Funding search · EIN 256784891 · Pittsburgh, PA

William F & Lynn D Gauss Fdn

Name: William F & Lynn D Gauss Fdn grants, 2022–2025
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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.

66
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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.

What they fund

childrens food care pantry city marines outreach preschool

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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.

Duke University Health System3 grants · $100,994
St Ann Catholic Church4 grants · $100,000
Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist3 grants · $84,581
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Wpa Chap4 grants · $80,000
Ymca3 grants · $75,000
Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh Foundation2 grants · $50,000
Shepherds Table Soup Kitchen4 grants · $49,950
Elfinwild Presbyterian Church4 grants · $45,000
Shaler North Hills Library4 grants · $45,000
Coraopolis Community Development2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$279,581

2022

$256,276

2023

$255,494

2024

$280,400

2025

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$45,500
Duke University Health System · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$45,494
Duke University Health System · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Financial aid troop / pack
$30,000
Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial aid troop / pack
$29,950
Divine Grace Parish · Cranberry Twp, PA · 2025
Gleaners food pantry
$25,000
St Ann Catholic Church · Clayton, NC · 2025
Food pantry
$25,000
Upmc Children S Hospital Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Expressive art therapies
$25,000
St Ann Catholic Church · Clayton, NC · 2024
Food pantry
$25,000
Ymca · Bethel Park, PA · 2024
Playground naming
$25,000
Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Expressive art therapies
$25,000
St Ann Catholic Church · Clayton, NC · 2023
Food pantry
$25,000
Ymca · Bethel Park, PA · 2023
Playground naming
$25,000
Children'S Home of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Shaler North Hills Library · Glenshaw, PA · 2022
Childrens outreach program
$25,000
St Ann Catholic Church · Clayton, NC · 2022
Food pantry
$25,000
Ymca · Bethel Park, PA · 2022
Playground naming
$24,581
Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial aid troop / pack
$20,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Wpa Chap · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Cf research / care / 1st
$20,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Wpa Chap · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Cf research / care / 1st
$20,000
Boy Scouts of America · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Coraopolis Community Development · Coraopolis, PA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Wpa Chap · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Cf research / care / 1st
$20,000
Allegheny Health Network · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Breast cancer patient meal
$20,000
Coraopolis Community Development · Coraopolis, PA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Wpa Chap · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Cf research / care / 1st
$20,000
Saint Ferdinand Parish · Cranberry Twp, PA · 2022
General support
$19,950
Shepherds Table Soup Kitchen · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$15,000
Mars United Presbyterian Church · Mars, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
The Als Association of Western · Millvale, PA · 2025
Care services - greatest
$15,000
Mars United Presbyterian Church · Mars, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Greater Pgh Comm Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2023
General support
$15,000
North Hills Community Outreach · Allison Park, PA · 2023
School supplies
$15,000
Saint Ferdinand Parish · Cranberry Twp, PA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Elfinwild Presbyterian Church · Glenshaw, PA · 2022
Preschool childrens prog
$15,000
Greater Pgh Comm Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2022
General support
$15,000
North Hills Community Outreach · Allison Park, PA · 2022
School supplies
$10,000
Elfinwild Presbyterian Church · Glenshaw, PA · 2025
Preschool childrens prog
$10,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Divine Grace Parish · Cranberry Twp, PA · 2024
Gleaners food pantry
$10,000
Elfinwild Presbyterian Church · Glenshaw, PA · 2024
Preschool childrens prog
$10,000
North Carolina Veterinary Medical Founda · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Shepherds Table Soup Kitchen · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Als Association of Western · Millvale, PA · 2024
Care services - greatest
$10,000
Duke University Health System · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Elfinwild Presbyterian Church · Glenshaw, PA · 2023
Preschool childrens prog
$10,000
North Carolina Veterinary Medical Founda · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Shaler North Hills Library · Glenshaw, PA · 2023
Childrens outreach program
$10,000
Shepherds Table Soup Kitchen · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Ukraine-food/shelter/medica
$10,000
Shepherds Table Soup Kitchen · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$5,638
Mars United Presbyterian Church · Mars, PA · 2023
General support
$5,638
Northland Public Library Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Fnd · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Steel city marines
$5,000
Mars Public Library Association · Mars, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Northland Public Library Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Shaler North Hills Library · Glenshaw, PA · 2025
Childrens outreach program
$5,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Fnd · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Steel city marines
$5,000
Northland Public Library Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Shaler North Hills Library · Glenshaw, PA · 2024
Childrens outreach program
$5,000
The Woodlands Foundation · Wexford, PA · 2024
Meals and snacks
$5,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Fnd · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Steel city marines
$5,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Fnd · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Steel city marines
$5,000
Wqed Multimedia · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support

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Similar purposes

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