Funding search · EIN 300106868 · Pittsburgh, PA

Curtis I & Paul Kossman Char Foundation

Name: Curtis I & Paul Kossman Char 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.

226
grants reported: $563,200
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $388
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh3 grants · $100,275
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy4 grants · $55,650
United Jewish Federation1 grant · $50,000
American Red Cross4 grants · $37,000
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank4 grants · $32,550
American Humanist Association4 grants · $22,250
United Way of Pittsburgh3 grants · $20,275
Pennsylvania State University Paul M Kossman Endowment for Excel1 grant · $20,000
Pennsylvania State University1 grant · $20,000
American Indian College Fund4 grants · $15,800

Giving over time

$126,700

2022

$145,050

2023

$135,050

2024

$156,400

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 226 grants.

$55,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$50,000
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
United Jewish Federation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$20,000
American Humanist Association · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$20,000
Pennsylvania State University Paul M Kossman Endowment for Excel · University Park, PA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Pennsylvania State University · State College, PA · 2022
General support
$15,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$11,000
American Red Cross · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2024
General support
$11,000
American Red Cross · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Women'S Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wqed · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Provident Charter School Foundation · University Park, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
United Way of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
United Way of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2022
General support
$5,500
Children'S Hospital Fee Care Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$5,500
Children'S Hospital Fee Care Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
American Red Cross · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Children'S Hospital · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$2,750
Alzheimer'S Foundation of American · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$2,750
Planned Parenthood · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$2,750
Planned Parenthood · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$2,250
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General support
$2,250
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General support
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,650
Animal Rescue League · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,650
Boca Helping Hands · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
General support
$1,650
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,650
Brady Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,650
The Children'S Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$1,650
Women'S Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$1,650
Brady Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,650
The Children'S Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1,650
Women'S Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1,500
Brady Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1,500
The Children'S Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$1,500
Women'S Center and Shelter · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$1,250
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,250
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$1,250
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1,200
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2025
General support
$1,200
Animal Friends · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,200
Canine Service Pals of Pittsburgh · Coraopolis, PA · 2025
General support
$1,200
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2025
General support
$1,200
Alzheimer'S Foundation of American · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,200
Life'S Work · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$1,200
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$1,200
Salvation Army (Project Bundle Up) · Carnegie, PA · 2024
General support
$1,200
Alzheimer'S Foundation of American · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,200
Life'S Work · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1,200
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1,200
Salvation Army (Project Bundle Up) · Carnegie, PA · 2023
General support
$1,100
Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,100
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Amazon Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,000
Children'S Hospital Free Care Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Children'S Museum of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Spectrum Charter School · Monroeville, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
The Children'S Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
The Epilepsy Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
American Humanist Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Secular Coalition of American Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$1,000
American Humanist Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Secular Coalition of American Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,000
Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Alzheimers Foundation of · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Life'S Work · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Salvation Army · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$750
Neads (National Education for Assistance Dog Services) · Princeton, MA · 2025
General support
$550
Brady Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$550
Crossroads Foundation of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$550
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2025
General support
$550
Life'S Work · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$550
Natural Resource Defense Counsel · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$550
Planned Parenthood · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$550
Amazon Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$550
Animal Rescue League · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$550
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$550
Cure Alzheimer'S · Wellsley Hills, MA · 2024
General support
$550
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$550
Map International · Brunswick, GA · 2024
General support
$550
Amazon Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$550
Animal Rescue League · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$550
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$550
Cure Alzheimer'S · Wellsley Hills, MA · 2023
General support

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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.