· Private foundation
Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL | $4,000 |
| WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART | $3,500 |
| FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER | $3,000 |
| UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION - ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER | $2,500 |
| JEWISH ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ART GALLERY | $2,400 |
| SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY | $2,200 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH | $2,000 |
| PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS | $1,900 |
| UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION | $1,600 |
| JEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES | $1,600 |
| PHOTO ANTIQUITIES - MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY | $1,600 |
| PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER | $1,500 |
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 (FY21–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 7 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +181%
- WMWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +77%
- FAFRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC6× · 2019–2024 · $12k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $3k
- SCSHIFTWORKS COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC ARTSgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +326%
- VCVASSAR COLLEGE OF ART GALLERYone grant, 2019 · $500
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.
We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…
The corporation advances excellence in the arts, including studio, media, and creative writing. to achieve its mission, the corporation provides equipment and facilities for individual artists, conducts educational programs, and stimulates…
The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…
See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…
Pittsburgh center for creative reuse inspires creativity, conservation, and community engagement through reuse.
The mission of pittsburgh arts & lectures is to connect celebrated authors with the community, elevate civic discourse, and inspire creativity and a passion for the literary arts. our commitment to knowledge, learning, integrity, and…
The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…
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…
Challenging, educating and entertaining pittsburgh audiences by providing high quality theatre at reasonable prices, while focusing on irish, english and classical works.
Pcca's mission is to build community through the arts, and its vision is to re-imagine creativity in a rural setting. within this context, pcca nurtures the creative spirit in adults and children, supports artists and celebrates their…
To provide a nurturing, collaborative environment for artists, leveraging people, space and technology to create and present challenging and dynamic art.
Pennsylvania college of art & design is a professional art college offering a bfa degree, certificates, credentials, and curricula that enable students of all ages to pursue art as their life's work.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 53 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 SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT ↗
- Who funds PHOTO ANTIQUITIES ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds JEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC ↗
- Who funds The City Theatre Company Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PENUMBRA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN PITTSBURGH SECTION ↗
- Who funds NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds PERSAD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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