How much does Allegheny Foundation give?

Allegheny Foundation reported 88 grants totaling $24,065,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 96 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does Allegheny Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (48%), Arts & Culture (14%), Employment (5%).

Who are Allegheny Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Carnegie Mellon University ($23M), Grove City College ($5.2M), Laurel Highlands Workforce and Opportunity Center ($3.1M).

Does Allegheny Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Allegheny Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Allegheny Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations.

Where is Allegheny Foundation based?

Allegheny Foundation is based in PA.

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Pennsylvania · Private foundation

Allegheny Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 88
Grants FY2024: 96
Organizations funded FY2023: 29%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $150,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $2,750,000
Organizations funded a year: 89 to 96; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 7
Total assets, FY2024: $375M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Allegheny Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.9M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	83	$24M	18%
FY2023	96	$24M	29%
FY2022	89	$24M	35%
FY2021	90	$27M	46%
FY2020	93	$23M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Education$58MArts & Culture$17MEmployment$6.4MHuman Services$6.3MYouth Development$4.7MHousing & Shelter$4.2MCommunity Improvement$4.1MPublic Benefit$4.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

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

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Carnegie Mellon University	$23,000,000	5	0%
Grove City College	$5,225,000	2	2%
Laurel Highlands Workforce and Opportunity Center	$3,055,000	4	61%
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation	$2,939,000	4	38%
Imani Christian Academy	$2,133,000	5	32%
Extra Mile Education Foundation	$2,036,600	5	31%
Saint Vincent College	$2,000,000	2	1%
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh	$1,675,000	5	28%
Point Park University	$1,560,000	3	1%
Robert Morris University	$1,500,000	1	1%

