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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Disabilities Association of America | To provide project support for teacher professional development for students with disabilities training. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| Legacy International Worship Center | To support expansion of the Legacy food pantry, computer literacy and job readiness program. | 2022 | $30,000 |
| Oakland Planning and Development Corporation | To support prospective homebuyers of affordable housing created through the Oakland Community Land Trust. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| The Legacy Arts Project, Inc. | To support community baby shower programming for Black and Brown mothers. | 2022 | $25,000 |
| Pittsburgh Dream Center | To support the Weekend Backpack Feeding Program, mobile food bank and food delivery program. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts | For operating support. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra Association | To support the 2022-2023 season of educational programming and concerts and the international concert tour to Portugal in June 2023. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| RealTime Interventions | To support community engagement efforts for SIRKO, an art project designed to connect Ukrainian refugees, immigrants, and the Ukrainian Pittsburgh community. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| Riverlife | For 2023 operating support. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| St. Paul AME Church | To support the food pantry and an after school program for abused and truant high school girls. | 2022 | $30,000 |
| Sweetwater Art Center | For operating support. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| The Brew House Association, Inc. | To support professional development programs for emerging artists and curators. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| The Pittsburgh Camerata | To support singer stipends in the 2022-2023 season. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| United Methodist Church Union | To support out-of-school time programming in Northview Heights in partnership with local schools. | 2022 | $35,000 |
| Urban Impact Foundation | To support the after school tutoring program for North Side Students. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Fractured Atlas | To support the development of Vigilance Theater's next season of productions and events. | 2022 | $12,000 |
| White Lily Baptist Church | To support the expansion of community food pantry initiative. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| 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 |
| Ebenezer Outreach Ministries | To support the Ebenezer Outreach Ministries Basic Needs Center. | 2022 | $30,000 |
| Casa San Jose | To support the Pittsburgh Latinx Artist Residency program. |
2022 | $30,000 |
| Disability Rights Pennsylvania | To prevent abuse and neglect of seniors in Allegheny County. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Transitional Paths to Independent Living (TRPIL) | To support the expansion of senior nursing home transitions in Allegheny County. | 2022 | $49,500 |
| Allegheny Intermediate Unit | To support communication and healthy relationships between incarcerated juveniles and their families. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania | To support workforce readiness and financial literacy programs for teems and provide justice-oriented training for staff. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Center for Victims | To provide trauma-competency training for adults working with youth in schools and community violence prevention initiatives. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| East End Cooperative Ministry | To support the Children & Youth Service Justice Diversion program and prevent corrections system involvement. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. | To continue providing truancy prevention and diversion services and school-based therapy to youth in Pittsburgh Public Schools. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | To support Jewish education through general operating support. | 2022 | $12,385 |
| Animal Advocates Incorporated | To increase dog adoption rates for animals who may otherwise be unserved or overlooked due to behavioral challenges. | 2022 | $5,000 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh | To support inclusion programming for children with neurodiverse needs at the JCC's two Day Camps. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| Human Services Center Corporation | To support programming that serves Braddock adults and youth to help improve the quality of their lives. | 2022 | $5,674 |
| A Mindful Moment | To support wellness and emotional balance of students in Allegheny County schools. | 2022 | $4,200 |
| Going Home Greyhounds, Inc. | To defray costs of spays/neuters and other medical expenses to place retired racing greyhounds in a forever home. | 2022 | $5,000 |
| House of Prayer Lutheran Church | To continue and expand upon the Beaver County Symphonic Wind Ensemble's outreach programming. | 2022 | $11,771 |
| Off the Floor Pittsburgh | To provide gently used furniture to disadvantaged families. | 2022 | $30,000 |
| Praise Temple Deliverance Church | to address food apartheid in the Greater Hazelwood community. | 2022 | $30,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for a 2022 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, "Translation regulation of TMG-capped mRNAs - an evolutionary remnant of trans-splicing?," by Dr. Andrea Berman (PI) and Dr. Judith Yanowitz (co-investigator). | 2022 | $300,000 |
| Corporation of Haverford College | for a 2022 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, "Dark Matter and the First Galaxies," by Dr. Daniel Grin (PI) and Dr. Adam Lidz (co-investigator). | 2022 | $300,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for a 2022 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, "Quantum Qubit and Architecture CO-Design for High-fidelity Quantum Computing," by Dr. Alex Jones (PI) and Dr. Michael Hatridge (co-investigator). | 2022 | $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 |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | for a 2022 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, "Exploring the impact of genetic background on adaptive evolution," by Dr. Sean Buskirk (PI). | 2022 | $150,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2022 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, "Bacterial contamination dynamics on self-cleaning magnetic carpets," by Dr. Arnold Mathijssen (PI). | 2022 | $150,000 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | for a 2022 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, "Probing Quantum Spin Liquid State in van der Walls Based Systems via Spin Flux and Spin Dynamics," by Dr. Simranjeet Singh (PI). | 2022 | $150,000 |
| 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 |
| Chatham University | for a 2022 Kaufman Integrated Research-Education Grant grant titled, "Controlling Catalytic Selectivity with External Electric Fields," by Dr. William Pfalzgraff (PI). | 2022 | $100,000 |
| Dickinson College | for a 2022 Kaufman Integrated Research-Education grant titled, "Reprogramming Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells Toward Cell Cycle Arrest and Death," by Dr. Michael Roberts (PI) and Dr. Jeffrey Forrester (co-investigator). | 2022 | $100,000 |
| A Second Chance, Inc. | To establish the Point of Contact program as evidence-based. | 2022 | $120,000 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | For operating support. | 2022 | $55,000 |
| Aleph Institute, Inc. | To provide food and academic out-of-school time programming to Jewish students experiencing poverty. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | To expand access to cardiovascular care, specifically valve disease care, to the underserved population in the Northside of Pittsburgh. | 2022 | $150,000 |