Funding search · EIN 256210269 · Pittsburgh, PA

McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na

Name: McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na grants, 2021–2023
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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.

239
grants reported: $140.3M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $150,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

suppport research urban

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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

Community and neighborhood revitalization in Allegheny County and Mon Valley
Health systems and safety-net clinics serving Pittsburgh residents
Independent schools, colleges, and adult literacy in Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh arts institutions: museums, theater, opera, symphony, crafts
Human services: food security, domestic violence shelter, youth programs
Parks, rivers, land trusts, and outdoor recreation around Pittsburgh

Typical grant

The median grant is $150,000 and the middle half runs $52,500 to $310,000, but the money is not evenly spread: a dozen checks between $2 million and $9.4 million account for most of the $140 million on file. The largest awards go to anchor institutions and capital-scale community development (Allegheny Health Network, Mon Valley Initiative, Hosanna House, Riverlife, Allegheny College), while the $25,000 to $200,000 band goes to small neighborhood arts, environmental, and service groups. With 239 grants to 161 recipients, repeat giving is common, and Hosanna House shows up in both 2022 and 2023 at wildly different scales.

Their words

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

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA”
“PITTSBURGH”
“COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Positioning adjacent work

Every grant on file is coded general support; propose unrestricted operating money, not a project budget.
Anchor your work to a Pittsburgh-based 501c3 with a local street address; out-of-state recipients are three of 239.
Ask $50,000 to $300,000 as a newcomer; seven-figure asks go to institutions with long histories here.
Connect to their funded themes: neighborhood revitalization, safety-net health access, adult literacy, or riverfront and land conservation.

Worth knowing: This is a Western Pennsylvania funder almost to the exclusion of everything else, with Allegheny County plus Washington, Westmoreland, and Johnstown taking essentially all the money. The bank-trustee structure and the pattern of very large capstone grants to long-standing Pittsburgh institutions in 2022 and 2023 point to relationship-driven, closed-door giving rather than anything a cold approach would reach.

Top recipients

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

Community Foundation of the4 grants · $16.3M
Carlow University2 grants · $12.3M
Allegheny Health Network3 grants · $10.6M
Hosanna House3 grants · $7.8M
Mon Valley Initiative2 grants · $7.6M
Allegheny College1 grant · $6.0M
Riverlife1 grant · $5.0M
Washington County Community Foundation1 grant · $4.2M
Literacy Pittsburgh2 grants · $4.1M
Andy Warhol Museum1 grant · $4.0M

Giving over time

$50.0M

2021

$42.7M

2022

$47.6M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 239 grants.

$12.2M
Carlow University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$10.2M
Community Foundation of the · Johnstown, PA · 2021
General support
$9.4M
Allegheny Health Network · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$7.3M
Mon Valley Initiative · Homestead, PA · 2022
General support
$7.0M
Hosanna House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$6.0M
Allegheny College · Meadville, PA · 2023
General support
$5.0M
Community Foundation of the · Johnstown, PA · 2021
General support
$5.0M
Riverlife · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$4.2M
Washington County Community Foundation · Eighty Four, PA · 2023
General support
$4.0M
Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$4.0M
Andy Warhol Museum · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$3.5M
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$3.0M
Dollar Energy Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$2.6M
Westmoreland Museum of · Greensburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$2.5M
Squirrel Hill Health Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$2.3M
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$2.3M
The Children'S Institute of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$2.1M
Neighborhood Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1.5M
Women'S Center & Shelter of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1.5M
Family House · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$1.5M
Woodlands Foundation · Wezford, PA · 2022
General support
$1.3M
Winchester Thurston School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1.2M
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1.1M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Urban research and
$1.0M
Neighborhood Allies · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Neighborhood Allies · Pittsburh, PA · 2022
General support
$878,750
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$750,000
Western Pennsylvania School for · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$750,000
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$750,000
Presbyterian Senior Care · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$650,000
Presbyterian Senior Care · Oakmont, PA · 2023
General support
$621,000
Rivers of Steel Industry Heritage Corp · Homestead, PA · 2022
General support
$600,350
Community Foundation of the · Johnstown, PA · 2022
General support
$600,000
Allegheny Health Network · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$600,000
Allegheny Health Network · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$590,000
Poise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$570,000
Chatham University · Pittsburg, PA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Braddock Carnegie Library · Braddock, PA · 2021
General support
$500,000
Hill Renaissance Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$470,000
Penn Organization for Women · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$445,100
Community Foundation of the · Johnstown, PA · 2023
General support
$440,000
Hosanna House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$400,000
City Theatre Company · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General suppport
$400,000
Familylinks · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$400,000
Primary Care Health Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$400,000
City Theatre Company · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General suppport
$400,000
East Liberty Family Health Care · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$370,000
Pittsburgh Public Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$365,000
Poise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$350,000
Carnegie Science Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Hosanna House · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Peoples Oakland · Oakland, PA · 2023
General support
$350,000
Life'S Works of Western Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$348,000
Poise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$345,000
Seton Hill University · Greensburg, PA · 2023
General support
$340,000
Seton Hill College · Greensburg, PA · 2022
General support
$325,000
Community Growth Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$320,000
Mon Valley Initiative · Homestead, PA · 2021
General support
$315,000
Seton Hill College · Greensburg, PA · 2021
General support
$310,000
Venture Outdoors · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$310,000
Touchstone Center for Crafts · Farmington, PA · 2021
General support
$305,000
Pittsburgh Opera Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$300,000
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Pennsylvania Organization for · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$300,000
Riverview Children'S Center · Verona, PA · 2022
General support
$300,000
Center for Hearing and Deaf · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$300,000
Primary Care Health Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$295,000
Pittsburgh Opera Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$275,000
Propel School Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$275,000
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$275,000
Propel School Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$270,000
Kingsley Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$260,000
Pittsburgh Opera Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$260,000
Adelphoi · Milivate, PA · 2021
General support
$253,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$252,500
Action Housing · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Duquesne University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Manchester Youth Development · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$250,000
The Pittsburgh Project · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Westminster College · New Wilmington, PA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Bloomfield Garfield · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Geneva College · Beaver Falls, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Headwaters Charitable Trust · Curwensville, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Life'S Works of Western Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Lifesteps · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Valley School of Ligonier · Homestead, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Westminster College · New Wilmington, PA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Frick Art and Historical Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$250,000
River Life · Pittsurgh, PA · 2021
General support
$250,000
Steel City Squash · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$250,000
Women'S Center & Shelter of · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$235,000
Construction Junction · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$235,000
Ymca of Greensburg · Greensburg, PA · 2022
General support
$225,000
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden · Oakdale, PA · 2021
General support
$212,500
Washington County Community · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General support
$210,000
Mattress Factory Ltd · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General support
$205,000
South Hills Interfaith Movement · Bethel Park, PA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Depaul School for Hearing and Speech · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Focus On Renewal Sto Rox · McKees Rocks, PA · 2023
General support

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Same state

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The William Penn Foundation4,421 grants · $589.0M
University of Pittsburgh1,460 grants · $577.6M

Similar purposes

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Community Foundation of Johnson County354 grants · $10.1M
Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg221 grants · $12.0M

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.