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Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$216k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
54%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$9.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$216k44%
FY202428$247k54%
FY202325$263k16%
FY202222$214k14%
FY202122$193k32%
FY202018$135k11%
FY201923$199k52%
FY201821$185kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$583kHousing & Shelter$291kReligion$269kYouth Development$167kEducation$96kPhilanthropy$88kEmployment$76kHealth$50kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
South Hills Interfaith Ministries$144,50081%
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh$93,50080%
Allegheny Valley Association of Churches$86,00062%
Homeless Children's Education Fund$78,55072%
Familylinks Inc$78,00060%
East End Cooperative Ministry$67,00060%
Angels Place Inc$50,50061%
Jeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery$49,50061%
Jubilee Association Inc$46,00041%
Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh$45,00050%
Serenity Living Transitional Home$43,000459%
Bridge to the Mountains$38,50045%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh Inc$30,00021%
Beverly's Pgh$30,00051%
Casa San Jose$29,00031%
Light of Life Ministries Inc$28,00030%
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh$27,00021%
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania$22,00020%
The Dragon's Den$21,00021%
Art Expression Inc$20,500313%
Sojourner House Inc$20,00021%
Three Rivers Youth$20,00011%
Brookline Teen Outreach$19,00026%
The Pittsburgh Project$18,00021%
Sojourner House Moms$16,00040%
Steel City Squash Inc$15,00020%
Allegheny Intermediate Unit$14,0001n/a
Grantmakers in Health$13,37550%
Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh$13,00010%
Allies for Health Wellbeing$12,00010%
Young Black Motivated Kings & Queen$10,0001n/a
Open Up$10,0001n/a
Wireless Neighborhoods$10,00011%
Hello Neighbor$8,00010%
Abiding Missions$7,5001n/a
North Hills Community Outreach Inc$7,50010%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$6,75050%
Sisters Place Inc$6,00010%
Tickets for Kids Foundation$6,00020%
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania$5,00010%
Girls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh$5,00011%
Fame$5,00010%
Center for Victims$5,00010%
Focus on Renewal Sto-Rox Neighborhood Corporation$5,00010%
Auberle$5,00010%
Greater Valley Community Services Inc$4,00010%
Ward Home Inc$4,00010%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$3,00040%
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Inc$2,00010%
The Rand Corporation$1,50010%
Allegheny County Camp Cadet$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($347k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouth Hills Interfaith Ministries: $144,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetWomen's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh: $93,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAllegheny Valley Association of Churches: $86,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetHomeless Children's Education Fund: $78,550 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetFamilylinks Inc: $78,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEast End Cooperative Ministry: $67,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAngels Place Inc: $50,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery: $49,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetJubilee Association Inc: $46,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSerenity Living Transitional Home: $43,000 over 4y, 59% of budgetBridge to the Mountains: $38,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBeverly's Pgh: $30,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCasa San Jose: $29,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLight of Life Ministries Inc: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTrade Institute of Pittsburgh: $27,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGoodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dragon's Den: $21,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetArt Expression Inc: $20,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetSojourner House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThree Rivers Youth: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBrookline Teen Outreach: $19,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetThe Pittsburgh Project: $18,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSojourner House Moms: $16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSteel City Squash Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGrantmakers in Health: $13,375 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUrban League of Greater Pittsburgh: $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAllies for Health Wellbeing: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWireless Neighborhoods: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHello Neighbor: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Hills Community Outreach Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $6,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSisters Place Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTickets for Kids Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGrantmakers of Western Pennsylvania: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFame: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Victims: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFocus on Renewal Sto-Rox Neighborhood Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAuberle: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Valley Community Services Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWard Home Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Arts & Lectures Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

The Pittsburgh FoundationPA72× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Massey Charitable Trust · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Upmc Group

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation

How much does Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation give?
Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $216,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Religion (16%).
Who are Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: South Hills Interfaith Ministries ($145k), Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh ($94k), Allegheny Valley Association of Churches ($86k).
Does Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Where is Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation based?
Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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