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 Sort descending | Purpose | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood Resilience Project | to support the Community Health Deputy and Trauma Informed Community Development Programs. | 2020 | $65,000 |
| Neighborhood Resilience Project | For general operating support. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania | to increase homeownership among Black families. | 2021 | $75,000 |
| NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania | To increase Black homeownership and economic mobility in Allegheny County. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| New Century Careers, Inc. | for a pre-apprenticeship machinist training program for youth ages 18-26. | 2016 | $78,000 |
| New Century Careers, Inc. | to support the Job Shop Pilot that will provide extra learning opportunities in a controlled work experience for 26 trainees with barriers to employment. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| New Century Careers, Inc. | to provide job training and tangible aid for underrepresented populations in the Manufacturing 2000 program. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support the reading series and online literary journal. | 2013 | $15,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for Barebones Productions' 10th anniversary season. | 2013 | $12,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support performing arts programming. | 2013 | $45,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for Bonnie Cohen to present the play, Day Room Window. | 2014 | $10,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support Front Porch Theatricals' production of the play “Parade.” | 2014 | $6,500 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support FY 2016 programming. | 2015 | $65,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for general operating support. | 2015 | $5,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for general operating support for Barebones Productions. | 2015 | $5,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support Front Porch Theatrical's 2016 season of plays. | 2016 | $15,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support the world premiere production of “In the Company of Ghosts.” | 2017 | $13,800 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for FY 2018-19 artistic residencies. | 2018 | $65,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for operating support. | 2021 | $35,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. | to support its presentation of “Black Angels Over Tuskegee.” | 2013 | $15,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. | to support its 2014-2015 season. | 2015 | $15,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. | to support the 2017 production of the play “Lotto.” | 2016 | $15,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. | to support the 2018/2019 season production on the play “Freeda Peoples” by Joyce Sylvester. | 2018 | $25,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. | for general operating support. | 2020 | $30,000 |
| New Leaders Council | to recruit, train and promote young progressive leaders to become civic leaders in Pittsburgh. | 2018 | $3,700 |
| New Sun Rising | to support 2014-2015 programming by the f295 Symposium. | 2014 | $25,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the Arts Mode program. | 2015 | $35,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the Pittsburgh Poverty Project by Erika Beras. | 2015 | $30,000 |
| New Sun Rising | for general operating support for f295. | 2015 | $5,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the programming activities of Casey Droege Cultural Productions. | 2016 | $75,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to launch Saturday software development programming for graduating high school students from Carrick and Brashear High Schools. | 2017 | $50,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the production of culturally and politically sensitive projects and to create sustainable part-time jobs for dancers. | 2017 | $75,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Out of Many: Stories of Migration, a photography exhibition highlighting the contribution of immigration to the region’s economy, culture and identity. | 2017 | $29,984 |
| New Sun Rising | to support The Blanket's Pam Tanowitz Project at the New Hazlett Theater. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support classical music performance, “Casop: A Requiem for Rice” preview and premiere. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support a residency with Ashley Cecil in collaboration with Tree Pittsburgh. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Maree ReMalia’s development and premiere of the evening-length contemporary dance performance, A Letter Compiled From All Letters. | 2018 | $10,500 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the creation of slowdanger’s new group work titled, ‘empathy machine.’ | 2018 | $7,500 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Pan Camp, Barrels to Beethoven’s summer steelpan ensemble program. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Pittonkatonk, an annual music festival. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the production of “Welcome to Moonside.” | 2019 | $5,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to provide training, employment and social support to unemployed African American males. | 2019 | $66,500 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the Growing Impact Through Data + Collaboration. | 2019 | $125,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the #notwhite collective’s new visual work and performance as part of the exhibition Twenty/Twenty at SPACE gallery in the fall of 2020. | 2020 | $12,500 |
| New Sun Rising | to support costs for their 2020-2021 STEM Coding program, serving at least 90 students. | 2020 | $80,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Pittonkatonk's 2022 May Day celebration. | 2021 | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the infrastructure of the collaborative and launch the Healing Circles program. | 2021 | $75,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the GROW Mama Mentoring Cohort. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support a mental health cohort to support Black mothers impacted by gun violence. | 2021 | $32,500 |
| New Sun Rising | To support 2022-2023 out-of-school time program costs for Crack the Code. | 2022 | $80,000 |