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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Hope | to continue the out-of-school time program for students in the Highland Elementary School in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Center for Victims | to support new strategic marketing, communications, and men's program plan to address violence. | 2014 | $40,000 |
| Center for Victims | to support children exposed to violence. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Center for Victims | To provide trauma-competency training for adults working with youth in schools and community violence prevention initiatives. | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Center of Life | to support out-of-school programming designed to improve academic achievement for students in Hazelwood. | 2014 | $50,000 |
| Center of Life | for 2016 operating support. | 2016 | $75,000 |
| Center of Life | for 2017 project support focused on youth programming. | 2017 | $100,000 |
| Center of Life | to support operations costs for the 2020-2021 year. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Center of Life | to support the Ambassadors of Justice program for students to engage the topics of racial and social injustice and create change. | 2021 | $75,000 |
| Center That C.A.R.E.S. | to support the capital costs of renovation of the Jeron X. Grayson Community Center in the Hill District to serve as a site for its expanded out-of-school programming. | 2013 | $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 That C.A.R.E.S. | to support costs associated with piloting a Suspension Alternative Program in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools at the Jeron X. Grayson Center. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Center That C.A.R.E.S. | to develop a leadership training program and experience for young Black women to be change agents in their community. | 2021 | $65,000 |
| Chamber Music Pittsburgh | to support Pittsburgh Performs, a four concert series. | 2017 | $20,000 |
| Chamber Music Pittsburgh | to support Pittsburgh Performs, a four-concert series, in the 2019-2020 season. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| Chamber Music Pittsburgh | to support the 2021-2022 Pittsburgh Performs series. | 2021 | $15,000 |
| Chartiers Community MH/MR Center, Inc. | to support the Healthy Housing Outreach Program. | 2017 | $28,775 |
| Chatham Baroque | for FY 2014 and FY 2015 operating support. | 2013 | $20,000 |
| Chatham Baroque | for FY 2016 and FY 2017 operating support. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Chatham Baroque | for FY19 operating support. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Chatham Baroque | for operating support. | 2019 | $25,000 |
| Chatham Baroque | For operating support. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| Chatham University | to support the Make Mine Words reading series organized by the Creative Writing Program. | 2014 | $15,000 |
| Chatham University | for the Words Without Walls program. | 2015 | $15,000 |
| Chatham University | for general operating support for the Falk School of Sustainability at the Eden Hall Campus. | 2015 | $5,000 |
| Chatham University | to bring a leading national teacher development program to Pittsburgh as a way to foster school reform for K-12 education. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Chatham University | for a 2022 Kaufman Integrated Research-Education Grant grant titled, "Controlling Catalytic Selectivity with External Electric Fields," by Dr. William Pfalzgraff (PI). | 2022 | $100,000 |
| Chester County | for scholarships for abused, neglected children and children with special needs for the 2019 summer camp program. | 2019 | $14,127 |
| Chester County's Children, Inc. | for scholarships for abused or neglected children and children with special needs for the 2020 summer camp program. | 2020 | $14,496 |
| 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 |
| Children's Festival Chorus, Inc. | for FY 2014 and FY 2015 operating support. | 2014 | $18,000 |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh | to support the expansion of its staffing model in the Pediatric Specialty Hospital. | 2014 | $125,000 |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh | to support Child’s Way, a childcare program for medically fragile children. | 2018 | $100,000 |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh | to support core program operations. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh | to support the organization's core programs. | 2021 | $100,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | to support training and technical assistance to create trauma-informed school environments in the Penn Hills and Pittsburgh Public School Districts. | 2017 | $50,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | to support a half-day health clinic in the Homewood-Brushton Family Support Center. | 2018 | $12,561 |
| Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | for the Medical Home at the Children's Institute. | 2013 | $225,000 |
| Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | to support education and awareness programs relating to the topic of environmental risks to human health. | 2014 | $40,000 |
| Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | to support the expansion of the Neurodevelopmental Service. | 2015 | $100,000 |
| Children's Museum of Pittsburgh | to support design and development of the Very Eric Carle traveling exhibition. | 2014 | $50,000 |
| Children's Museum of Pittsburgh | to support the first year of arts programming in Studio Lab. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| 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 |
| Christian Immigration Advocacy Center | to provide legal aid to immigrant and refugee women experiencing domestic violence. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| City of Asylum Pittsburgh | to support its Cave Canem in Pittsburgh Initiative. | 2013 | $15,000 |
| City of Asylum Pittsburgh | for the renovation of the Alphabet City Literary Center. | 2013 | $100,000 |
| City of Asylum Pittsburgh | to support the expansion of free, year-round programming. | 2016 | $65,000 |
| City of Asylum Pittsburgh | to expand free arts and cultural programming. | 2018 | $100,000 |
| City of Asylum Pittsburgh | to support free arts and cultural programming. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| City of Pittsburgh | to support the Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment. | 2014 | $130,000 |