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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts | to increase access to participation in the Pittsburgh Girls Choir. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| The Joe Beretta Foundation | to provide support for Advanced Heart Failure Patients and their families during treatment and recovery. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Kelly Strayhorn Theater | to support TD Projects' curatorial initiative, the Bloomfield Garden Club, from September 2021 through August 2022. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Calliope House, Inc. | to support online performances, live concerts and in-person classes in 2022. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Monroeville Foundation Inc. | to support the 2021 Monroeville Jazz Festival. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Bunker Projects, Inc. | to support The Bunker Review, an online web magazine and curatorial project space. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble | to support its 2021 season. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Style412 | to support a digital retail incubator in support of artists recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Creative Citizen Studios | to support artists with developmental disabilities with innovative digital programming. | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Humane Animal Rescue | To support protecting animals domestic and wild from suffering, homelessness and abuse. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Table of Grace Feeding Ministry | To serve 400 people per week at the soup kitchen. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | To produce a classical show in the 2022-2023 season. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks | For the 2022 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Womanspace East, Inc. | To support the operations of Allegheny County's only emergency shelter available to families with multiple children. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Faith & Gratitude | To provide operating support for organizational activities supporting individuals and families facing cancer. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Fractured Atlas | To support the Inversion Documentary Project. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| The Pittsburgh Camerata | To support singer stipends in the 2022-2023 season. | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support completion of the "Inheritors of a Burden" documentary. | 2013 | $10,500 |
| Young Men and Women's African Heritage Association | to support its AFRICAMERICAS program. | 2013 | $10,500 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Maree ReMalia’s development and premiere of the evening-length contemporary dance performance, A Letter Compiled From All Letters. | 2018 | $10,500 |
| Grounded Strategies | to support urban beautification projects in underserved communities. | 2021 | $10,666 |
| Every Child, Inc. | to support the Community and School Based Behavioral Health program. | 2021 | $11,000 |
| Franklin Center of Beaver County | for the annual Aliquippa Art & Music Festival in 2020. | 2020 | $11,427 |
| House of Prayer Lutheran Church | To continue and expand upon the Beaver County Symphonic Wind Ensemble's outreach programming. | 2022 | $11,771 |
| Prime Stage Theatre | to support its 2013 season of plays. | 2013 | $12,000 |
| Construction Junction, Inc. | to support a collaborative dance production at the Carrie Blast Furnace site. | 2013 | $12,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for Barebones Productions' 10th anniversary season. | 2013 | $12,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support Firstlight Pictures' documentary on the State Correctional Institution of Pittsburgh. | 2016 | $12,000 |
| Texture Contemporary Ballet | to support the 2017/2018 performance series. | 2017 | $12,000 |
| Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Inc. | to support the costs relating to its concert series. | 2017 | $12,000 |
| North Hills Community Outreach, Inc. | to support its Free Rides for Seniors shuttles. | 2017 | $12,000 |
| Kane Area Community Center | to support the youth out-of-school programs. | 2018 | $12,000 |
| 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 |
| Texture Contemporary Ballet | to support 2019 – 2020 main stage performances. | 2019 | $12,000 |
| Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Inc. | to support the premiere of "Frankenstein Re-Imagined." | 2020 | $12,000 |
| Resonance Works | to support the October 2020 production of a new opera titled "I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams." | 2020 | $12,000 |
| Texture Contemporary Ballet | to support 2021–2022 company mainstage performances. | 2021 | $12,000 |
| 412Thrive | To support individuals impacted by breast cancer and genetic mutations through the Thriver program, monthly gatherings and care packages that create a community-based system of support. | 2022 | $12,000 |
| Fractured Atlas | To support the development of Vigilance Theater's next season of productions and events. | 2022 | $12,000 |
| Chester County's Children, Inc. Children and Youth | for camperships for abused, neglected children and children with special needs for the 2014 summer camp program. | 2014 | $12,125 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | To support Jewish education through general operating support. | 2022 | $12,385 |
| Community Theater Project Corporation | for Afronaut(a) to present the 2015 Salon Series. | 2015 | $12,500 |
| Side Project, Inc. | to support the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy’s 2018 peer support and voter engagement work. | 2018 | $12,500 |
| New Sun Rising | to support the #notwhite collective’s new visual work and performance as part of the exhibition Twenty/Twenty at SPACE gallery in the fall of 2020. | 2020 | $12,500 |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | to support a half-day health clinic in the Homewood-Brushton Family Support Center. | 2018 | $12,561 |
| Carnegie Library of Homestead | for literacy and hands-on technology programs for youth. | 2016 | $12,600 |
| St. Anthony School Programs | to expand the Behavioral and Skill Therapy program. | 2019 | $12,600 |
| Artists Upstairs-Artup | to support Pop-Aganda: Revolution & Iconography - a cultural exchange between US and Russian artists. | 2021 | $13,000 |
| Prime Stage Theatre | to produce the regional premiere of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 2018. | 2017 | $13,500 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support the world premiere production of “In the Company of Ghosts.” | 2017 | $13,800 |