Funding search · EIN 201362043 · Pittsburgh, PA

The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family

Name: The Ellen and Jack Kessler Family grants, 2022–2023
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.

55
grants reported: $321,250
total given: 2022–2023
filing years: $1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

The Carnegie Museums of Art2 grants · $87,500
United Jewish Federation - Pittsburgh2 grants · $50,000
United Way2 grants · $40,000
The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh2 grants · $25,500
The Pittsburgh Promise2 grants · $20,600
Pittsburgh Glass Center2 grants · $20,000
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh2 grants · $13,600
Make the Road New York2 grants · $10,000
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society1 grant · $10,000
The Cultural Trust of Pittsburgh1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$170,050

2022

$151,200

2023

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$46,000
The Carnegie Museums of Art · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift to general fund
$41,500
The Carnegie Museums of Art · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift to general fund
$25,000
United Jewish Federation - Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Annual fund
$25,000
United Jewish Federation - Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Annual fund
$20,000
United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Tocqueville society
$20,000
United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Tocqueville society
$13,500
The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Annual fund
$12,000
The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Annual fund
$10,600
The Pittsburgh Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,000
The Pittsburgh Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$10,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$10,000
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Vegas on the mon
$6,800
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$6,800
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$5,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable gift
$5,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable gift
$5,000
The Cultural Trust of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$5,000
Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,500
Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$2,500
The Friendship Circle · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$2,500
The Friendship Circle · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$2,000
Art21 · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$1,800
J Street Pac · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable gift
$1,800
Community Day School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Host commmittee/winter gala
$1,800
J Street Pac · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,500
Andy Warhol Museum · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$1,500
United Jewish Federation - Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Art21 · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Jewish Association On Aging · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$1,000
Mattress Factory · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$1,000
Pedantic Arts Residency · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Quantum Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$1,000
American Friends of the Umm El-Fahem Museum · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Jewish Association On Aging · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Jewish Women'S Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General fund
$800
Contemporary Craft · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$500
Bunker Projects Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Upmc Children'S Hospital Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$500
Westmoreland Museum of Art · Greensburg, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$300
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$300
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable gift
$250
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$250
River Life · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$250
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Charitable gift
$250
Westmoreland Museum of Art · Greensburg, PA · 2023
Charitable gift
$250
Film Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$250
Mattress Factory · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$250
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$250
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift
$250
Pittsburgh Public Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charitable gift

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