· Private foundation
James and Marilyn a Gilmore 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $78k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $510k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PITTSBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY | $136,000 |
| SHADYSIDE ACADEMY | $136,000 |
| THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $136,000 |
| GILMORE OBGYN PHYSICIAN'S RESEARCH FUND | $102,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH | $15,000 |
| EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES | $11,000 |
| GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $11,000 |
| WQED | $9,000 |
| ACHIEVA | $7,000 |
| PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY | $7,000 |
| EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH | $7,000 |
| FAMILY RESOURCES | $6,000 |
| PITTSBURGH BOTANICAL GARDEN | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSHADY SIDE ACADEMY9× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +45%
- CICARNEGIE INSTITUTE7× · 2019–2025 · $88k · revenue +62%
- TNTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY9× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +170%
Funded once
- HHHURRICANE HARVEY RELIEF FUNDone grant, 2017 · $5k
- SMST MARGARET FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +59%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $100
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.
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
Form 990 - mission statement the bosler memorial library is a leading intellectual, educational, recreational, and cultural asset in cumberland county. founded in 1900, this public library serves the borough of carlisle, seven townships in…
Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
See schedule owe are an inclusive community on a mission to inspire unbounded curiosity and independent thought in every one of our students. in a unique educational environment that extends well beyond campus, we nurture students'…
The museum's mission is to provide innovative and inclusive museum experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity and curiosity for all learners.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…
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…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 30 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 SHADY SIDE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds WQED MULTIMEDIA ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVA ↗
- Who funds EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH INC ↗
- Who funds Squirrel Island Preservation Foundation ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESOURCES ↗
- Who funds Pittsburgh Botanic Garden ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds SQUIRREL ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds SQUIRREL ISLAND LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds LITERACY PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds ST MARGARET FOUNDATION ↗
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 Jack Buncher Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Charles R Burke Jr Foundation · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation · Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James and Marilyn a Gilmore Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Marilyn a Gilmore Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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