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 Sort ascending | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh | to support repairs and renovations that improve safety conditions for low-income, older adult homeowners. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Shortest Line Inc. | to subsidize the cost of psychological evaluations for low-income families involved in child custody cases. | 2020 | $40,000 |
| Focus on Renewal F.O.R. Sto-Rox Neighborhood Corp. | to create a robust workforce development program for African American female heads of household. | 2020 | $70,000 |
| Group Against Smog and Pollution | to support legal, policy and watchdog work that reduces regional air pollution created by stationary, mobile and other sources and to advocate for healthier air in Southwestern Pennsylvania. | 2020 | $40,000 |
| Pennenvironment Research & Policy Center | to reduce single-use plastic waste through research, public education, coalition building and advocacy in the Pittsburgh region. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh United | to support the planning process for creating the Pittsburgh Black Worker Center. | 2020 | $30,000 |
| Pittsburgh Hires Veterans | to provide career readiness services to military veterans, current service members and their spouses to help them achieve gainful and meaningful employment. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Family Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania | to support a landlord-tenant mediation program that will work to reduce evictions in Allegheny County. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Trade Institute of Pittsburgh | to support general operations of its core programming. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Artists Image Resource | for FY 2020 and FY 2021 operating support. | 2020 | $40,000 |
| Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh | for general operating support for the Carnegie Museum of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Glass Center, Inc. | for general operating support. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| WQED Multimedia | for operating support for programming and community engagement initiatives. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| 1Hood Media Academy | to support operating costs, with the option to renew. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Duquesne University | to support mathematics professional development programming for 30 teachers during the 2020-2021 school year. | 2020 | $65,000 |
| Storehouse for Teachers dba The Education Partnership | to support the Teacher Resource Center. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh | to support youth-driven virtual civics and social studies enrichment programming. | 2020 | $60,000 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | for posting bail for indigent incarcerated people detained at Allegheny County Jail. | 2020 | $25,000 |
| Infinite Lifestyle Solutions | to expand program capacity to serve youth at the teen drop-in center in the Northside. | 2020 | $40,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh Physicians | to support increased life-sustaining medication needs for patients with chronic disease at the Birmingham Free Clinic during and post-COVID-19 pandemic. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Baptist Homes Society | to subsidize seniors access to quality care through the Benevolent Care Program. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| PA Innocence Project | to serve individuals who are wrongly convicted. | 2020 | $30,000 |
| Rainbow Kitchen Community Services | to support the organization’s Anti-Hunger Program. | 2020 | $30,000 |
| The Community at Holy Family Manor | to support losses associated with COVID-19 and its impact on the Learning Center and Personal Care Home services. | 2020 | $40,840 |
| United Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. | to support a full-time caseworker and provide assistance in response to COVID-19. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Associated Artists of Pittsburgh | for operating support. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Film Pittsburgh | to support the fall 2020 film festival. | 2020 | $15,000 |
| Kamraton | to support “The Strange Child,” a new opera by composer Julia Werntz and librettist Kim Adrian. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Silver Eye Center for Photography | for operating support. | 2020 | $20,000 |
| South Park Theatre | to support the production of the play “Murderers,” on the outdoor stage. | 2020 | $3,000 |
| Whitehall Presbyterian Church | to support the Food 4 Kids Ministry. | 2020 | $125,000 |
| New Voices Pittsburgh, Inc. | to support the Voice Your Vote! Project. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Northside Industrial Development Company | to build the capacity of grassroots organizations and residents to advocate for reform of the city’s budget process. | 2020 | $35,000 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | for a 2020 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Physicochemical communication between active droplets” by Dr. Aditya Khair (PI) and Dr. Lauren Zarzar (co-investigator). | 2020 | $300,000 |
| 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 |
| Lehigh University | for a 2020 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Full Sail Ahead: How do Cells Sense and Decode Flow?” by Dr. Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith (PI) and Dr. Damien Thevenin (co-investigator). | 2020 | $300,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2020 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Neuronal circuits for auditory-olfactory integration” by Dr. Maria Geffen (PI) and Dr. Jay Gottfried (co-investigator). | 2020 | $300,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2020 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “The role of cyclic AMP signaling in acid-base homeostasis of ancestral metazoans” by Dr. Katie Barott (PI). | 2020 | $150,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2020 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “Exploring the Physics of Living Systems with Microscopic Robots” by Dr. Marc Miskin (PI). | 2020 | $150,000 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | for a 2020 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “The Lives and Deaths of Star Clusters, and the Gravitational Waves They Leave Behind” by Dr. Carl Rodriguez (PI). | 2020 | $150,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2020 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “Mechanisms of generalization: The role of neural inhibitory processes and time of day” by Dr. Anna Schapiro (PI). | 2020 | $150,000 |
| Allegheny College | for a 2020 Kaufman Integrated Research-Education grant titled, “Toward Creating Alien Life: A Genetic Self-Replicating System using Chalcogen Bonds” by Dr. Mark Ams (PI). | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | to support efforts to end mass incarceration and other forms of state violence. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | to support programming and community engagement initiatives of the Movement for Black Lives. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Dreams of Hope | to support Hatch Arts Collective's upcoming season, titled Incubate 3. | 2020 | $25,000 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council | for the Office of Public Art to support the Sibyls Shrine Artist Residency program for Black creative mothers, a project of artist Alisha Wormsley. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | for general operating support. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Jubilee Association, Inc. | to subsidize the cost of child care for low-income families at its high-quality child care center in the Hill District. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support costs for their 2020-2021 STEM Coding program, serving at least 90 students. | 2020 | $80,000 |
| Meta Mesh Wireless Communities | for 2021 associated with providing In-Home and Public Space Wi-Fi in Homewood, Coraopolis and New Kensington-Arnold. | 2020 | $60,000 |