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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinite Lifestyle Solutions | to expand program capacity to serve youth at the teen drop-in center in the Northside. | 2020 | $40,000 |
| Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank | to support the Period Advocacy Program. | 2020 | $40,000 |
| Community Living and Support Services | to support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Transition Education Project for youth with disabilities, age 16-21 years old, and their families. | 2021 | $40,000 |
| The Pittsburgh Project | for the organization's hybrid out-of-school-time program. | 2021 | $40,000 |
| Dreams of Hope | for operating support. | 2021 | $40,000 |
| 1Nation | To support and stabilize the operations of 1Nation Mentoring in-school and community based programs. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| Cancer Bridges | Tto provide free, professionally-led emotional cancer care and support for individuals in need. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| WQED Multimedia | For operating support for programming and community engagement initiatives. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| His Place Contact Center aka His Place Ministries | To support 2022-2023 out-of-school time programming. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| Pittsburgh Contingency | To reduce property abandonment in Wilkinsburg by supporting elderly and low-income homeowners to access appropriate tax relief, home improvement, and other housing stabilization services. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | To conduct a county-wide Quality of Life survey to research pandemic-related racial disparities to inform equitable policymaking. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| 1Hood Media Academy | To support Black, Young, & Educated's efforts to amplify Black voices through increased media representation within Pittsburgh. | 2022 | $40,000 |
| The Community at Holy Family Manor | to support losses associated with COVID-19 and its impact on the Learning Center and Personal Care Home services. | 2020 | $40,840 |
| Youth Enrichment Services, Inc. | to provide funding for youth development and truancy prevention services for youth ages 10-17 and their families. | 2017 | $41,000 |
| Allegheny Land Trust | to purchase and protect 50 acres of woodlands for permanent green space in the Camp Meeting Woods Biological Diversity Area. | 2018 | $41,000 |
| TRWIB, Inc. | to build a better understanding of labor market dynamics, workforce needs and workforce services in Pittsburgh's East End. | 2014 | $42,000 |
| United Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. | to hire one caseworker. | 2018 | $42,900 |
| Jeremiah's Place | to support critical needs of low-income, single mothers that utilize its crisis nursery. | 2016 | $43,000 |
| Veterans Leadership Program of Western PA | to provide individually trained, federally protected medical service dogs to combat-wounded veterans in Southwestern Pennsylvania. | 2015 | $44,000 |
| Ujamaa Collective | to develop and implement a youth-led project to document experiences of pushout among black girls in Allegheny County. | 2018 | $44,000 |
| Society for Contemporary Craft | for the exhibition ENOUGH Violence. | 2013 | $45,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | to support performing arts programming. | 2013 | $45,000 |
| Thomas Merton Center, Inc. | to support the development of an Advocacy Leadership Training Program. | 2013 | $45,000 |
| National Organization on Disability | to continue the Wounded Warrior Careers program in the Pittsburgh region. | 2014 | $45,000 |
| Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh, Inc. | to support the renovation of the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh's new headquarters. | 2014 | $45,000 |
| Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center | to support the Community Truancy Intervention Project. | 2014 | $45,000 |
| Virtuous Academy | to support expansion and development of academic programming. | 2015 | $45,000 |
| Braddock Redux | to provide at-risk youth in the Braddock and Wilkinsburg communities with work readiness, employment and academic enrichment capacity during the 2015-2016 school year. | 2015 | $45,000 |
| Attack Theatre | to support the world premiere of Laws of Attraction. | 2015 | $45,000 |
| Aleph Institute - North East Region | to support prisoner re-entry and alternative sentencing programs for the Jewish community. | 2015 | $45,000 |
| 412 Food Rescue, Inc. | to support the purchase of a refrigerated truck and volunteer recruiting and engagement activities. | 2015 | $45,000 |
| Kente Arts Alliance | to support 2016 programming. | 2016 | $45,000 |
| AWC Renewal | to support a strategic and business planning process. | 2017 | $45,000 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council | for general operating support. | 2017 | $45,000 |
| Barebones Productions | for 2017-2018 program support. | 2017 | $45,000 |
| Salvation Army | to deliver multimodal treatment approaches and case management for adult males in treatment for opioid addiction at the Harbor Light Center. | 2018 | $45,000 |
| Youth Opportunities Development | to support program costs associated with serving 28 boys in grades 3-8 for the 2018-2019 school year. | 2018 | $45,000 |
| Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education | to help support up to 35 middle- and high-school participants in their 2019-2020 after-school program. | 2019 | $45,000 |
| Global Links | to provide durable medical and mobility equipment and personal care items to seniors experiencing poverty. | 2021 | $45,000 |
| Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania | to support environmental education in public and private schools. |
2021 | $45,000 |
| Assemble | To support school year in-house programs. | 2022 | $45,000 |
| Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania | To support an online resource directory and engagement opportunities for single moms. | 2022 | $45,000 |
| Footbridge For Families Inc. | To provide rapid financial assistance for patients served by Federally Qualified Health Centers. | 2022 | $45,000 |
| Eastern Area Adult Services | to expand grocery and food access for seniors in community and home-based settings. | 2020 | $45,500 |
| Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest d/b/a Tree Pittsburgh | to undertake urban forestry plans and tree planting projects in the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods. | 2015 | $46,000 |
| Sisters Place, Inc. | To support the utility costs of the Supportive Housing Program for homeless families. | 2022 | $46,000 |
| Breathe Pennsylvania | for the Taking Asthma Control to School Project – a hospital and school-based pilot to reduce childhood asthma. | 2018 | $46,394 |
| UPMC - St. Margaret Memorial Hospital Foundation | to hire a Social Work Case Manager for the UPMC St. Margaret Family Health Centers in the Lawrenceville, New Kensington, and Bloomfield-Garfield communities. | 2013 | $47,000 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | to build support for green infrastructure implementation in Allegheny County municipalities. | 2014 | $48,000 |
| Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC | to train lay health educators to deliver the “Baby Basics” curriculum. | 2018 | $48,195 |