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 descending | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania | to support the continuation of the Campaign for What Works. | 2017 | $75,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania | to support the Year of the Teen program for teens and juvenile offenders at the Shadyside Boys and Girls Club location. | 2017 | $50,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | to support training and technical assistance to create trauma-informed school environments in the Penn Hills and Pittsburgh Public School Districts. | 2017 | $50,000 |
| North Hills Community Outreach, Inc. | to support its Free Rides for Seniors shuttles. | 2017 | $12,000 |
| YMCA of Sewickley Valley | to support scholarships for low-income children to attend Summer Day Camp in 2018. | 2017 | $40,000 |
| Kingsley Association | to support the Kids’ Kitchen program to advance healthy eating and healthy living among low-income, single parent households in the Larimer/East Liberty community of Pittsburgh. | 2017 | $30,000 |
| Neighborhood ALLIES | for 2018 operating support. | 2017 | $225,000 |
| Hill House Association | to provide bridge operating support during an organizational assessment process. | 2017 | $100,000 |
| Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services | to support the development of a strategic plan and to provide environmental legal services on a sliding scale for clients in Western Pennsylvania. | 2017 | $97,290 |
| Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pgh | for rehabilitative services and visual devices for individuals that receive low vision services, are legally blind, and do not qualify for federal assistance. | 2017 | $125,000 |
| Northern Area Multi-Service Center of Allegheny County | to implement a fall prevention program into its home and community-based service network. | 2017 | $94,889 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2017 | $75,000 |
| Wesley Family Services | to purchase safety equipment for in-home safety checks. | 2017 | $20,000 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Pittsburgh | to support expansion of the HomeMeds Program. | 2017 | $75,000 |
| Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. | to provide hearing aids and assistive listening devices for low-income residents in the greater Pittsburgh area. | 2017 | $50,000 |
| The Consortium for Public Education | for 2018 operating support. | 2017 | $100,000 |
| Union Aid Society | to provide energy efficient windows that operate safely and effectively and improve the health conditions for lower-income seniors. | 2017 | $40,000 |
| Bricolage Production Company | for FY 2018 operating support. | 2017 | $15,000 |
| The Forbes Funds | for 2018 operating support. | 2017 | $400,000 |
| Economic Development South | to help tenants of 44 units in Clairton Townhomes make the transition to home ownership. | 2017 | $150,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for the School of Social Work to implement and evaluate the Justice Scholars Institute, a social justice-focused college and career support program for students at Pittsburgh Westinghouse. | 2018 | $116,725 |
| Imani Christian Academy | to support the salary and benefits costs for one middle school English teacher and one middle school Science teacher. | 2018 | $164,560 |
| East End Cooperative Ministry | to support the expansion of its employment services into a Self-Sufficiency Pipeline. | 2018 | $100,000 |
| Fineview Citizens Council, Inc. | to prevent displacement of residents of Allegheny Dwellings, a public housing community on Pittsburgh’s North Side. | 2018 | $30,000 |
| Growth Through Energy and Community Health, Inc. | to strengthen and expand the CommunityCare Program. | 2018 | $35,000 |
| Keystone Research Center | to support research, communications and coordination for a statewide campaign that encourages adoption of a narrative and policy agenda that helps individuals and families become self-sustaining. | 2018 | $60,000 |
| Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts | to support PMC Shares educational workshops in Pittsburgh focused on housing laws and tenant rights. | 2018 | $40,000 |
| Renewable Manufacturing Gateway dba Community Growth Fund | to create a vehicle purchase and repair loan fund to help low-income parents keep a job or stay in school. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Riverlife | for 2018 operating support. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| City Theatre Company, Inc. | to support the creation of two world premiere plays by women of color. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Clean Air Council | to support the 2018 Southwestern Pennsylvania Neighbors for Clean Air Initiative. | 2018 | $60,000 |
| Kelly Strayhorn Theater | to support the 2018 Tenth Anniversary season of KST Presents. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy | to support educational programming for school-aged students at the Frick Environmental Center. | 2018 | $100,000 |
| Repair the World | to support two Fellows in the 2017-2018 Repair Pittsburgh’s Communities Program. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Carnegie Institute, Andy Warhol Museum | one-year grant to support Cry, Baby, an exhibition by Devan Shimoyama in 2018. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Attack Theatre | to support the development of their new site-specific immersive dance theater production, If|Maybe|Then, that utilizes interactive technology and new media. | 2018 | $35,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for FY 2018-19 artistic residencies. | 2018 | $65,000 |
| Pittsburgh Musical Theater | to support program costs allowing over 140 students to continue to collaborate on an annual production on a professional Pittsburgh stage. | 2018 | $25,000 |
| Dreams of Hope | to support Hatch Art Collective’s 2018 mainstage theatrical production of Susan Soon He Stanton’s play “THINGS ARE AGAINST US.” | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Resonance Works | to support the performances of “little match girl passion” in March 2018, including the Pittsburgh premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “little match girl passion” by David Lang. | 2018 | $6,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support The Blanket's Pam Tanowitz Project at the New Hazlett Theater. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Entertainment Project | to support the expansion of its Youth and Media Program. | 2018 | $40,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | to support a half-day health clinic in the Homewood-Brushton Family Support Center. | 2018 | $12,561 |
| Jeremiah's Place | to support the expansion of its referral program for mothers that utilize the crisis nursery. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| New Voices Pittsburgh, Inc. | to support the Voice Your Vote! Project. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh | to provide free pediatric health care via the Care Mobile. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh | to support the Women’s Resource Center. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Amachi Pittsburgh | to support operations. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| Hosanna House, Inc. | for operating support. | 2018 | $125,000 |
| Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise | to support the Strategic Action Planning Program and general operations for 2018. | 2018 | $135,000 |