Pennsylvania · Private foundation
First Forty-Four Foundation
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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2023
- 13
- Grants FY2023
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
80% of First Forty-Four Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Greater Pittsburgh, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year First Forty-Four Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $16k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $700
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $876k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations First Forty-Four Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 13 | $16k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA Alliance Foundation | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Persad Center Inc | $6,825 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Residential Services Inc | $4,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc | $3,575 | 2 | 0% |
| Film Pittsburgh | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsburgh | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Allies for Health Wellbeing | $1,700 | 2 | 0% |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| JEWISH FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND dba JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA Alliance Foundation | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Persad Center Inc | $6,825 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Residential Services Inc | $4,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc | $3,575 | 2 | 0% |
| Film Pittsburgh | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsburgh | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Allies for Health Wellbeing | $1,700 | 2 | 0% |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| JEWISH FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND dba JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $801 | 1 | n/a |
| Living in Liberty | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| CASA of Allegheny County | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget First Forty-Four Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · The Fine Foundation · David S Shapira Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Hillman Family Foundations · Fourteen Ten Foundation · Richard and Dana Green Philanthropic Foundation · Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-Agy · Giant Eagle Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Opportunity Foundation
How this is measured
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About First Forty-Four Foundation
- How much does First Forty-Four Foundation give?
- First Forty-Four Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $15,985 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does First Forty-Four Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Public Benefit (11%), Health (5%).
- Who are First Forty-Four Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: PA Alliance Foundation ($20k), Persad Center Inc ($7k), Jewish Residential Services Inc ($5k).
- Does First Forty-Four Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does First Forty-Four Foundation 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 First Forty-Four Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Fine Foundation, David S Shapira Foundation.
- Where is First Forty-Four Foundation based?
- First Forty-Four Foundation is based in PA.
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