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 | Amount Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Victims | To provide trauma-competency training for adults working with youth in schools and community violence prevention initiatives. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| East End Cooperative Ministry | To support the Children & Youth Service Justice Diversion program and prevent corrections system involvement. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. | To continue providing truancy prevention and diversion services and school-based therapy to youth in Pittsburgh Public Schools. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Aleph Institute, Inc. | To provide food and academic out-of-school time programming to Jewish students experiencing poverty. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| POISE Foundation | To advance efforts to identify and implement alternatives to current policing and incarceration models. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Angels' Place, Inc. | To support the early childhood education and family support services programs. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | To support direct care activities for people living with cystic fibrosis. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Divine Restoration Church | To support the Duquesne Community Hub. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council | For operating support. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Greater Valley Community Services Inc. | To support the Golden Living senior program. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Rankin Christian Center | To support senior food access and healthy living programs. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Village Theater Company dba The Tull Family Theater | For operating support. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Zellous Hope Project | For operating support. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| POISE Foundation | To support organizing efforts to disrupt the school to prison pipeline. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | to plant trees through theTreeVitalize Pittsburgh project in low-income communities in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. | 2017 | $50,300 |
| Woodland Hills School District | to support programming for the Project GRAD College and Career Access Center. | 2015 | $51,000 |
| Asbury Foundation | To provide education to staff that care for seniors with dementia. | 2022 | $52,000 |
| Allegheny County Department of Human Services | to purchase two vans to be used by Family Support Centers. | 2015 | $53,680 |
| Community Theater Project Corporation | to support fall 2016 programming. | 2016 | $55,000 |
| Allegheny Family Network | to provide childcare for single parents and hire a new Family Support Partner. | 2017 | $55,000 |
| Clean Water Fund | for an educational campaign to reduce lead exposure of Pittsburgh residents in public drinking water. | 2017 | $55,000 |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation | to increase the supply of affordable owner-occupied and rental housing in Garfield. | 2021 | $55,000 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | For operating support. | 2022 | $55,000 |
| ASSET Inc. | to support the participation of at least 20 teachers in its Collaborative Learning Program serving students attending Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Wilkinsburg School District. | 2019 | $55,899 |
| Melting Pot Ministries | to support the organization's hybrid out-of-school-time program. | 2021 | $56,000 |
| Hill District Consensus Group | to research the feasibility of developing cooperative housing in Pittsburgh and to test the market through community outreach. | 2021 | $58,900 |
| POISE Foundation | to support the salary of the newly created position of Program Officer. | 2014 | $60,000 |
| Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh | to support the Emergency Shelter and 24-Hour Hotline programs for 2014-2015. | 2014 | $60,000 |
| Eye and Ear Foundation | to support the Guerilla Eye Service Reconnaissance Project – a collaborative patient centered approach to the prevention of blindness. | 2016 | $60,000 |
| Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity | for the Fund for Humanity. | 2016 | $60,000 |
| Our Clubhouse | to support family and youth programming. | 2017 | $60,000 |
| Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest d/b/a Tree Pittsburgh | to combat tree canopy disparity and decline in municipalities in Allegheny County. | 2017 | $60,000 |
| 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 |
| Clean Air Council | to support the 2018 Southwestern Pennsylvania Neighbors for Clean Air Initiative. | 2018 | $60,000 |
| Recovery United Pittsburgh | to underwrite the monthly program fee for 22 adults in recovery support housing and hire two peer specialists. | 2018 | $60,000 |
| Thomas Merton Center, Inc. | to increase its capacity to grow transit ridership and mobility equity in Allegheny County. | 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 |
| ACTION-Housing, Inc. | to support expansion of a revenue stream of the Pennsylvania Affordable Housing and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund to increase the local share from the Fund. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pgh | for rehabilitative services and visual devices for individuals who receive low vision services, are legally blind, and do not qualify for federal assistance. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Gwen's Girls, Inc. | to support a mentoring program tailored to the needs of girls who are referred or are at risk for referral to the juvenile justice system. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Human Services Center Corporation | to support the Supports for Success program. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Just Harvest Education Fund | to support low-income single mothers and their families by defending and strengthening public safety net programs. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Jeremiah's Place | to extend the service hours of the Strong Families program for single mothers seeking emergent childcare. | 2019 | $60,000 |
| Primary Care Health Services | to support Wake Up the Vote, an initiative of the Wilkinsburg Family Support Center. | 2020 | $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 |
| Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact | for the PIIN Criminal Justice Reform Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing Program. | 2020 | $60,000 |
| Regional Housing Legal Services | to investigate solutions to policies and practices which increase housing instability among renters. | 2020 | $60,000 |
| Allegheny Youth Development | to support operations costs for 2020-2021. | 2020 | $60,000 |
| World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh | to support youth-driven virtual civics and social studies enrichment programming. | 2020 | $60,000 |
| Meta Mesh Wireless Communities | for 2021 associated with providing In-Home and Public Space Wi-Fi in Homewood, Coraopolis and New Kensington-Arnold. | 2020 | $60,000 |