Add to Your Fund

The Power to Do More

There are many ways to make a charitable gift through The Pittsburgh Foundation. The Foundation is a trusted resource for donors like you and your professional advisors searching for ways to give back to the community, while seeking maximum tax advantages. 

How to Add to Your Fund

• Donate Online. [Search funds]  
• By check—make out checks to The Pittsburgh Foundation (Include the fund to which you wish to donate in the memo field), and mail to: The Pittsburgh Foundation, Five PPG Place, Suite 250, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
• Appreciated stock.
• Closely held stock—“C” corporations, “S” corporations, partnership interests and LLCs.
• Real estate or partial interest in real estate—you can also retain the right to live in the property during your lifetime.
• Transfer of a private or family foundation.
• Planned gifts (bequests) utilizing cash, appreciated stock, closely held stock, life insurance, real estate, and retirement fund assets such as 401ks and IRAs.
• A Charitable Gift Annuity that makes periodic payments to you as provided in the gift annuity agreement.
• A Charitable Remainder Trust (Annuity or Unitrust) in which you and/or others retain the right to receive income for life, or a period of years, with the remainder to be distributed to your fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation.
• A Charitable Lead Annuity Trust that makes a fixed annual payment to your fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation for a stated period of years, after which the remaining assets are transferred to your children or other named beneficiaries. The tax advantages are greatest when a trust is created while interest rates are low.