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 Sort ascending | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | to support the Positive Racial Identity Development in Early Education (PRIDE) Parent Village program. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Youth Opportunities Development | to support program costs associated with serving youth in Clairton, PA for the 2020-2021 school year. | 2020 | $80,000 |
| Allegheny County Department of Human Services | to provide financial assistance for participants of a pilot mobility program aimed at reducing racial and economic segregation. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Brashear Association, Inc. | to support basic needs for South Pittsburgh residents in the COVID-19 pandemic era. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest d/b/a Tree Pittsburgh | to advance forestry plans in Lawrenceville and Manchester/Chateau and create a plan for Hazelwood. | 2020 | $60,000 |
| Off the Floor Pittsburgh | to provide families in housing crisis and transition with basic furnishings and household goods. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Pennsylvania Women Work | to support its workforce development programs. | 2020 | $20,000 |
| The Forbes Funds | for 2021 operating support. | 2020 | $400,000 |
| 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 |
| PublicSource Inc. | for operating support. | 2020 | $250,000 |
| The Pittsburgh Promise | for the scholarship program. | 2020 | $500,000 |
| Village Theater Company dba The Tull Family Theater | for operating support. | 2020 | $125,000 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | to support the development of a low-cost highly functional ventilator to provide support during COVID-19 surges and support medical personnel in low-income and rural areas. | 2020 | $25,000 |
| Allegheny County Juvenile Probation | to strengthen existing and build new formal agreements between Allegheny County schools and the juvenile court to divert youth away from school-related arrests to supportive, restorative, and skill-building alternatives. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender | to support legal representation for delinquent youth at the Magisterial District Judge Courts in Allegheny County. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Neighborhood Allies | for 2020-2021 operating support. | 2020 | $225,000 |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh | to support core program operations. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Neighborhood Resilience Project | to support the Community Health Deputy and Trauma Informed Community Development Programs. | 2020 | $65,000 |
| Our Clubhouse | to support the family and youth programming. | 2020 | $20,000 |
| Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank | to support the Period Advocacy Program. | 2020 | $40,000 |
| Afro-American Music Institute | for operating support. | 2020 | $30,000 |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation | for BOOM Concepts to support the exhibition and incubation residencies. | 2020 | $15,000 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council | for operating support. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Youth Chorus | for the 2020/2021 season of choral music education and performance programming. | 2020 | $15,000 |
| The Brew House Association, Inc. | for the Distillery and Prospectus programs. | 2020 | $15,000 |
| When She Thrives | for expansion of the Scenes from a Single Mom Book Project. | 2020 | $15,000 |
| POISE Foundation | to support the work and research capacity of the Black COVID-19 Equity Coalition. | 2020 | $25,000 |
| 1Hood Media Academy | to develop a community-led approach to public safety by creating models of intervention and prevention to reduce incarceration and police contacts in Black and Brown communities throughout Allegheny County. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| MAYA Organization | to support operational costs associated with its Perinatal Support and Community Mentor Training Programs. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. | for general operating support. | 2020 | $30,000 |
| Riverlife | for 2021 operating support. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Education Law Center-PA | to support the education justice project to prevent the referral of Black girls to the juvenile justice system. | 2020 | $150,000 |
| Passavant Retirement & Health Center | to purchase and implement a CarePredict system to ensure the safety and wellness of the residents of New Haven Court. | 2020 | $155,302 |
| Unique Project Inc. | to support slowdanger’s digital programming season called “remix disruption.” | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise (PACE) | to support the Strategic Action Planning Program and general operations for 2020-2021. | 2020 | $179,064 |
| Independent Sector | to support a subsidized registration model for the Upswell Virtual Summit 2020 October 14-16, 2020. | 2020 | $100,000 |
| Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts | to increase access to participation in the Pittsburgh Girls Choir. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| 1Hood Media Academy | for Mikael Owunna to support the publication of a photography book, Limitless Africans, and educational community programming in Pittsburgh focused on LGBTQ African migrants. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Pan Camp, Barrels to Beethoven’s summer steelpan ensemble program. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support Pittonkatonk, an annual music festival. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble | to support professional artists and musicians during the 2019 season. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| African American Cultural Center | to support programs and operations. | 2019 | $150,000 |
| Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Inc. | to support the 2019 productions of Run the Rabbit Path and The Heiress. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures | to support three final lectures of the 2018/2019 Ten Evenings Literary Series. | 2019 | $15,000 |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | to support a collaborative production with the Dance Theatre of Harlem including a residency with Staycee Pearl. | 2019 | $100,000 |
| Higher Achievement Pittsburgh | to support program costs for 160 students to attend Afterschool and Summer Academy programming. | 2019 | $20,000 |
| The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania | to support program costs for the expansion of their capacity building support services to agencies providing mentoring programs to youth in the Mon Valley. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Center for Civic Arts | to support strategic planning for the Mulberry Community Center’s public services. | 2019 | $20,000 |
| Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future | to support its Clean Energy Pittsburgh project in Braddock, Swissvale and Wilkinsburg. | 2019 | $75,000 |
| Keystone Research Center | to advance the We The People Pennsylvania campaign, a policy agenda that benefits working families in Pennsylvania. | 2019 | $60,000 |