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 descending | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania | to support the continuation of the United for Caregivers employer engagement work. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | to support the Pittsburgh Philanthropy Project. | 2018 | $25,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh Physicians | to provide clinical services at the Birmingham Clinic for uninsured, reproductive-age women and individuals experiencing homelessness. | 2018 | $88,400 |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | to plan and implement green infrastructure and tree planting projects in four low-income Allegheny County municipalities. | 2018 | $250,000 |
| WQED Multimedia | to support programming and community engagement initiatives that focus on increasing awareness and impact of incarceration on children and families. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh | to support the ongoing program and expansion of the Creative Youth Center. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Acheve dba Pittsburgh Hires Veterans | to provide free services to active members or veterans of the U.S. military searching for educational, training and employment opportunities in Western Pennsylvania. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| Allegheny Conference on Community Development | to support Creating a Next Generation Economy for All. | 2018 | $160,000 |
| Animal Friends, Inc. | for affordable spay/neuter, vaccination and wellness services provided through the Clinic Services Department of the new Animal Wellness Center. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Franklin Center of Beaver County | for the Annual Aliquippa Art & Music Festival in 2018 and 2019. | 2018 | $19,632 |
| Humane Animal Rescue | to support the operation of its Humane Investigations Department. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for the Department of Neurological Surgery to support small, competitive departmental research grants that are peer-reviewed for scientific merit. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation | to support the Pittsburgh Chapter Scholars Award Program. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Aleph Institute, Inc. | to support additional capacity for its alternative sentencing program. | 2018 | $32,000 |
| 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 |
| Artists Image Resource | for FY 2019 and FY 2020 operating support. | 2018 | $28,000 |
| City Theatre Company, Inc. | to support FashionAFRICANA’s presentation of a multi-media exhibition highlighting the work of Black Panther movie costume designer, Ruth E. Carter. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| Community Library Association | to expand non-traditional electronic-based lending collections and services at the Sharpsburg branch. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Cornerstone Care, Inc. | to increase access to medical care to residents of McDonald, Pennsylvania through the McDonald Health Initiative. | 2018 | $200,000 |
| Education Law Center-PA | to support legal services targeting issues of equal access to public education, dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline, and fighting for fair public education funding. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Energy Innovation Center Institute, Inc. | to connect unemployed and underemployed individuals residing in underserved neighborhoods to jobs with a sustainable wage and viable career ladder. | 2018 | $110,000 |
| Familylinks | to support the Caregivers First Initiative. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Film Pittsburgh | for FY 2019 operating support. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Focus on Renewal F.O.R. Sto-Rox Neighborhood Corp. | to develop a community-focused three-year strategic plan. | 2018 | $25,000 |
| Gettysburg College | to support the scientific research project: What Genetic and Ecology Factors Determine the Evolutionary Path of Viral Pathogens as They Adapt to their Bacterial Hosts? by Dr. Véronique A. Delesalle. | 2018 | $99,955 |
| Global Solutions Pittsburgh dba The Global Switchboard | to support implementation of a community-designed plan to increase immigrant inclusion across the Pittsburgh region. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Holy Family Institute | to provide financial assistance for ninth grade students attending Nazareth College and Career Prep High School. | 2018 | $100,000 |
| Hopebound Ministries, Inc. | for Mooncrest Neighborhood Programs to support basic needs outreach programs and services for the residents of Mooncrest and surrounding communities. | 2018 | $15,675 |
| Jazz Workshop, Inc. | to support the “Family Night Series” and "Jazz Jam and Poetry Series." | 2018 | $7,500 |
| Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh | to support the Community Health Worker Apprenticeship program. | 2018 | $100,000 |
| Kane Area Community Center | to support the youth out-of-school programs. | 2018 | $12,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support a residency with Ashley Cecil in collaboration with Tree Pittsburgh. | 2018 | $15,000 |
| Open Hand Ministries | for the expansion of its work of assisting low - to moderate-income families become homeowners in the opportunity rich neighborhoods of East Liberty and Garfield. | 2018 | $70,000 |
| Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention | to support programming at Sembène: The Film and Arts Festival. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Classical Guitar Society, Inc. | to raise the community’s awareness of the organization and its mission by sponsoring a concert series of nationally known classical guitarists. | 2018 | $7,500 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts | for a documentary film on Dr. Jim Withers by Jeff Sewald. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Glass Center, Inc. | to support artist residency and exhibition with glass artist Jaime Guerrero. | 2018 | $40,000 |
| Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | to support the inaugural production of "Savior Samuel" by Mark Clayton Southers in Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company's 15th Anniversary Season. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| POISE Foundation | to launch the Pittsburgh Tenants’ Union of residents of subsidized housing. | 2018 | $35,000 |
| PolicyLink | to support implementation of the Pittsburgh All-In Cities Initiative. | 2018 | $125,000 |
| Primary Care Health Services, Inc. | for Wake Up the Vote, an initiative of the Wilkinsburg Family Support Center Parent Council to increase voter turnout in Wilkinsburg in fall 2018. | 2018 | $25,270 |
| Recovery United Pittsburgh | to underwrite the monthly program fee for 22 adults in recovery support housing and hire two peer specialists. | 2018 | $60,000 |
| 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 |
| Silver Eye Center for Photography | to support the publication of 250 copies of the fine art book about Alisha Wormsley’s project, “The People Are the Light.” | 2018 | $10,000 |
| Small Seeds Development, Inc | to support the Mother to Son Program. | 2018 | $50,000 |
| The Jewish Chronicle | to support the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle’s re-launched website and print editions. | 2018 | $18,000 |
| The Neighborhood Academy | to support costs associated with preparing to hire a Dean of Faculty in the 2020-2021 school year. | 2018 | $76,000 |
| Trade Institute of Pittsburgh | for a bridge grant to support general operations. | 2018 | $150,000 |
| Ujamaa Collective | to develop and implement a youth-led project to document experiences of pushout among black girls in Allegheny County. | 2018 | $44,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for the Graduate School of Public Health to support the creation of a Pittsburgh Regional Forum on the Opioid Epidemic. | 2018 | $80,800 |