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Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania
GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (gwp) is a professional membership association formed in 1985 by philanthropic leaders who wanted to create an organized mechanism for grantmakers to learn and work together. Its mission is to promote excellence in philanthropy.
- $98k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $85k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $85k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $750k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trying Together | $270,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Healthy Start Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catapult Greater Pittsburgh | $250,000 | 1 | 20% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trwib Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Early Excellence Project | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Grable Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Allegheny County Department of Human Services | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Learning Lamp Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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 Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · McAuley Ministries · The Buhl Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania
- How much does Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania give?
- Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania reported 4 itemized grants totaling $85,000, out of $98,030 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Community Improvement (29%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Trying Together ($270k), Healthy Start Inc ($250k), Catapult Greater Pittsburgh ($250k).
- Does Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, Hillman Family Foundations.
- Where is Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania based?
- Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania is based in PA.
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