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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | to support a 2018 program featuring the music of Joseph Achron and Composers from the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | to support Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh's educational programming. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | for the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival’s 2019 project, a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Zimro Ensemble's historic world tour. | 2019 | $12,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | to support the Tree of Life Anti-Hate Conference in November 2020. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | To assist the Holocaust Center with its transition to an independent 501(c)3. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | To support Jewish education through general operating support. | 2022 | $12,385 |
| Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh | to create a pooled fund to support a community effort to assure that eligible, uninsured individuals in Allegheny County register for the Affordable Care Act. | 2013 | $50,000 |
| Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh | to create and advance a community vision for adolescent behavioral health early detection and intervention. | 2016 | $75,000 |
| Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh | to support the Community Health Worker Apprenticeship program. | 2018 | $100,000 |
| Jewish Residential Services, Inc. | to support the Howard Levine Clubhouse's programming while it completes a capital/endowment campaign. | 2015 | $50,000 |
| B F Jones Memorial Library | to support the growth of the Library Traveling Tales outreach program in Aliquippa. | 2020 | $21,600 |
| B F Jones Memorial Library | To support youth and families of Aliquippa, PA through a new learning garden. | 2022 | $14,350 |
| Jubilee Association, Inc. | to subsidize the cost of childcare for low-income families at its high-quality childcare center in the Hill District. | 2019 | $75,000 |
| Jubilee Association, Inc. | to subsidize the cost of child care for low-income families at its high-quality child care center in the Hill District. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Jubilee Association, Inc. | To subsidize the cost of child care for low-income families at Jubilee Association's high-quality child care center in the Hill District. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| Just Harvest Education Fund | to support low-income single mothers and their families by defending and strengthening public safety net programs. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Just Mediation Pittsburgh | To support expansion of eviction mediation services. | 2022 | $200,000 |
| Juvenile Law Center | To expand youth-guided advocacy initiatives that prevent juvenile justice system involvement in Allegheny County and across Pennsylvania. | 2022 | $64,697 |
| Kamraton | to support "Her Holiness the Winter Dog", an opera by Curtis Rumrill and librettist Zachary Webber with local guests Shana Simmons Dance Company and Chicago-based quartet Quince Contemporary Voice Ensemble. | 2018 | $7,500 |
| Kamraton | to support “The Strange Child,” a new opera by composer Julia Werntz and librettist Kim Adrian. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Kane Area Community Center | to provide summer and out-of-school programming through the “Kane Kids Club” program. | 2015 | $15,000 |
| Kane Area Community Center | to support the youth out-of-school programs. | 2018 | $12,000 |
| Kelly Strayhorn Theater | to support the 2018 Tenth Anniversary season of KST Presents. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Kelly Strayhorn Theater | for general operating support. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Kelly Strayhorn Theater | to support TD Projects' curatorial initiative, the Bloomfield Garden Club, from September 2021 through August 2022. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Kelly Strayhorn Theater | For general operating support. | 2022 | $150,000 |
| Kente Arts Alliance | to support the Alto Madness Jazz Series. | 2014 | $15,000 |
| Kente Arts Alliance | to support 2016 programming. | 2016 | $45,000 |
| Kente Arts Alliance | to support the costs of four artists' fees and one youth workshop for the FY 2018/2019 season. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Kente Arts Alliance | for operating support. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| 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 |
| Keystone Research Center | to advance the We The People Pennsylvania campaign, a policy agenda that benefits working families in Pennsylvania. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Keystone Research Center Inc. | to train legislative candidates in Southwestern Pennsylvania on key statewide policy issues that benefit working families. | 2020 | $60,000 |
| Keystone Research Center Inc. | To support the State Budget public education project in Southwestern Pennsylvania. | 2022 | $60,000 |
| KidsVoice | to expand KidsVoice's legal representation to foster youth through age 24. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| KidsVoice | to expand capacity to provide legal representation for current and former foster-care youth in summary offense cases. | 2019 | $120,000 |
| Kindred Culture | To support civic engagement out of school time programming for Clairton Youth. | 2022 | $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 |
| Kingsley Association | to stabilize the organization in Fiscal Year 2016/17. | 2016 | $200,000 |
| 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 |
| Kingsley Association | To support the creation of the Digital Innovation Center. | 2022 | $70,000 |
| Kitchen of Grace, Inc. | to provide meals to individuals and families experiencing poverty. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Kitchen of Grace, Inc. | To support the Feed Our Community and Youth Training and Employment Programs. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Knead Community Cafe | to support a pay-what-you-can café in New Kensington. | 2017 | $100,000 |
| Latino Community Center | to support community engagement work. | 2017 | $74,487 |
| Latino Community Center | to assist single mothers in the Latino Community. | 2019 | $75,000 |
| Lawrenceville United | to support the PEP Rally program, which aims to strengthen and support neighborhood public schools. | 2020 | $35,000 |
| Leadership Pittsburgh | to support Leadership UnboXXed. | 2014 | $65,000 |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | for the Gun Safety in a Free Society: An Allegheny County Conversation project. | 2013 | $23,000 |
| League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh | to promote meaningful civic engagement and establish lasting good government practices. | 2021 | $7,000 |