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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PennFuture | to expand their Democracy for All program into Allegheny County. | 2021 | $100,000 |
| Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence | to implement the next phase of the primary prevention initiative focused on men and boys. | 2014 | $30,000 |
| Pennsylvania Economy League | to support research to examine the economic impact of the Act 47 reform. | 2015 | $25,000 |
| Pennsylvania Health Access Network | To establish the BeHeard BeHealthy Pittsburgh chapter for communities to inform health policy. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency | To support marketing of a pilot mortgage product for new borrowers in targeted Black neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center | to implement the Bond Project in Allegheny County. | 2019 | $24,000 |
| Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network | to support a police accountability and violence reduction initiative. | 2015 | $150,000 |
| Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact | to support Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network internal work on structural racism. | 2017 | $80,000 |
| Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General | to improve response to civil rights violations within the Pittsburgh region by establishing a dedicated presence working exclusively on civil rights cases to serve the city’s most vulnerable residents. | 2018 | $142,699 |
| Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children | for operating support. | 2013 | $100,000 |
| Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children | to support Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children's advocacy activities. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| Pennsylvania Prison Society | To support programming in the Pittsburgh region. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Pennsylvania Resources Council | To support food service business community in achieving greater sustainability through replicable waste reduction practices. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2014 Kaufman New Initiative research grant entitled, "Autonomous Interacting Microrobotic Systems" by Dr. Ayusman Sen (PI) and Dr. Anna C. Balazs (Co-PI) of the University of Pittsburgh. | 2014 | $300,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2015 Kaufman New Investigator research grant entitled, "Quantum Measurement and Back-action Manipulation of Many Ultra-cold Atoms" by Dr. Nathan Gemelke (PI). | 2015 | $150,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2016 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Discovery and Characterization of Novel RNA Switch Chemistry and Biology via RNA Structure-seq” by Dr. Paul Babitzke (PI), Dr. Sarah M. Assmann (Co-Investigator), and Dr. Philip C. Bevilacqua (Co-Investigator). | 2016 | $300,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2016 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “Reducing selection bias in gravitational wave detection of compact binary mergers” by Dr. Chad Hanna (PI). | 2016 | $150,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2020 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Magnetizing Light: from X-Ray Astronomy to Silicon Photonics” by Dr. Mikael Rechtsman (PI) and Dr. Randall McEntaffer (co-investigator). | 2020 | $300,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2022 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, "Nanoscale optical heating for the generation of high entropy nanomaterials," by Dr. Benjamin Lear (PI) and Dr. Raymond Schaak (co-investigator). | 2022 | $300,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2022 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, "Unveiling the Final Days of Stellar Life Through Exotic Explosion," by Dr. V. Ashley Villar (PI). | 2022 | $150,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund | to support the Crossing Bridges Summit. | 2018 | $25,000 |
| Pennsylvania Voice | to support the planning phase of Keystone Counts to ensure a fair and accurate US Census count in hard-to-count communities in Allegheny and three other priority counties in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2020. | 2018 | $25,000 |
| Pennsylvania Voice | to support a coordinated Get Out the Count plan to engage households in Allegheny County identified as being most at risk of not participating in the 2020 Census. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Pennsylvania Women Work | to support its workforce development programs. | 2020 | $20,000 |
| Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts | to support PMC Shares educational workshops in Pittsburgh focused on housing laws and tenant rights. | 2018 | $40,000 |
| Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts | to minimize eviction proceedings by providing guidance for tenants, landlords and the courts. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts | to build its capacity to implement legal educational workshops, a helpline and a court watch program in Allegheny County. | 2021 | $60,000 |
| Peoples Oakland, Inc. | to support the development of a new mental health recovery program for formerly incarcerated adults. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Per Scholas Inc. | to expand its impact in Pittsburgh among populations traditionally underrepresented in technology fields. | 2021 | $100,000 |
| Persad Center, Inc. | to support the In-Home Senior Response Team Project. | 2016 | $100,000 |
| Pgh. Partnership, City of Pgh.'s Dept. of Personnel | to support the Student Conservation Association's program in the 2013 Summer Youth Employment Program. | 2013 | $125,000 |
| Phase 4 Learning Center, Inc. | to launch the TechConnect Program, an enhanced technology training for economically underserved youth ages 18-24. | 2020 | $80,000 |
| Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force | to support a Hepatitis C Testing Program. | 2014 | $21,200 |
| Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures | to support the presentation of Sheri Fink. | 2015 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures | to support the presentation of author Roxanne Gay as part of its lecture series. | 2017 | $15,000 |
| Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures | to support three final lectures of the 2018/2019 Ten Evenings Literary Series. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures | to support its mainstage Ten Evenings lecture series and associated school and community engagement opportunities with authors. | 2021 | $15,000 |
| Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children | for operating support. | 2014 | $90,000 |
| Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children | for operating support. | 2017 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | to support the acquisition and mounting of Beauty and the Beast. | 2014 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | to support building new sets for its production of Swan Lake. | 2017 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | to support a collaborative production with the Dance Theatre of Harlem including a residency with Staycee Pearl. | 2019 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | To support Storytelling in Motion and accompanying education programs. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas Inc. | to support grieving parents and their immediate families through infant and pregnancy loss. | 2021 | $3,389 |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | for the Cove Forest woodlands habitat restoration project. | 2014 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | to design and install a pollinator garden featuring cultivars of native plants to attract bees, birds, and other wildlife. | 2017 | $185,000 |
| Pittsburgh Camerata | to support the 2014 Spring Concert. | 2013 | $7,920 |
| Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse | To support the expansion of environmental education programming, carbon capture and recycling activities. | 2022 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society | for FY 2014 and FY 2015 operating support. | 2013 | $19,000 |
| Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society | for FY 2016 operating support. | 2015 | $4,750 |