Funding search · EIN 256049037 · Pittsburgh, PA

The Rust Foundation

Name: The Rust 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.

394
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

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.

St Andrews Episcopal Church4 grants · $131,500
Fields for Kids3 grants · $60,500
Ellis School4 grants · $54,000
Middle Tenn State Univ1 grant · $51,500
Calvary Episcopal Church4 grants · $43,000
Woodberry Forest School4 grants · $38,500
World Central Kitchen3 grants · $37,500
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh3 grants · $31,000
Second Harvest Food Bank2 grants · $29,500
Ny Ave Presb Church1 grant · $29,000

Giving over time

$421,500

2022

$304,000

2023

$305,000

2024

$381,252

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 394 grants.

$61,000
St Andrews Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$55,500
St Andrews Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General purpose
$51,500
Middle Tenn State Univ · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
General purpose
$31,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$30,500
Fields for Kids · Larchmont, NY · 2025
General purpose
$29,000
Ny Ave Presb Church · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$28,500
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2025
General purpose
$28,000
St Anthony Char Fdn · Wexford, PA · 2022
General purpose
$27,500
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2025
General purpose
$26,000
Chatham University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$26,000
Ellis School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Fields for Kids · Larchmont, NY · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$22,000
Ellis School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General purpose
$22,000
Serra Catolic High School · McKeesport, PA · 2022
General purpose
$20,500
Miracle League of Western Pa · Murrysville, PA · 2023
General purpose
$18,500
Calvary Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General purpose
$16,000
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$16,000
Ohio Wildlife Center · Powell, OH · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Save a Warrior · Columbus, OH · 2025
General purpose
$15,000
Genesis of Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
United Way of Humphreys County · Wavelry, TN · 2022
General purpose
$14,500
Calvary Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$13,500
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2022
General purpose
$13,000
Project Happy · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$13,000
Carnegie Museums of Pitt · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
St Anthony School Programs · Wexford, PA · 2025
General purpose
$12,500
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$12,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General purpose
$11,052
Oncue Theatre Incorporated · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General purpose
$11,000
Fox Families Care · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Genesis of Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
The Salvation Army of Loudoun County · Leesburg, VA · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Friends of the Island Library · Holmes Beach, FL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Salvation Army · Bradenton, FL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Ability Fitness Center · Leesburg, VA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Cannon County Save · Woodbury, TN · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
New Hope Church of Christ · Readyville, TN · 2023
General purpose
$9,500
St Andrews Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General purpose
$9,000
St Clare'S Episcopal Church · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
General purpose
$9,000
St James' Episcopal Church · Leesburg, VA · 2024
General purpose
$9,000
Gleaners Comm Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2022
General purpose
$7,500
New Canaan County School · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General purpose
$7,500
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2024
General purpose
$7,500
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2023
General purpose
$6,500
Carlow University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$6,500
Sweet Briar College · Sweet Briar, VA · 2025
General purpose
$6,500
Carlow Univ · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General purpose
$6,500
Sweet Briar College · Sweet Briar, VA · 2022
General purpose
$6,000
Murray Avenue Pta Sch00l 18-164 · Larchmont, NY · 2025
General purpose
$6,000
Calvary Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General purpose
$5,500
St Andrews Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$5,500
Carlow University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$5,500
Sweet Briar College · Sweet Briar, VA · 2024
General purpose
$5,500
Carlow University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General purpose
$5,500
Sweet Briar College · Sweet Briar, VA · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Dream Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Topeka, KS · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
St Philip'S By the Sea Episcopal Chapel · Biddeford, ME · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Standing Up To Stigma · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Ellis School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Fields for Kids · Larchmont, NY · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Sewickley Valley Historical Society · Sewickley, PA · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
New Canaan County School · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General purpose
$4,500
National Ms Society · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
Calvary Episcopal Church · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$4,000
Autism Society Central Ohio · Worthington, OH · 2024
General purpose
$4,000
New Canaan County School · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General purpose
$4,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2024
General purpose
$4,000
New Canaan County School · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General purpose
$4,000
Poshard Foundation for Abused Children · Carterville, IL · 2023
General purpose
$4,000
Cannon County Save · Woodbury, TN · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
Mamaroneck Comm Nursery · Mamaroneck, NY · 2022
General purpose
$3,500
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General purpose
$3,500
National Ms Society · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$3,500
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2022
General purpose
$3,250
Autism Society Central Ohio · Worthington, OH · 2025
General purpose
$3,250
Poshard Foundation for Abused Children · Carterville, IL · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
American Whitewater · Cullowhee, NC · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
Food Bank for New York City · Hartsdale, NY · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
Hilliard Food Pantry Plus · Hilliard, OH · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
Planned Parenthood Central & Western Ny · Rochester, NY · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
Theta Chi at Drake University Hhf · Davenport, IA · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
National Ms Society · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Poshard Foundation for Abused Children · Carterville, IL · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
St Anthony Charitable Foundation · Wexford, PA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Theta Chi at Drake University Hhf · Davenport, IA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Planned Parenthood Central & Western Ny · Rochester, NY · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Theta Chi at Drake University Hhf · Davenport, IA · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose

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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.