The Pittsburgh Foundation

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
Awaken Pittsburgh for 2021-2022 operating support. 2021 $9,305
Bunker Projects, Inc. to support The Bunker Review, an online web magazine and curatorial project space. 2021 $10,000
Union Project for 2020-2021 programming. 2021 $15,000
New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts for operating support. 2021 $35,000
Children's Home of Pittsburgh to support the organization's core programs. 2021 $100,000
Heritage Community Initiatives to subsidize child care costs for families experiencing poverty and strengthen program quality. 2021 $75,000
Fractracker Alliance to expand capacity for education and data-based service provision for environmental advocacy in Allegheny County. 2021 $50,000
Take Action Mon Valley to support 2021-2022 operating costs. 2021 $50,000
Pittsburgh United to support the organization of Black workers in the communities of greater Pittsburgh. 2021 $100,000
Manchester Citizens Corporation to build its capacity to engage the public on the value of transit and advocate for preservation and growth of transit funding. 2021 $65,000
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble to support its 2021 season. 2021 $10,000
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to support the UPMC Mercy Hospital Burn Unit. 2021 $39,255
Pittsburgh CLO to support youth arts education. 2021 $35,000
Style412 to support a digital retail incubator in support of artists recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 $10,000
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council for the Office of Public Art for operating support. 2021 $35,000
DePaul School for Hearing and Speech to provide virtual Listening and Spoken Language education. 2021 $150,000
New Sun Rising to support the GROW Mama Mentoring Cohort. 2021 $50,000
Zellous Hope Project to provide funds and resources to support individuals experiencing poverty. 2021 $20,000
Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard to support the Minority Veterans and Families program. 2021 $50,000
Life'sWork of Western PA to provide employment support for individuals in recovery from Substance Use Disorders in Allegheny County. 2021 $110,000
ACTION-Housing, Inc. to develop a low-barrier, year-round shelter including transitional housing, a day program, a health clinic and wrap-around services for those experiencing homelessness. 2021 $500,000
Peoples Oakland, Inc. to support the development of a new mental health recovery program for formerly incarcerated adults. 2021 $50,000
Familylinks, Inc. to support the Downtown Outreach Center and Shelter program serving runaway and homeless youth in Allegheny County. 2021 $50,000
Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice to expand access to doula care for low-income women of color. 2021 $50,000
New Sun Rising to support a mental health cohort to support Black mothers impacted by gun violence. 2021 $32,500
North Side Christian Health Center to support the implementation of a pharmacist-managed hepatitis C patient care program. 2021 $77,000
Allen Place Community Services, Inc. to expand nutrition services and health education to seniors and their families. 2021 $15,000
Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania to support environmental education in public and private schools.

2021 $45,000
Communitopia to prepare youth to advance a more climate-friendly, resilient and equitable world. 2021 $50,000
Riverlife for the 2022 “Completing the Loop” initiative. 2021 $75,000
Hill District Consensus Group to research the feasibility of developing cooperative housing in Pittsburgh and to test the market through community outreach. 2021 $58,900
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation for general operating support. 2021 $50,000
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy for an ecological restoration project on Clayton Hill in Frick Park. 2021 $50,000
University of Pittsburgh for the Graduate School of Public Health to conduct baseline research to examine public health impacts associated with the Shell Chemical Cracker Plant. 2021 $75,000
Creative Citizen Studios to support artists with developmental disabilities with innovative digital programming. 2021 $10,000
Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Allegheny County to support the Housing Court pilot program and the Help Desk Supervisor's position. 2021 $74,000
Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise (PACE) to support Arts Equity Reimagined. 2021 $100,000
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild to support Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth & Arts operating expenses. 2021 $100,000
University of Pittsburgh for 2021-2022 operating support for the Institute of Politics. 2021 $50,000
Abolitionist Law Center to support efforts to end mass incarceration. 2021 $50,000
New Voices Pittsburgh, Inc. to support the health and well-being of Black women, femmes and girls in the greater Pittsburgh region. 2021 $100,000
Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. to support the next steps in the municipal consolidation of Wilkinsburg. 2021 $87,500
TRWIB, Inc. d/b/a Partner4Work to provide meaningful, paid summer work experience for 36 disadvantaged youth ages 14-21 in Allegheny County. 2021 $100,000
Mon Valley Initiative to support the 2021 Workforce and Financial Counseling Program. 2021 $100,000
ACTION-Housing, Inc. to build capacity for Eviction Rapid Response programming. 2021 $70,000
Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania, Inc. to support the summer session of the Youth Empowerment Project, serving at least 60 students. 2021 $20,000
Ruth's Way, Inc. to support the Achievement Consultation Program which focuses on disrupting and preventing Black female youth from entering the school to prison pipeline. 2021 $30,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to plan and implement green infrastructure and tree planting projects in two low-income Allegheny County municipalities. 2021 $200,000
Mon Valley Unemployed Committee, Inc. to give voice to unemployed workers in reforming Unemployment Compensation regulations and legislation 2021 $100,000
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. 2021 $75,000