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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Classical Guitar Society, Inc. | to raise the community’s awareness of the organization and its mission by sponsoring a concert series of nationally known classical guitarists. | 2018 | $7,500 |
| Pittsburgh CLO | to support arts education for disadvantaged youth. | 2017 | $30,000 |
| Pittsburgh CLO | to support arts education for economically underserved youth. | 2019 | $35,000 |
| Pittsburgh CLO | to support youth arts education. | 2021 | $35,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP | to support coverage of climate change issues for public radio broadcasts and on-line distribution. | 2013 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2015 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2016 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2017 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | for The Allegheny Front to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2019 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | for The Allegheny Front to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2021 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | To produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group | to engage its member organizations and the general public in shaping policies and procedures of the Pittsburgh Land Bank. | 2014 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group | to support tenant organizing and empowerment towards changing local affordable housing policy. | 2017 | $122,500 |
| Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group | For civic engagement activities to increase the Black homeownership rate. | 2022 | $60,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Television Corporation | to support the expansion of PCTVs youth media education program. | 2021 | $9,000 |
| Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | for FY 2014 and FY 2015 operating support. | 2013 | $16,000 |
| Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | for FY 2016 and FY 2017 operating support. | 2016 | $16,000 |
| Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | for FY19 operating support. | 2018 | $8,000 |
| Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | for operating support. | 2019 | $16,000 |
| Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | To produce a classical show in the 2022-2023 season. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Conservation Corps d/b/a Landforce | to build capacity amongst hard-to-place workers and restore native habitat and land in the Pittsburgh region. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Conservation Corps d/b/a Landforce | a matching grant to support workforce readiness training for young adults. | 2019 | $85,000 |
| Pittsburgh Conservation Corps d/b/a Landforce | For operating support of its workforce development program. | 2022 | $70,000 |
| Pittsburgh Contingency | to support the Restorative Justice Program. | 2018 | $30,000 |
| Pittsburgh Contingency | To prevent youth gun violence in South Pittsburgh communities. | 2021 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Contingency | to support violence disruption and restorative justice initiative in South Pittsburgh. | 2021 | $66,000 |
| Pittsburgh Contingency | To reduce property abandonment in Wilkinsburg by supporting elderly and low-income homeowners to access appropriate tax relief, home improvement, and other housing stabilization services. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | to support the 2013 Festival of Firsts. | 2013 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | to support the public art components of the 2015 and 2016 Three Rivers Arts Festivals. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | to support the public art component of the 2017 Three Rivers Arts Festival. | 2017 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | to integrate public and visual art representatives into the 2019 Three Rivers Arts Festival. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | to support shared curatorial management of Cultural District galleries for the 2021-2022 season. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Dream Center | To support the Weekend Backpack Feeding Program, mobile food bank and food delivery program. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Pittsburgh Entertainment Project | to support Take a Shot at Changing the World: Social Action edition for the 2013-14 school year. | 2014 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Entertainment Project | to support the expansion of its Youth and Media Program. | 2018 | $40,000 |
| Pittsburgh EPM, Inc. | for 2014 capacity building. | 2014 | $200,000 |
| Pittsburgh Festival Opera | to support the creation of “Fight for the Right,” a new opera inspired by girls' struggle to access education. | 2018 | $20,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support completion of the "Inheritors of a Burden" documentary. | 2013 | $10,500 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support PublicSource for 2013-14. | 2013 | $250,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support production of a documentary on the renowned Pittsburgh painter, Robert Qualters. | 2013 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support completion of a documentary on The Lovelace Puppet Theater. | 2013 | $3,500 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support the 2014 Pittsburgh Biennial. | 2014 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support the implementation of new educational programming. | 2014 | $125,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support the creation of a transmedia documentary project. | 2014 | $8,200 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support Julie Sokolow's documentary, titled Aspie Seeks Love. | 2014 | $7,500 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support PublicSource for 2015. | 2014 | $250,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | for a new edition of the Marcellus Shale Documentary Project. | 2015 | $35,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | for FY 2016 gap funding. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support Jeff Sewald's documentary on Dr. Jim Withers. | 2016 | $50,000 |