· Private foundation
Allegheny 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $190k
- $50k–250k58 grants · $7.7M
- $250k+22 grants · $16M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $2,750,000 |
| RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION | $2,500,000 |
| GROVE CITY COLLEGE | $2,500,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH | $750,000 |
| PRESSLEY RIDGE | $750,000 |
| PRIMARY CARE HEALTH SERVICES | $750,000 |
| IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $683,000 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY THE | $650,000 |
| ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION | $500,000 |
| KISKIMINETAS SPRINGS SCHOOL (THE KISKI SCHOOL) | $500,000 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH | $400,000 |
| TRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH | $375,000 |
| EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC | $350,000 |
| LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC | $345,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $9.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
107 repeat relationships: 68 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 15 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, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCarnegie Mellon University5× · 2020–2024 · $23M · revenue +35%
- GCGROVE CITY COLLEGE2× · 2023–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +2%
- LHLAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE AND OPPORTUNITY CENTER4× · 2020–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +216% · 61% of their budget
Funded once
- RMROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue +6%
- BCBraddock Carnegie Library Assocone grant, 2020 · $1.3M · revenue +23% · 29% of their budget
- PTPENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INCone grant, 2020 · $967k · revenue -23%
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.
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.
To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.
The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.
By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…
To preserve and expand the resources of art and science as agents of personal growth and social advancement in pittsburgh and beyond.
To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.
Membership organization formed to help tech companies succeed through a proven platform of business development, talent retention, government relations, and visibility services. companies at all growth stages use the pittsburgh technology…
We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.
See schedule othe allegheny conference on community development (accd) and affiliates - the greater pittsburgh chamber of commerce (chamber), the pennsylvania economy league of greater pittsburgh(pelgp) and the pittsburgh regional alliance…
How this is measured
176 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 176 of the 208 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds GROVE CITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE AND OPPORTUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds TRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds POINT PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES ↗
- Who funds Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc ↗
- Who funds HOSANNA HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds PROPEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY ↗
- Who funds TURTLE CREEK VALLEY ARTS CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NAZARETH PREP ↗
- Who funds PRESSLEY RIDGE ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE FAIRNESS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REAL CLEAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds FRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE KISKI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Allegheny Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allegheny Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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