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All grantees of Allegheny Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Carnegie Mellon University	$23,000,000	5	0%
Grove City College	$5,225,000	2	2%
Laurel Highlands Workforce and Opportunity Center	$3,055,000	4	61%
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation	$2,939,000	4	38%
Imani Christian Academy	$2,133,000	5	32%
Extra Mile Education Foundation	$2,036,600	5	31%
Saint Vincent College	$2,000,000	2	1%
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh	$1,675,000	5	28%
Point Park University	$1,560,000	3	1%
Robert Morris University	$1,500,000	1	1%
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh	$1,450,000	2	7%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank	$1,400,000	3	1%
Young America's Foundation	$1,370,000	5	1%
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives	$1,275,000	5	4%
Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc	$1,250,000	1	29%
Hosanna House Inc	$1,200,000	3	8%
The Neighborhood Academy	$1,150,000	5	5%
Westmoreland Museum of American Art	$1,100,000	5	6%
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools	$1,075,000	4	42%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh	$1,025,000	3	13%
Propel Schools Foundation	$1,000,000	3	38%
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy	$1,000,000	5	38%
Turtle Creek Valley Arts Corporation	$1,000,000	2	95%
Westmoreland County Community College Education Foundation Inc	$1,000,000	2	70%
Nazareth Prep	$1,000,000	2	23%
Pressley Ridge	$1,000,000	2	1%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania	$986,000	3	6%
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc	$967,000	1	22%
The Fairness Center Inc	$940,000	5	8%
Family House Inc	$900,000	4	6%
Allegheny County Parks Foundation	$850,000	2	37%
Real Clear Foundation	$850,000	5	6%
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy	$850,000	2	2%
Franklin News Foundation	$775,000	5	6%
The Kiski School	$750,000	2	3%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust	$750,000	2	1%
Hill Community Development Corporation	$750,000	1	24%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc	$750,000	5	2%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union	$750,000	2	1%
Primary Care Health Services Inc	$750,000	1	5%
Family Guidance Inc	$750,000	5	31%
Manchester Bidwell Corporation	$725,000	1	14%
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden	$721,000	5	7%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc	$720,000	5	2%
Westmoreland Land Trust	$712,000	5	52%
Mary & Alexander Laughlin Children's Center	$675,000	4	8%
Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania	$660,500	5	4%
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania	$650,000	1	1%
The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh Inc	$575,000	3	20%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation	$555,000	5	3%
Light of Life Ministries Inc	$550,000	4	2%
Frick Art & Historical Center Inc	$550,000	2	5%
National Opera House	$550,000	1	34%
Lower Marshall-Shadeland Development Initiative	$550,000	1	97%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc	$520,000	5	0%
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc	$500,000	5	1%
Westmoreland County Food Bank Inc	$500,000	5	1%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh	$500,000	2	1%
The Progress Fund	$500,000	1	9%
Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation	$500,000	1	13%
Pittsburgh Glass Center Inc	$500,000	1	13%
Andrew Carnegie Free Library	$500,000	1	35%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit	$500,000	1	0%
412 Food Rescue Inc	$500,000	4	1%
Washington City Mission	$500,000	1	4%
Ashland University	$459,000	3	0%
Catalyst Academy Charter School	$450,000	2	12%
Laurel Highlands Council Boy Scouts of America	$450,000	2	4%
Union Mission of Latrobe Inc	$435,000	3	2%
Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh	$425,000	4	87%
Grow Pittsburgh	$400,000	5	4%
National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc	$400,000	2	4%
Manchester Academic Charter School	$400,000	2	2%
The Crossroads Foundation	$400,000	4	6%
Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership	$400,000	5	2%
Carnegie Library of Homestead	$400,000	1	10%
Bill of Rights Institute	$400,000	4	1%
Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association and Irene Kaufmann Cent	$400,000	1	1%
Coraopolis Community Development Corporation	$385,000	2	20%
Adelphoi USA Inc	$365,000	2	2%
City Mission - Living Stones Inc	$354,000	2	7%
Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation	$350,000	1	58%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Pittsburgh	$350,000	1	1%
Fayette County Community Action Agency Inc	$350,000	3	1%
Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest	$350,000	3	9%
The Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research Inc	$340,000	5	45%
Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh	$330,000	5	6%
The Hear Foundation	$330,000	2	21%
The Philanthropy Roundtable	$325,000	5	1%
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art	$325,000	3	1%
Carlow University	$320,000	2	0%
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty	$300,000	5	1%
Railroaders Heritage Corporation	$300,000	2	12%
Allegheny Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods-Housing Incorporated	$300,000	1	2%
American Legislative Exchange Council	$295,000	4	1%
Urban Impact Foundation	$250,000	1	3%
Communio Foundation Inc	$250,000	1	8%
Friends of the Pittsburgh Fisher House Inc	$250,000	1	23%
Ebt Foundation Inc	$250,000	2	7%
Holy Family Institute	$250,000	1	1%
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania	$250,000	1	2%
Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc	$250,000	1	11%
The Mentoring Partnership of Sw Pa	$240,000	2	30%
Fayette County Cultural Trust	$240,000	2	30%
Strickland Global Leadership Institute	$200,000	1	40%
City of McKeesport	$200,000	1	n/a
New Century Careers	$200,000	1	20%
East Liberty Development Inc	$200,000	1	26%
Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania Inc	$200,000	2	3%
Westmoreland Cultural Trust	$200,000	1	5%
Center for Hearing & Deaf Services Inc	$200,000	1	4%
Global Links	$200,000	2	2%
Cr Jrs Chip	$200,000	2	8%
The Blessing Board	$179,500	2	8%
Brownsville Area Revitalization Cor	$175,000	1	73%
Preservation Pittsburgh	$170,000	2	84%
Foundation for Free Enterprise Education	$155,000	5	2%
Manchester Youth Development Center Inc	$150,000	1	12%
Youthplaces	$150,000	1	8%
Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh	$150,000	1	1%
Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association	$150,000	1	21%
The Bottleworks Inc Ethnic Arts Center	$150,000	2	17%
Construction Junction Inc	$150,000	1	7%
Mercatus Center Inc	$150,000	3	0%
Mon Valley Initiative	$150,000	1	2%
Outside-In School of Experiential Education Inc	$150,000	1	2%
Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland	$150,000	1	5%
Indiana County YMCA (5647)	$150,000	1	7%
Geneva College Foundation	$150,000	1	2%
The Latrobe Foundation Inc	$150,000	1	16%
Jubilee Association Inc	$150,000	1	8%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc	$125,000	2	1%
Industrial Arts Workshop Inc	$125,000	2	13%
Greensburg Fire Dept Board of Control	$111,000	2	22%
Doors Open Pittsburgh Inc	$110,000	4	20%
The City Theatre Company Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Indian Creek Valley Christian Family & Children's Center	$100,000	1	6%
Allegheny County Library Association	$100,000	1	1%
Free to Choose Network Inc	$100,000	1	2%
Aquinas Academy	$100,000	1	n/a
Westmoreland County Federated Library System	$100,000	1	5%
Amachi Pittsburgh Inc	$100,000	1	5%
Adventures in Training With a Purpose	$100,000	1	19%
St Barnabas Charities Inc	$100,000	2	2%
Steel City Squash Inc	$100,000	1	4%
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra	$81,000	3	6%
Union Project	$80,000	2	7%
Center for Metal Arts Inc	$80,000	1	17%
Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh	$75,000	1	1%
The Pittsburgh Project	$75,000	1	5%
Operation Troop Appreciation	$75,000	3	4%
Mountain Watershed Association Inc	$75,000	1	3%
BF Jones Memorial Library	$75,000	1	6%
Allegheny Youth Development	$60,000	1	23%
Hollow Oak Land Trust Inc	$60,000	1	n/a
Pittsburgh Hires Veterans	$60,000	2	12%
Westmoreland County Blind Association	$50,000	1	1%
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art	$50,000	1	3%
Parkinson Foundation of Western Pennsylvania	$50,000	1	8%
Bradford House Historical Association	$50,000	1	23%
Hilltop Urban Farm	$50,000	1	18%
Baptist Homes Foundation	$50,000	1	3%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Jewish Cemetery & Burial Assoc of Gr Pgh	$50,000	1	4%
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies	$45,000	1	0%
Computer Reach	$35,000	2	2%
Pittsburgh Youth Leadership	$30,000	2	14%
Wilmerding Community Center Inc	$25,000	1	8%
Bender Leadership Academy	$25,000	1	3%
Humane Society Of Westmoreland County	$25,000	1	3%
Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre	$24,500	2	3%
Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras	$20,000	1	3%
Blood Cancer United Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association	$15,000	1	40%
Geyer Performing Arts Center	$10,000	1	8%
Neville House Associates Inc	$10,000	1	7%
Crop and Kettle	$7,500	1	1%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.

Allegheny Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 27 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 175 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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 175.

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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.

Richard King Mellon FoundationPA138.8× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Jack Buncher Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Eqt Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Buhl Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable 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 Allegheny Foundation

How much does Allegheny Foundation give?: Allegheny Foundation reported 88 grants totaling $24,065,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 96 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Allegheny Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (48%), Arts & Culture (14%), Employment (5%).
Who are Allegheny Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Carnegie Mellon University ($23M), Grove City College ($5.2M), Laurel Highlands Workforce and Opportunity Center ($3.1M).
Does Allegheny Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Allegheny Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Allegheny Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations.
Where is Allegheny Foundation based?: Allegheny Foundation is based in PA.