Falls Community Development Corporation · Beaver Falls, PA · 2024
Public and society benefit nec
$286,528
New Sun Rising · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Arts, culture and humanities
$283,828
Allegheny Health Network · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Health care
$283,321
Humane Animal Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Animal protection and welfare
$281,511
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Arts and culture
$281,100
Aspinwall Riverfront Park · Aspinwall, PA · 2024
Outdoor recreation support
$280,849
The Salvation Army · Carnegie, PA · 2023
Human services
$280,694
Trying Together · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Elementary and secondary schools
$280,559
Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Reproductive rights
$277,100
Independence Conservancy · Industry, PA · 2024
Natural resource conservation and protection
$276,040
Borough of Monaca · Monaca, PA · 2024
Government and public administration
$260,380
Light of Life Ministries · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Homeless centers
$257,978
Just Mediation Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Centers to support the independence
$257,670
Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Family services
$257,475
African American Cultural Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Arts and culture

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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.