Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Piston Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $7k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,035
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,035
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $67k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Piston Family Foundation 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; $1k 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 | 2 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $29k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $3k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $51k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $48k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minds Matter of NYC Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc | $20,622 | 3 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Concert Society | $14,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7599 Reynolds | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hermitage Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $4,035 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Mercer County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sharon Robotics Booster Club | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minds Matter of NYC Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc | $20,622 | 3 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Concert Society | $14,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7599 Reynolds | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hermitage Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $4,035 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Mercer County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sharon Robotics Booster Club | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Shenango Valley YMCA | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Piston Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Piston Family Foundation
- How much does Piston Family Foundation give?
- Piston Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $7,335 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Piston Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (32%), Health (9%).
- Who are Piston Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Minds Matter of NYC Inc ($35k), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc ($21k), Pittsburgh Concert Society ($14k).
- Does Piston Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Piston Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Piston Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Piston Family Foundation based?
- Piston Family Foundation is based in PA.
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