Funding search · EIN 823092179 · Pittsburgh, PA

The Nicely Ridge Foundation

Name: The Nicely Ridge Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

82
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

agricultural scholarship sciences

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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.

1 grant matching “tepper” · $50,000

$50,000
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper School of Business · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support

Top recipients

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

Urban Impact3 grants · $366,333
The Pennsylvania State University3 grants · $300,000
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh4 grants · $200,000
Mobility Project3 grants · $180,000
Ligonier Camp & Conference Center3 grants · $163,000
Urban Impact Foundation1 grant · $133,667
STEM Coding Lab3 grants · $120,000
Light of Life3 grants · $110,000
Pennsylvania State University1 grant · $110,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$795,000

2022

$715,000

2023

$700,000

2024

$796,165

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
The Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA · 2022
Scholarship fund of agricultural sciences
$133,667
Urban Impact Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$133,333
Urban Impact · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$133,000
Urban Impact · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$110,000
Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA · 2025
General support
$100,000
The Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Urban Impact · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$80,000
Mobility Project · Charles, IL · 2023
General purpose
$77,000
Ligonier Camp and Conference Center · Ligonier, PA · 2025
General support
$63,000
Ligonier Camp & Conference Center · Ligonier, PA · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Bountiful American Foundation · Adams, TN · 2025
General support
$60,000
Mobility Project · Charles, IL · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper School of Business · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Fire · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Ligonier Camp & Conference Center · Ligonier, PA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
The Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Brashear Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Light of Life · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Ligonier Camp & Conference Center · Ligonier, PA · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
STEM Coding Lab · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$41,000
Let Grow · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$40,000
Church of the Ascension · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$40,000
Beverly Heights Presbyterian · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Mobility Project · Charles, IL · 2022
General purpose
$37,998
Mt Lebanon Community Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$35,000
STEM Coding Lab · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$35,000
STEM Coding Lab · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Fire · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$35,000
Hoover Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$35,000
Let Grow · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$30,000
Light of Life Rescue Mission · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$30,000
Living Stones · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$30,000
Grow Living Stones · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Light of Life · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Grow Living Stones · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Light of Life · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Grow Living Stones · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Community Kitchen Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Grow Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Carnegie Mellon · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Grow Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden · Oakdale, PA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Peters Creek Evangelical Presbyterian Church · Venetia, PA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Cornerstone Christian Academy · Beech Bottom, WV · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
The Spartan Community Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$11,167
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2024
General operating support
$11,000
Mt Lebanon Community Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Laurel Highlands Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Scott Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
The Network Group · Arlington, VA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Scott Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Pittsburgh Promise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Scott Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Scott Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General operating support
$7,500
Young Life Pittsburgh · Natrona Heights, PA · 2025
General support
$7,500
Young Life Pittsburgh - East Hills · Penn Hills, PA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Boys Scouts Laurel Highland Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Boys Scouts Laurel Highland Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Miracle League · Conyers, GA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Penn State Thon · University Park, PA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Young Life Pittsburgh - East Hills · Penn Hills, PA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Young Life Pittsburgh - South Hills Mt Lebanon · Gibsonia, PA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Boys Scouts Laurel Highland Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Young Life Pittsburgh - East Hills · Penn Hills, PA · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Young Life Pittsburgh - South Hills Mt Lebanon · Gibsonia, PA · 2022
General operating support

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Similar purposes

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Similar grant size

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.