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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Theater Project Corporation | to support educational programming and 2015 mainstage performances. | 2015 | $30,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. | to support its 2014-2015 season. | 2015 | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the Arts Mode program. | 2015 | $35,000 |
| Community at Holy Family Manor, Inc. | for the Generations Together intergenerational program. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| Virtuous Academy | to support expansion and development of academic programming. | 2015 | $45,000 |
| Aeolian Winds of Pittsburgh | to support a collaborative performance. | 2015 | $8,500 |
| Travelers Aid Society of Pittsburgh | to support the Veterans Transportation Program. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| Focus on Renewal F.O.R. Sto-Rox Neighborhood Corp. | to support FOR's Community Center operations. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise | to support the Strategic Action Planning (SAP) Program. | 2015 | $85,000 |
| Green Building Alliance | for the Pittsburgh 2030 District Enhanced Transportation Focus Project. | 2015 | $40,000 |
| Radiation and Public Health Project, Inc. | for research to examine potential health impacts of hydraulic fracturing on fetuses, infants, and young children. | 2015 | $18,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | for a new edition of the Marcellus Shale Documentary Project. | 2015 | $35,000 |
| United Way of Allegheny County | to support the continuation of the “Campaign for What Works (C4WW).” | 2015 | $150,000 |
| Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures | to support the presentation of Sheri Fink. | 2015 | $10,000 |
| Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest d/b/a Tree Pittsburgh | to undertake urban forestry plans and tree planting projects in the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods. | 2015 | $46,000 |
| Corningworks | to support the 2015-2016 season and the development of a new work. | 2015 | $30,000 |
| Allegheny County Department of Human Services | to purchase two vans to be used by Family Support Centers. | 2015 | $53,680 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | to support three artist commissions as a component of Open Engagement 2015. | 2015 | $15,000 |
| Kingsley Association | to support community activities related to the CHOICE Neighborhoods Initiative, the Larimer Vision-to-Action plan and Larimer neighborhood development. | 2015 | $150,000 |
| Riverlife | for 2015 operating support. | 2015 | $150,000 |
| Pittsburgh A. Philip Randolph Institute Education Fund | for the Breaking the Chains of Poverty pre-apprenticeship workforce development program. | 2015 | $70,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2015 | $75,000 |
| Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network | to support a police accountability and violence reduction initiative. | 2015 | $150,000 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy | to support the Allegheny Commons Fountain Restoration Project. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| The Fred Rogers Company | to support the second season of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Center That C.A.R.E.S. | to support the second phase of the capital costs for the renovation of the Jeron X. Grayson Community Center in the Hill District. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Center for Hearing and Deaf Services, Inc. | to provide affordable, in-person language interpretation services in the greater Pittsburgh area. | 2015 | $75,000 |
| City of Pittsburgh | for the 2015 Learn and Earn Summer Employment Initiative. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Community Human Services Corporation | for short-term assistance to prevent 24 families from becoming homeless. | 2015 | $20,000 |
| Creative Nonfiction Foundation | to support “Writing Away the Stigma.” | 2015 | $35,000 |
| Denis Theatre Foundation | to support the Meet Me at the Movies program. | 2015 | $7,500 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council | to support core assistance programs for the region's artists and arts organizations. | 2015 | $90,000 |
| Jewish Residential Services, Inc. | to support the Howard Levine Clubhouse's programming while it completes a capital/endowment campaign. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| Midwife Center for Birth and Women's Health | to support the expansion of services targeting vulnerable populations. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | to support the public art components of the 2015 and 2016 Three Rivers Arts Festivals. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| Thomas Merton Center, Inc. | to increase civic participation in public transit planning, operations and funding activities. | 2015 | $40,000 |
| Regional Housing Legal Services | to work with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency to shape flexible guidelines for anticipated federal funding to address the affordable housing needs of highly vulnerable populations. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| Three Rivers Community Foundation | to support the Teens for Change youth program. | 2015 | $40,000 |
| Three Rivers Mothers' Milk Bank | to establish a milk bank to serve Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Southwestern PA. | 2015 | $85,000 |
| Three Rivers Youth | to support the expansion of the mental health care capacity for at-risk youth and families. | 2015 | $125,000 |
| Trade Institute of Pittsburgh | to expand its brick masonry training program and launch trainings in stone masonry and roofing. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Unseam'd Shakespeare Company | in support of the 2015 summer season. | 2015 | $9,250 |
| Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | to support the expansion of the Neurodevelopmental Service. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Children's Sickle Cell Foundation, Inc. | to support the Living Well with Sickle Cell Initiative to help children with sickle cell disease live healthier lives. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| NEED (Negro Educational Emergency Drive) | to support the 2015-16 NEED Historically Black Colleges & Universities Academy. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Family Services of Western Pennsylvania | to expand the Older Adult Services programming. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Hazelwood Initiative, Inc. | to support the Hazelwood Housing Development Fund to increase homeownership opportunities for female heads of households. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Braddock Redux | to provide at-risk youth in the Braddock and Wilkinsburg communities with work readiness, employment and academic enrichment capacity during the 2015-2016 school year. | 2015 | $45,000 |
| Allegheny County Parks Foundation | to support the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania's installation of 100 Chimney Swift nest towers in nine Allegheny County parks. | 2015 | $75,000 |
| TRWIB, Inc. | to expand the Pittsburgh Works Initiative to raise the quality of services for job seekers, respond to employer demand and path more people into in-demand careers at family-sustaining wages. | 2015 | $100,000 |