Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Brooks Charles for Charities
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $550k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,707
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $98,444
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Brooks Charles for Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $550k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $580k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $607k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.0M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $980k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $562k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $639,084 | 7 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Theological Seminary of the Utd Preby Chrc Utd Sts Amer | $398,756 | 7 | n/a |
| Upmc | $289,120 | 7 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Pittsburgh | $283,961 | 5 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America | $281,294 | 5 | 7% |
| Passavant Hospital Foundation | $240,326 | 7 | 2% |
| Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf | $160,039 | 7 | 0% |
| Stbarnabas Charitable Foundation | $82,302 | 7 | 0% |
| Chatham University | $82,302 | 7 | 0% |
| Ligonier Camp & Conference Center | $80,287 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $639,084 | 7 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Theological Seminary of the Utd Preby Chrc Utd Sts Amer | $398,756 | 7 | n/a |
| Upmc | $289,120 | 7 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Pittsburgh | $283,961 | 5 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America | $281,294 | 5 | 7% |
| Passavant Hospital Foundation | $240,326 | 7 | 2% |
| Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf | $160,039 | 7 | 0% |
| Stbarnabas Charitable Foundation | $82,302 | 7 | 0% |
| Chatham University | $82,302 | 7 | 0% |
| Ligonier Camp & Conference Center | $80,287 | 7 | 1% |
| Family Resources | $80,287 | 7 | 0% |
| The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | $75,931 | 7 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brooks Charles for Charities supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35 · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Mason Martha Lockhart · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Brooks Charles for Charities
- How much does Brooks Charles for Charities give?
- Brooks Charles for Charities reported 20 grants totaling $550,269 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Brooks Charles for Charities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Human Services (19%), Health (19%).
- Who are Brooks Charles for Charities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Salvation Army ($639k), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary of the Utd Preby Chrc Utd Sts Amer ($399k), Upmc ($289k).
- Does Brooks Charles for Charities fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brooks Charles for Charities 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 Brooks Charles for Charities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
- Where is Brooks Charles for Charities based?
- Brooks Charles for Charities is based in PA.
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