Pennsylvania · Public charity
Dietrich Foundation
The primary mission of the DIETRICH FOUNDATION (the "foundation") is to benefit higher education, primarily in the greater pittsburgh, pennsylvania area, by providing ongoing and increasing financial support to carnegie mellon university, the university of pittsburgh, thiel college, princeton university, duquesne university, and chatham…
- $45M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $624,738
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $24,307,999
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Dietrich Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $43M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $49M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $40M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $31M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $27M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $25M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $23M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $22M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 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 | $146,627,630 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $68,517,583 | 8 | 0% |
| Thiel College | $13,703,517 | 8 | 5% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $8,222,108 | 8 | 0% |
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $6,851,759 | 8 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Inc | $2,740,703 | 8 | 2% |
| Laurel Highlands Council Boy Scouts of America | $2,740,703 | 8 | 5% |
| Chatham University | $2,740,703 | 8 | 1% |
| Carnegie Institute | $2,740,703 | 8 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $2,740,703 | 8 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | $146,627,630 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $68,517,583 | 8 | 0% |
| Thiel College | $13,703,517 | 8 | 5% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $8,222,108 | 8 | 0% |
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $6,851,759 | 8 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Inc | $2,740,703 | 8 | 2% |
| Laurel Highlands Council Boy Scouts of America | $2,740,703 | 8 | 5% |
| Chatham University | $2,740,703 | 8 | 1% |
| Carnegie Institute | $2,740,703 | 8 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $2,740,703 | 8 | 1% |
| Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania | $2,740,703 | 8 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dietrich Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
About Dietrich Foundation
- How much does Dietrich Foundation give?
- Dietrich Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $45,435,512 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dietrich Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (90%), Philanthropy (4%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Dietrich Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Carnegie Mellon University ($147M), University of Pittsburgh ($69M), Thiel College ($14M).
- Does Dietrich Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dietrich Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Dietrich Foundation based?
- Dietrich Foundation is based in PA.
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