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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Land Trust | Towards acquisition of urban green space in Garfield to create a multipurpose community green space. | 2022 | $35,000 |
| Women for a Healthy Environment | To expand advocacy initiatives focused on addressing environmental exposures that impact public health. | 2022 | $60,000 |
| Allegheny Goatscape Inc. | To support the expansion of Allegheny Goatscape's volunteer and education and outreach activities. | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse | To support the expansion of environmental education programming, carbon capture and recycling activities. | 2022 | $25,000 |
| Nine Mile Run Watershed Association | To address climate injustice priorities through community-led advocacy. | 2022 | $60,000 |
| Pennenvironment Research & Policy Center | To build public support for policies that curb the use of single-use plastics in Allegheny County. | 2022 | $60,000 |
| Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project | For operating support. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| Three Rivers Waterkeeper | To support the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiative dedicated to ensuring cleaner waters for all communities in Allegheny County. | 2022 | $65,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | To produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| Grounded Strategies | To support the expansion of the Land Use Policy program. | 2022 | $90,000 |
| Group Against Smog and Pollution | To support advocacy for clean, healthy air for all people in southwestern Pennsylvania. | 2022 | $65,000 |
| Hollow Oak Land Trust | To launch the Community Conservation Rangers program to lead nature education and environmental stewardship projects. | 2022 | $68,000 |
| Pennsylvania Resources Council | To support food service business community in achieving greater sustainability through replicable waste reduction practices. | 2022 | $15,000 |
| Sustainable Pittsburgh | To support a collaborative community learning process through the DISCOVER project. | 2022 | $75,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory to study the linkage between basement flooding-associated infection and environmental inequities. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Beaver County Regional Council of Governments | to support community garden, food security collaborative and water safety education programming for residents of Aliquippa and Ambridge. | 2021 | $75,000 |
| Grounded Strategies | to support urban beautification projects in underserved communities. | 2021 | $10,666 |
| Fractracker Alliance | to expand capacity for education and data-based service provision for environmental advocacy in Allegheny County. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania | to support environmental education in public and private schools. |
2021 | $45,000 |
| Communitopia | to prepare youth to advance a more climate-friendly, resilient and equitable world. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy | for an ecological restoration project on Clayton Hill in Frick Park. | 2021 | $50,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | for the Graduate School of Public Health to conduct baseline research to examine public health impacts associated with the Shell Chemical Cracker Plant. | 2021 | $75,000 |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | to plan and implement green infrastructure and tree planting projects in two low-income Allegheny County municipalities. | 2021 | $200,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2021 | $75,000 |
| Clean Water Fund | to reduce exposure of Allegheny County residents to lead, with a focus on public drinking water contamination in lower-income communities. | 2020 | $50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | for The Allegheny Front to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2020 | $75,000 |
| Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania | to conduct meadow habitat enhancements at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve to provide healthy habitat for animals and insects. | 2020 | $20,000 |
| Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future | to support its Clean Energy Pittsburgh project in Braddock, Swissvale and Wilkinsburg. | 2019 | $75,000 |
| Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation WYEP and WESA | for The Allegheny Front to produce a series of environmentally focused programs. | 2019 | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| Food & Water Watch | to raise awareness of the negative effects of hydraulic fracturing and to assist local governments to enact zoning ordinances to limit drilling in their communities. | 2019 | $65,000 |
| Community Foundation for the Alleghenies | for the Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh Project. | 2019 | $40,000 |
| Fractracker Alliance | to support education and outreach relating to the health and environmental impacts of energy extraction in the region. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Hollow Oak Land Trust | to restore and monitor the biodiversity of vernal pool and riparian habitats of Meeks Run, Trout Run and Montour Run and acquire an adjacent site to protect vernal pools and wildlife habitat. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Allegheny Goatscape Inc. | to create a three-year strategic plan to ensure organizational stability through expanded use of goats to clear invasive vegetation in an environmentally friendly way. | 2019 | $20,000 |
| Communitopia | to educate and empower youth from Allegheny County’s environmental justice communities to act on climate change. | 2019 | $50,000 |
| Sustainable Pittsburgh | to support a response to the challenge of single use plastics in the region using a cross-sector, demand-side approach. | 2019 | $125,000 |
| Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project | to inform Southwest Pennsylvania communities concerned about the rise in childhood cancers. | 2019 | $75,000 |
| Growth Through Energy and Community Health, Inc. | to strengthen and expand the CommunityCare Program. | 2018 | $35,000 |
| Clean Air Council | to support the 2018 Southwestern Pennsylvania Neighbors for Clean Air Initiative. | 2018 | $60,000 |
| Fractracker Alliance | to support education and outreach relating to the health and environmental impacts of energy extraction in the region. | 2018 | $75,000 |
| Grow Pittsburgh | to support workforce development programming and food production and distribution at Braddock Farms. | 2018 | $20,000 |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | to plan and implement green infrastructure and tree planting projects in four low-income Allegheny County municipalities. | 2018 | $250,000 |
| Group Against Smog and Pollution | to support legal and policy work that reduces regional air pollution created by stationary, mobile, and other sources, and to advocate for healthier air in Southwestern Pennsylvania. | 2018 | $40,000 |
| Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project | to expand and improve citizen science tools related to monitoring the health impact of fracking on residents and communities in and around Allegheny County. | 2018 | $84,500 |
| Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project | to create a community-sourcing site for documenting evidence of health, air and water impacts from shale gas extraction. | 2017 | $93,000 |
| Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future | to support the Clean Energy Pittsburgh Project. | 2017 | $100,000 |
| Clean Water Fund | for an educational campaign to reduce lead exposure of Pittsburgh residents in public drinking water. | 2017 | $55,000 |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | to design and install a pollinator garden featuring cultivars of native plants to attract bees, birds, and other wildlife. | 2017 | $185,000 |
| Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest d/b/a Tree Pittsburgh | to combat tree canopy disparity and decline in municipalities in Allegheny County. | 2017 | $60,000 |