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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Homefront, Inc. | to provide meals to local military and veteran families. | 2020 | $9,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Television Corporation | to support the expansion of PCTVs youth media education program. | 2021 | $9,000 |
| Unseam'd Shakespeare Company | in support of the 2015 summer season. | 2015 | $9,250 |
| Awaken Pittsburgh | for 2021-2022 operating support. | 2021 | $9,305 |
| Point Park University | to support the film “Low Tide in Serf City”. | 2014 | $9,500 |
| Prime Stage Theatre | to support the production of an adaptation of the book, A Lesson before Dying. | 2015 | $9,500 |
| The Pittsburgh Camerata | to support a production of “Magnificat (Bach!) and More” on December 10, 2017. | 2017 | $9,840 |
| Saint Vincent College | to secure the Lynn Johnson Fred Rogers Photo Collection Project. | 2013 | $10,000 |
| YouthPlaces | to support the Together As One Summer Community Service Project. | 2013 | $10,000 |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation | for a Gun Buyback Initiative. | 2013 | $10,000 |
| Corningworks | to support the 2014 Glue Factory Project. | 2013 | $10,000 |
| New Hazlett Center for the Performing Arts | for Bonnie Cohen to present the play, Day Room Window. | 2014 | $10,000 |
| Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention | for the 2014 Sembène: The Film & Arts Festival. | 2014 | $10,000 |
| Alia Musica Pittsburgh | to support the Pittsburgh Festival of New Music. | 2014 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures | to support the presentation of Sheri Fink. | 2015 | $10,000 |
| Silk Screen | to support the 2016 film festival. | 2015 | $10,000 |
| Construction Junction, Inc. | to support The Pillow Projects' dance series “Thought Projects.” | 2016 | $10,000 |
| Alia Musica Pittsburgh | for 2017 season support. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Society, Inc. | to support the annual film festival, REEL Q, and the expansion of year-round programming. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Sweetwater Art Center | to upgrade, expand and improve Sweetwater's gallery programming. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support Daliborka Films' work to complete the documentary film, The Day of the Western Sunrise. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| ToonSeum | to expand educational outreach among Pittsburgh youth. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | to support the 20th annual Russian Film Symposium. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh | to support outreach and performances with Cuban baroque ensemble, Ars Longa. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Calliope House, Inc. | to support the teaching artists of the Calliope School of Music, concert artists and outreach programs. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | to support a 2018 program featuring the music of Joseph Achron and Composers from the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble | to support professional artists throughout the 2018 season. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra Association | to support its 2018 arts education programming. | 2017 | $10,000 |
| New Sun Rising | to support The Blanket's Pam Tanowitz Project at the New Hazlett Theater. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| Associated Artists of Pittsburgh | to support the 106th Annual Exhibition. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| The Legacy Arts Project, Inc. | to support the expansion of programming and outreach efforts in their new location. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| 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 |
| Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention | to support programming at Sembène: The Film and Arts Festival. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| 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 |
| Corningworks | for FY2019 operating support. | 2018 | $10,000 |
| North Hills Community Outreach, Inc. | to provide transportation assistance to low-income adults to find and keep employment or meet family needs. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Bnai Emunah Chabad Inc. | to provide programming and support services for youth estranged from the Orthodox Jewish Community. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Millvale Community Library | to expand the library’s free Tool Lending Library. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Union Project | to support the new artist workshop series, "Artists as Change Agents within Complexity." | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation | to expand the distribution of tree seedlings and pollinator garden plantings to schools in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Society, Inc. | to support year-round programming of the Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Society. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Calliope House, Inc. | to support teaching artists in the school of music, concert artists and outreach programs. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Corningworks | to support the production of a new dancetheater work titled Refuge. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Prime Stage Theatre | to support the production of “The Outsiders.” | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras | to support the large ensemble performances in the 2019-2020 season titled, "In My Element." | 2019 | $10,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | to support the 22nd annual Russian Film Symposium. | 2019 | $10,000 |
| Fractured Atlas | to support an Other Border Wall Project production titled “Other Border Walls 2020,” an exhibition and public engagement project exploring the borders and bridges of Pittsburgh and the United States. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Associated Artists of Pittsburgh | for operating support. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Kamraton | to support “The Strange Child,” a new opera by composer Julia Werntz and librettist Kim Adrian. | 2020 | $10,000 |
| Unique Project Inc. | to support slowdanger’s digital programming season called “remix disruption.” | 2020 | $10,000 |