· Private foundation
McKamish Family 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $122k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $320k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHILD LIFE SPECIALIST | $150,000 |
| CARING HEARTS MINISTRY | $120,000 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| ST ANTHONY'S | $45,000 |
| CONVOY OF HOPE | $20,000 |
| FAMILY GUIDANCE | $15,000 |
| LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC | $12,000 |
| CORNERSTONE TV | $10,000 |
| JDRF | $10,000 |
| CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS COLLABORATIVE | $10,000 |
| COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION | $5,000 |
| CHOICES PREGNANCY SERVICES | $5,000 |
| LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC | $5,000 |
| JONATHANS FOREVER YOUNG RUN | $5,000 |
| PRISM | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $253k) 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 3 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH5× · 2018–2022 · $1.5M · revenue +40%- GPGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK6× · 2017–2023 · $133k · revenue +91%
- LOLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC8× · 2017–2024 · $94k · revenue +85%
Funded once
- AHALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORKone grant, 2019 · $120k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN CANCER INSTITUTEone grant, 2017 · $100k
- AHALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORKone grant, 2023 · $52k
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, pittsburgh mercy health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy life center is a member of pittsburgh mercy health system…
Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…
Concern's mission: concern brings hope, offers opportunity, and inspires change. concern's vision: to encourage growth and promote positive healthy lives.
Community kitchen pittsburgh is a nonprofit food service company. because poverty, food insecurity and employment are entwined issues, we work across these focus areas, engaging in the following activities: "culinary based workforce…
We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…
To provide a continuum of care for homeless individuals that leads toward self-sufficiency.
See schedule o.power's mission is to help women reclaim their lives from addiction and related emotional health issues and improve the well-being of future generations. we provide a range of gender-responsive, trauma-informed drug and…
Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…
To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.
The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 54 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 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CARING HEARTS MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH ↗
- Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY GUIDANCE INC ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONE TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds MDRC ↗
- Who funds CHOICES PREGNANCY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds THE RESIDENCES AT WOOD STREET ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC ↗
- Who funds NETWORK OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS COLLABORATIVE ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds LOCKING ARMS MEN ↗
- Who funds JEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds Fox Families Care ↗
- Who funds EDEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Jonathans Forever Young Run ↗
- Who funds MERCY CHEFS INC ↗
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 United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Hillman Family Foundations · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · The Grable Foundation · Eqt Foundation · John E & Sue M Jackson Irr · Massey Charitable Trust · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McKamish Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McKamish Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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