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 |
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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 |