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Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,575
Largest grant, FY2024
$4,575
Organizations funded a year
24 to 34
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $943k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$5k0%
FY202324$966k21%
FY202229$33k28%
FY202134$42k32%
FY202031$30kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$970kArts & Culture$68kEducation$23kRecreation & Sports$9kHuman Services$4kInternational$4kReligion$4kYouth Development$3kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carnegie Institute$27,00040%
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy$8,75040%
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania$8,51640%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$8,00040%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$6,50030%
University of Pittsburgh$4,50030%
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc$4,00020%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$3,00030%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia$2,75020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania$2,00020%
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carnegie Institute$27,00040%
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy$8,75040%
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania$8,51640%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$8,00040%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$6,50030%
University of Pittsburgh$4,50030%
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc$4,00020%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$3,00030%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia$2,75020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania$2,00020%
World Affairs Council$2,00020%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$2,00020%
Carnegie Mellon University$2,00020%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh$2,00020%
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh$2,00020%
Vassar College$1,75040%
Quantum Theatre Inc$1,50030%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$1,30020%
Jewish Association on Aging$1,25040%
Wqed Multimedia$1,02540%
Frick Art & Historical Center Inc$1,00020%
Shaare Torah Congregation$1,0001n/a
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh$1,00020%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$1,00030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Manchester Bidwell Corporation$75030%
The Neighborhood Academy$65040%
Neighborhood Legal Services Association$60040%
The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc$60020%
Pittsburgh Festival Opera$55030%
Manchester Bidwell Development Trust$25010%
Congregation Beth Shalom$2501n/a
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$10010%
Autumn House Press$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($976k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarnegie Institute: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Parks Conservancy: $8,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHistorical Society of Western Pennsylvania: $8,516 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Symphony Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Public Theater Corporation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Affairs Council: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Affairs Council of Pittsburgh: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVassar College: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetQuantum Theatre Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Opera Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Association on Aging: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWqed Multimedia: $1,025 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFrick Art & Historical Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Institute of Pittsburgh: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Parkinson Disease Assoc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManchester Bidwell Corporation: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Neighborhood Academy: $650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Legal Services Association: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Festival Opera: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetManchester Bidwell Development Trust: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAutumn House Press: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Hillman Family Founda…The Fine FoundationThe Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Heinz EndowmentsEqt FoundationEden Hall FoundationMcCune Foundation Pnc…The Pittsburgh Founda…Richard and Dana Gree…The Benter FoundationThe Burke Foundation
Hillman Family FoundationsPA31.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Fine Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard and Dana Green Philanthropic Foundation · The Benter Foundation · The Burke Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust

How much does Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust give?
Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust reported 1 grants totaling $4,575 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (89%), Arts & Culture (6%), Education (2%).
Who are Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Carnegie Institute ($27k), Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy ($9k), Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania ($9k).
Does Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillman Family Foundations, The Fine Foundation, The Grable Foundation.
Where is Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust based?
Alan & Barbara Ackerman Fdn-Cust is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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