Funding search · EIN 256055022 · Pittsburgh, PA

Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh

Name: Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh grants, 2022–2024
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.

269
grants reported: $60.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

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Carnegie Mellon University3 grants · $9.6M
Aclu Foundation3 grants · $4.0M
Refed3 grants · $2.5M
American Jewish World Service3 grants · $2.3M
Save the Children3 grants · $1.6M
Waste and Resources Action Programme3 grants · $1.5M
National Public Radio3 grants · $1.5M
Splash3 grants · $1.5M
Village Capital3 grants · $1.3M
Union for Reform Judaism3 grants · $1.2M

Giving over time

$18.0M

2022

$17.1M

2023

$25.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 269 grants.

$3.5M
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$3.0M
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$3.0M
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$2.0M
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.3M
Refed · Long Island City, NY · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.1M
Union for Reform Judaism · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.1M
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.0M
Primary Care Health Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.0M
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.0M
Simmons University · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.0M
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.0M
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$1.0M
Braddock Carnegie Library Association · Braddock, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$800,000
Village Capital · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$800,000
Refed · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$800,000
Best of the Batch Foundation · Munhall, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$675,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Global Foodbanking Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Splash · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Waste and Resources Action Programme · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Global Foodbanking Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Splash · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Waste and Resources Action Programme · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Refed · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Splash · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$500,000
Waste and Resources Action Programme · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$434,000
Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$400,000
Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$350,000
Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$350,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$350,000
Villagereach · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$350,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$350,000
Villagereach · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$350,000
Mosaic Initiative · Marion, IL · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$350,000
Villagereach · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$325,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$320,000
Winchester Thurston School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Jewish Family and Community Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Winchester Thurston School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Jewish Family and Community Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Village Capital · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Winchester Thurston School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Global Links · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$300,000
The Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$275,000
Evolve Coaching · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$275,000
Princeton Center Jewish Life · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$275,000
Jewish Family and Community Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$275,000
Princeton Center Jewish Life · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$275,000
World Union for Progressive Judaism · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Ceasefirepa Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Global Links · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Hello Neighbor · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
The Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Ceasefirepa Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Global Links · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
The Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Ceasefirepa Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$250,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$225,000
Latino Community Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$225,000
South Hills Interfaith Movement · Bethel Park, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Grow Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Impact Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Operation Lifesaver · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Grow Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Hello Neighbor · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Impact Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Operation Lifesaver · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Pa Trolley Museum · Washington, PA · 2023
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics · Ewing, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Hello Neighbor · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use
$200,000
Operation Lifesaver · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted/ general use

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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.