· Private foundation
Ayers 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 $10k6 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $266k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $107k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AGAHOZO-SHALOMN YOUTH VILLAGE | $57,265 |
| PERUVIAN HEARTS | $50,000 |
| ANGELS' PLACE INC | $36,000 |
| PEOPLE OF PERU PROJECT | $30,000 |
| CORAZON DE ESPERANZA INC | $30,000 |
| MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| PERU CHAMPS ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| YORK STREET PROJECT | $20,000 |
| ZEBRA YOUTH | $20,000 |
| HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND | $10,000 |
| INDUSTRIAL ARTS WORKSHOP INC | $10,000 |
| TRYING TOGETHER | $10,000 |
| PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC | $10,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH | $10,000 |
| HERITAGE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES | $10,000 |
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, $221k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
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 +41% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 6 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, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AYAGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $467k · revenue +109%
- PHPERUVIAN HEARTS8× · 2017–2024 · $382k · revenue +7%
- APAngels Place Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $246k · revenue +110%
Funded once
- HPHEKIMA PLACE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $56k · revenue +59%
- NMNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $40k
- DUDREXEL UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +4%
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.
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…
La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.
The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The agnes irwin school empowers girls to learn, to lead, and to live a legacy. agnes irwin provides girls with a deep foundation in the humanities, mathematics and science, wellness and athletics. in an inclusive setting that values…
Highlands hospital is committed to providing health care to the community in a competent, nurturing and healing environment. our staff will provide support in times of crisis and furnish the resources necessary to promote a healthy…
How this is measured
47 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. 47 of the 64 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 AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds PERUVIAN HEARTS ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE OF PERU PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Angels Place Inc ↗
- Who funds LUZ DE VIDA FORMERLY CORAZON DE ESPERANZA INC ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY PARK ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Sarah's Place Women's Resource Center Inc ↗
- Who funds HEKIMA PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS ↗
- Who funds PERU CHAMPS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CANCER BRIDGES ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds INDUSTRIAL ARTS WORKSHOP INC ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION MATTERS AFRICA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOSANNA HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
- Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ZEBRA YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds TRYING TOGETHER ↗
- Who funds HAMBURGER HOME ↗
- Who funds HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds YORK STREET PROJECT ↗
- Who funds APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE ↗
- Who funds THE ARH FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds BROAD STREET MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds THE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Fine Foundation · Opportunity Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Buhl Foundation · Wi Patterson Charitable Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ayers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ayers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- York Street Project: 32% of income from government
How this is measured
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