Funding search · EIN 256797452 · Pittsburgh, PA

James & Noel Browne Charitable Trust

Name: James & Noel Browne Charitable Trust 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.

48
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $22,500
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

educational education youth development distribution food advocacy allegheny

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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.

Top recipients

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

Manchester Youth Development Center3 grants · $250,057
University of Pittsburgh2 grants · $150,000
Casa San Jose1 grant · $150,000
Pa Alliance Foundation3 grants · $140,000
Reading Quest3 grants · $125,000
Cambiar Education2 grants · $110,000
Manchester Academic Charter School2 grants · $100,000
Feeding America3 grants · $90,000
Allegheny Land Trust2 grants · $55,000
Aclu2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$157,500

2022

$532,000

2023

$85,000

2024

$764,072

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Casa San Jose · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For advocacy and resources in the latino communty
$110,000
Manchester Youth Development Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Educational purpose
$100,000
Pa Alliance Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Educational purpose
$100,000
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Educational purpose
$90,057
Manchester Youth Development Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For youth education programs
$75,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For education programs
$75,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Educational purpose
$60,000
Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2025
For education research and development
$50,000
Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2025
For land conservation programs
$50,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
For food distribution programs
$50,000
Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024
Educational purposes
$50,000
Manchester Academic Charter School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Educational purpose
$50,000
Manchester Academic Charter School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Educational purpose
$50,000
Manchester Youth Development Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Educational purpose
$40,000
Aclu · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For programs to defend civil rights
$35,000
Partners in Progress · Mansfield, PA · 2023
Educational purpose
$30,000
Joe Dicarlo · Palisades Park, NJ · 2025
For benefit of haitian refugees
$25,000
Covenant House · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
To provide housing for homeless youth
$25,000
Crisis Center North · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For services for victims of domestic violence
$25,000
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2025
For food distribution programs
$25,000
Planned Parenthood · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For health care programs
$25,000
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2025
For education programs
$25,000
Wheaton College · Wheaton, IL · 2025
For education programs
$25,000
Pa Alliance Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Educational purpose
$20,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational purposes
$20,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational purposes
$15,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Nnm · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
For youth mentor programs
$15,000
Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Outdoor youth development programs
$15,000
Habitat for Humanity · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For home construction
$15,000
Pa Alliance Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Educational purpose
$15,000
Partners in Progress · Mansfield, PA · 2022
Educational purpose
$15,000
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Educational purpose
$12,500
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2023
Educational purposes
$10,000
New York Times Neddiest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Educational purposes
$10,000
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Educational purpose
$10,000
Aclu · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Educational purposes
$5,000
Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Educational purposes
$5,000
Wheaton College · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Educational purpose
$2,500
Foundation for Iup · Indiana, PA · 2025
For education programs
$2,500
New York Times Neddiest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Educational purposes
$2,500
Northside Food Pantry · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Educational purpose
$2,500
The Queens' Gambit Chess Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Educational purpose
$2,500
The Queens' Gambit Chess Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Educational purpose
$2,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Nnm · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Educational purpose
$500
Avalon Public Library · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
For education programs
$500
Avonworth Historical Society · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Historic preservation program
$500
Kids Choice · Boone, IA · 2025
For programs to support children in the child-welfare system in allegheny county
$15
Finca · Washington, DC · 2025
For programs to fight poverty

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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.