Foundation-Directed Grants
Use the drop-down boxes below to search the listing of discretionary grants awarded through our application process. The Foundation awards grants in these strategic focus areas: Self-Sufficient Individuals and Families, Healthy Communities, Vibrant Democracy and Community Projects.
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| Grantee | Purpose | Year | Amount Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Musical Theater | For general operating support. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Allegheny Goatscape Inc. | To support the expansion of Allegheny Goatscape's volunteer and education and outreach activities. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh, Inc. | To support the School Club Initiative. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Pittsburgh Dream Center | To support the Weekend Backpack Feeding Program, mobile food bank and food delivery program. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Urban Impact Foundation | To support the after school tutoring program for North Side Students. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| White Lily Baptist Church | To support the expansion of community food pantry initiative. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Artists Image Resource | for FY 2014 and FY 2015 operating support. | 2013 | $20,400 |
| Burger King Cancer Caring Center | to expand access to counseling, support groups and wellness programs to cancer patients and their families. | 2021 | $21,000 |
| Micro-Society Inc. | To provide program support for the Micro-Society 2.0 program, a hybrid online platform serving students in K-5. | 2022 | $21,132 |
| Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force | to support a Hepatitis C Testing Program. | 2014 | $21,200 |
| B F Jones Memorial Library | to support the growth of the Library Traveling Tales outreach program in Aliquippa. | 2020 | $21,600 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh | to support the Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement. | 2021 | $22,978 |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | for the Gun Safety in a Free Society: An Allegheny County Conversation project. | 2013 | $23,000 |
| Artists Upstairs | to support the presentation of Sites of Passage ($13,000) and technical assistance ($10,000). | 2014 | $23,000 |
| Duquesne University | to support the CIRCLE Program that exposes middle schools students to STEM activities. | 2017 | $23,010 |
| Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc. | Operational support for underfunded programs experiencing increased demand as a result of COVID-19. | 2021 | $23,595 |
| Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center | to implement the Bond Project in Allegheny County. | 2019 | $24,000 |
| POISE Foundation | for a planning grant to design New Hill City, and to implement a Kuumba Festival demonstration project at Kennard Park. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc. | to support the Fiberart International 2013. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support production of a documentary on the renowned Pittsburgh painter, Robert Qualters. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Paddle Without Pollution | for the Watershed Stewardship Campaign. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Three Rivers Community Foundation | to support youth programs. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Saint Vincent College | for the 2014 Fred Forward Conference. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Musical Theater | toward the cost of professional services required to advance the building design, engineering and construction scope detailing. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| AIA Legacy, Inc. | to support the 2013 Remaking Cities Congress. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| City Theatre Company, Inc. | for the production of the play “TRIBES” and its related programming. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Mercy Foundation | for Operation Safety Net Jumpstart program to transition homeless individuals into housing. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| Moving Lives of Kids Arts Center | for the International Artist and Residency project. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| Three Rivers Area Labor Management Committee | for the 2014 Pittsburgh Pipeline Summer Program. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| Community Theater Project Corporation | to support Sala Udin's presentation of the August Wilson Birthday Project. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| Grow Pittsburgh | to support the Braddock Farms project, with a particular emphasis on providing fresh produce to the borough's senior population. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| Regional Opportunity Center d/b/a Vibrant Pittsburgh | for the Workforce Diversity Indicators Initiative. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support 2014-2015 programming by the f295 Symposium. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh | to support the Urban Matters program. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania | to support exhibition components and programming focused on the African American experience within the “We Can Do It!” exhibition and programs. | 2015 | $25,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | to support The Wonder of Learning exhibition. | 2015 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Musical Theater | to support the expansion of the Creative Learning Center program. | 2015 | $25,000 |
| Mountain Watershed Association, Inc. | to expand the Swimmable Waters Program by creating an in-house lab capacity for evaluating E. coli levels in the waters of Youghiogheny watershed. | 2015 | $25,000 |
| Pennsylvania Economy League | to support research to examine the economic impact of the Act 47 reform. | 2015 | $25,000 |
| Bricolage | for 2-year operating support. | 2015 | $25,000 |
| Chatham Baroque | for FY 2016 and FY 2017 operating support. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | to support the Circlebacks Project at the School of Pharmacy. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Innovation Works, Inc. | to support the 2016 412Build program. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Mon Valley Circles | to assist individuals and families experiencing poverty in the Mon Valley region to gain self-sufficiency. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention | to support 2016-2017 programming of Sembene: The Film and Arts Festival. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Homeless Children's Education Fund | to support a pilot project to improve service to unaccompanied homeless youth. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania | to support its merger with the Western PA Humane Society | 2017 | $25,000 |
| Restaurant Opportunities Center United | for the One Fair Wage campaign to eliminate the separate, lower wage for tipped workers in Pennsylvania. | 2017 | $25,000 |
| Saint Vincent College | for the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media to support the 2017 Fred Forward Symposium. | 2017 | $25,000 |
| Faith United Methodist Church of Fox Chapel | to support Circles Sharpsburg. | 2017 | $25,000 |