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 Sort descending | Purpose | Year | Amount |
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League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh | For operating support. | 2022 | $50,000 |
Learning Disabilities Association of America | To provide project support for teacher professional development for students with disabilities training. | 2022 | $15,000 |
Legacy Arts Project | to support two artist residencies. | 2014 | $7,000 |
Legacy Arts Project | to support 1Hood Media's 1Hood Select program for young arts professionals. | 2016 | $15,000 |
Legacy International Worship Center | To support expansion of the Legacy food pantry, computer literacy and job readiness program. | 2022 | $30,000 |
Lehigh University | for a 2014 Kaufman New Investigator research grant entitled, "Epistatic interactions and constraints on evolutionary outcomes in yeast experimental evolution" by Dr. Gregory Lang (PI). | 2014 | $150,000 |
Lehigh University | for a 2015 Kaufman New Investigator research grant entitled, "Development of Molecular Biradicaloids for Organic Electronic Materials" by Dr. Mark Chen (PI). | 2015 | $150,000 |
Lehigh University | for a 2020 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Full Sail Ahead: How do Cells Sense and Decode Flow?” by Dr. Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith (PI) and Dr. Damien Thevenin (co-investigator). | 2020 | $300,000 |
Lehigh University | to support a scientific research project, A New Chemical Intuition of Excited State Reactivity, carried out by Dr. Lisa A. Fredin, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Dr. Elizabeth R. Young, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry. | 2020 | $100,000 |
Lemington Residential Corporation | to implement the CORE initiative. | 2020 | $30,000 |
Lemington Residential Corporation | to enhance capacity to serve African American seniors at the Eva P. Mitchell Residence. | 2021 | $150,000 |
Lets Get Free-the Women & Trans Prisoner Defense Committee | to support a public education campaign to raise awareness about death by incarceration, focusing on women and trans people. | 2020 | $15,000 |
Lifespan, Inc. | to promote food access for seniors experiencing poverty through its food pantry in Clairton. | 2021 | $100,000 |
Life'sWork of Western PA | to expand its capacity to place youth with significant disabilities in competitive, integrated employment. | 2016 | $75,000 |
Life'sWork of Western PA | to increase the number and success of youth with disabilities securing meaningful employment. | 2018 | $80,000 |
Life'sWork of Western PA | to provide employment support for individuals in recovery from Substance Use Disorders in Allegheny County. | 2021 | $110,000 |
Light of Life Ministries, Inc. | to support the development of Madison, a new homeless shelter for women and families and single men, which will provide access to social support services. | 2019 | $120,000 |
Light of Life Ministries, Inc. | To provide on-site clinical mental health care. | 2022 | $75,000 |
Literacy Pittsburgh | to design a collaborative college and career services program for disadvantaged job seekers served by the organization. | 2020 | $50,000 |
Looking Glass Institute | to launch a veterans fundraising collaborative. | 2014 | $50,000 |
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center | to support the Community Truancy Intervention Project. | 2014 | $45,000 |
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center | for the continuation of the Community Truancy Intervention Project. | 2015 | $65,000 |
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc. | to support professional development for its senior staff to improve organizational effectiveness. | 2017 | $15,000 |
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc. | for the expansion of programming to include Senior Services in the Hill District. | 2019 | $250,000 |
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc. | to support senior services in the Hill District and general operations. | 2021 | $150,000 |
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc. | Operational support for underfunded programs experiencing increased demand as a result of COVID-19. | 2021 | $23,595 |
Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center, Inc. | To support the Macedonia FACE Senior Center operations. | 2022 | $150,000 |
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC | to train lay health educators to deliver the “Baby Basics” curriculum. | 2018 | $48,195 |
Manchester Academic Charter School | to support the expansion of the Law Related Education program. | 2019 | $75,000 |
Manchester Bidwell Corporation | to support the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild's Youth and & Arts Apprenticeship Training Program. | 2015 | $75,000 |
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 |
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild | to support production of a documentary project on Pittsburgh jazz. | 2014 | $75,000 |
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild | to support Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth & Arts operating expenses. | 2021 | $100,000 |
Manchester Youth Development Center | To support out-of-school time program costs. | 2022 | $75,000 |
St. Margaret Memorial Hospital Foundation | to support the architectural fees relating to the relocation and renovation of the St. Margaret Family Health Center in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. | 2019 | $100,000 |
Marilyn G. Rabb Foundation | for the development of an Environmental Justice Program in Pittsburgh Public Schools. | 2013 | $30,000 |
Mariposa Theatre for Young Audiences | for the 2019 season and an expansion of school programming. | 2019 | $8,000 |
Mattress Factory | to support the 2014-2015 exhibitions program. | 2014 | $75,000 |
Mattress Factory | to support exhibitions and education programs. | 2017 | $100,000 |
Mattress Factory | to support exhibitions and education programs. | 2019 | $75,000 |
Mattress Factory | to support public exhibitions and programming. | 2021 | $50,000 |
MAYA Organization | to support expansion of the Prenatal Parent Program. | 2018 | $50,000 |
MAYA Organization | to support operational costs associated with its Perinatal Support and Community Mentor Training Programs. | 2020 | $50,000 |
McKees Rocks Community Development Corp. | to expand services and transportation for Sto-Rox after-school programming. | 2017 | $33,500 |
McKees Rocks Community Development Corp. | For youth out of school time programming. | 2022 | $25,000 |
Melting Pot Ministries | to support the expansion of its Learning Konnections Program to serve at least 33 new students. | 2018 | $50,000 |
Melting Pot Ministries | to support the organization's hybrid out-of-school-time program. | 2021 | $56,000 |
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh | for FY 2014 and FY 2015 operating support. | 2013 | $15,000 |
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh | for FY 2014 and FY 2015 operating support. | 2014 | $5,000 |
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh | for FY 2016 operating support. | 2015 | $5,000 |