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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PublicSource | for 2016 operating support. | 2016 | $250,000 |
| Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise | to support the Strategic Action Planning Program and general operations for 2016. | 2016 | $175,000 |
| Monroeville Jazz Festival, Inc. | to support the 2016 festival. | 2016 | $7,500 |
| Assemble | to support the Saturday Crafternoons program. | 2016 | $8,500 |
| Pittsburgh Filmmakers | to support the Still Working Project. | 2016 | $6,380 |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation | to support Café Con Leche's presentation of the play, “Jose Can Speak.” | 2016 | $5,000 |
| Ujamaa Collective | to support Celeta Hickman's development of the “Art of Authority” exhibition. | 2016 | $9,000 |
| Squonk Opera | for the development of an outdoor stage concert titled, CYCLE SONIC. | 2016 | $30,000 |
| Pittsburgh Glass Center, Inc. | in support of artists' residencies and opportunities for artists of color to participate in the summer 2016 intensive program. | 2016 | $35,000 |
| Kingsley Association | to stabilize the organization in Fiscal Year 2016/17. | 2016 | $200,000 |
| Carnegie Institute, Andy Warhol Museum | to support educational and public programming related to the exhibition, Andy Warhol / Ai Wei Wei. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2016 | $75,000 |
| Friends to Friends, Inc. | to support the integrated bowling program. | 2016 | $20,000 |
| Sustainable Pittsburgh | to produce the 2016 Southwestern Pennsylvania Sustainability Goals and Indicators Report and inform the public of the results. | 2016 | $18,959 |
| Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund | to support the Motivating Young Citizens Project. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| Carnegie Library of Homestead | for literacy and hands-on technology programs for youth. | 2016 | $12,600 |
| Dreams of Hope | for FY 2016 and FY 2017 operating support. | 2016 | $20,000 |
| Innovation Works, Inc. | to support the 2016 412Build program. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Mon Valley Circles | to assist individuals and families experiencing poverty in the Mon Valley region to gain self-sufficiency. | 2016 | $25,000 |
| Daisy Wilson Artist Community, Inc. | to support the renovation of the August Wilson House. | 2016 | $150,000 |
| Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Inc. | to support the creation of a new opera on social justice issues with regional artists. | 2016 | $40,000 |
| Hill District Education Council | to support organizational capacity building activities. | 2016 | $150,000 |
| Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania | to support Remake Learning Days. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| Common Threads | to support the launch of the Small Bites program and Healthy Teacher Trainings during the 2016-17 school year. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| The Forbes Funds | to support the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership's 2016 Voter Engagement Initiative. | 2016 | $30,000 |
| Trade Institute of Pittsburgh | to support the Apprentice in Training employment pathway program and job placements for all Institute graduates. | 2016 | $100,000 |
| Eye and Ear Foundation | to support the Guerilla Eye Service Reconnaissance Project – a collaborative patient centered approach to the prevention of blindness. | 2016 | $60,000 |
| Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation | to support the education-outreach programs of Pittsburgh Public Theater. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| Allegheny Conference on Community Development | to connect people to opportunity (training, education, jobs) in southwestern Pennsylvania. | 2016 | $160,000 |
| Mon Valley Initiative | to support the Workforce and Business Development program. | 2016 | $100,000 |
| TRWIB, Inc. | to provide meaningful paid summer work experience to disadvantaged youth ages 14- 21 in Allegheny County. | 2016 | $100,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for 2016 operating support. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| POISE Foundation | for operating support. | 2016 | $150,000 |
| Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future | to support PennFuture's Clean Energy Pittsburgh project. | 2016 | $125,000 |
| Saint Vincent College | to increase the endowment of the Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B. Minority Scholarship Fund. | 2016 | $100,000 |
| YouthPlaces | transition grant to stabilize YouthPlaces financial situation and programming. | 2016 | $125,000 |
| Pittsburgh Voyager d/b/a RiverQuest | to support the replacement of the propulsion system on the RiverQuest boat. | 2016 | $50,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for a 2016 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Genetic Programming of a Neuroprotective Pathway in Fly Models of Neurodegeneration” by Dr. Elias Aizenman (PI) and Dr. Michael Palladino (Co-Investigator). | 2016 | $300,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for a 2016 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Trapped Diamond Nanocrystals for Precision Gravitational Measurements and Tests of Quantum Gravity” by Dr. Brian D'Urso (PI) and Dr. Gurudev Dutt (Co-Investigator). | 2016 | $300,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2016 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Discovery and Characterization of Novel RNA Switch Chemistry and Biology via RNA Structure-seq” by Dr. Paul Babitzke (PI), Dr. Sarah M. Assmann (Co-Investigator), and Dr. Philip C. Bevilacqua (Co-Investigator). | 2016 | $300,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2016 Kaufman New Initiative research grant titled, “Single-cell dissection of social behavior in ant brains" by Dr. Roberto Bonasio (PI) and Dr. Arjun Raj (Co-Investigator). | 2016 | $300,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University | for a 2016 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “Reducing selection bias in gravitational wave detection of compact binary mergers” by Dr. Chad Hanna (PI). | 2016 | $150,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2016 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “Neuroepigenetic Remodeling in Transcription and Behavior” by Dr. Elizabeth Heller (PI). | 2016 | $150,000 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | for a 2016 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “Proximity effects and topological spin currents in van derWaals heterostructures” by Dr. Benjamin Hunt (PI). | 2016 | $150,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | for a 2016 Kaufman New Investigator research grant titled, “Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis using Molecular-Scale Electric Fields” by Dr. Neil Tomson (PI). | 2016 | $150,000 |
| Artists Image Resource | for FY 2016 and FY 2017 operating support. | 2016 | $28,000 |
| New Century Careers, Inc. | for a pre-apprenticeship machinist training program for youth ages 18-26. | 2016 | $78,000 |
| Construction Junction, Inc. | to support The Pillow Projects' dance series “Thought Projects.” | 2016 | $10,000 |
| Allegheny County Bar Foundation | to provide free legal representation to low income individuals seeking simple divorces. | 2016 | $30,000 |
| Community Theater Project Corporation | to support fall 2016 programming. | 2016 | $55,000 |