· Private foundation
AL Spencer Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $119k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $487k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH | $232,000 |
| THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH UNION | $104,500 |
| PINE VALLEY CAMP | $100,000 |
| SENECA HILLS BIBLE CAMP | $50,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $20,000 |
| ST ANTHONY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| NAZARETH PREP | $18,500 |
| GREATER LATROBE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CANINE COMPANIONS | $10,000 |
| MIGHTY PENGUINS SLED HOCKEY INC | $7,000 |
| CAF MOMENTUM | $5,000 |
| BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS OF GREATER PITTSBURGH | $5,000 |
| PENNIES FROM HEAVEN | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UIURBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $411k · revenue +137%
- SHSENECA HILLS BIBLE CONFERENCE3× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +0%
- CHCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION3× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- BHBethesda Hospital Foundation Incone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +46%
- TMTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGHone grant, 2019 · $50k
- SCSTEM CODING LAB INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +214%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The pittsburgh promise promotes high educational aspirations among urban youth, funds scholarships for post-secondary access, and fuels a prepared and diverse regional workforce.
The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…
To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.
To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.
Shady side academy offers an exceptional pre-k through twelfth grade academic and balanced educational experience by challenging each student to realize his or her potential in a stimulating and nurturing environment.
The mission of ed snider youth hockey & education is to create opportunities for under-resourced youth of the greater philadelphia region to prosper in life. our core values are accountability, excellence, inclusiveness, integrity,…
Charter school providing education to students from sixth through twelfth grade.
We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
The mission of the charter school is to prepare students for higher learning in a safe, caring, and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educational program with a strong emphasis on science, technology, engineering,…
The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.
To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MOON TOWNSHIP ↗
- Who funds UNITED METHODIST CHURCH UNION ↗
- Who funds KIDCELERATE ↗
- Who funds SENECA HILLS BIBLE CONFERENCE ↗
- Who funds Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MIGHTY PENGUINS SLED HOCKEY ↗
- Who funds GREATER LATROBE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STEM CODING LAB INC ↗
- Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh Inc ↗
- Who funds ALINA'S LIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds NAZARETH PREP ↗
- Who funds Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute ↗
- Who funds Three Rivers Rowing Association ↗
- Who funds SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Eqt Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · McElhattan Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Upmc Group · Hillman Family Foundations · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Federated Investors Foundation Inc · John E & Sue M Jackson Irr
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization AL Spencer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from AL Spencer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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