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Pnc Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$83M
Granted FY2023
458
Grants FY2023
35
States reached
$876k
Largest
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01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$4.1MEducation$2.5MCommunity Improvement$2.0MHuman Services$1.1MArts & Culture$911kHealth$675kSocial Science$500kHousing & Shelter$204kOther$0
02FY2023 · 458 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 458 grants below total $12,708,939, the rows itemized in this filing. The $82,865,128 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $70,156,189 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k234 grants · $622k
  • $10k–50k175 grants · $3.5M
  • $50k–250k39 grants · $3.8M
  • $250k+10 grants · $4.8M
$8,250
Median grant
35
States reached
$102M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$876,450
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$720,846
University of Houston Foundation$510,000
Urban Institute$500,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND FUND$450,000
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC$450,000
WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$449,000
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Cancer Services$325,000
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$272,712
WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND$250,000
University of Pittsburgh$233,950
UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY$225,000
URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION$225,000
WISCONSIN WOMENS BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATION$204,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD COUNTY INCORPORATED$200,000
02Its field

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.

1
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
2
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
4
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
5
United Way of Westchester and Putnam

United way of westchester and putnam mobilizes strategic partnerships and leverages resources to create a more equitable community by advancing education, financial stability, and health initiatives.

Human Services
6
United Way of Wayne County Inc

United way of wayne county is a community based organization, working in partnership with local non-profit organizations to strategically address many of our community's social issues. united way of wayne county invested in a number of…

Philanthropy
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
United Way of Washington County

Our mission is to unite people, resources and organizations to improve lives in washington county. the united way of washington county envisions a community where everyone achieves their human potential through education, financial…

Philanthropy
9
Waynesburg University

Waynesburg university educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transofrm their communiities and the world. see continuation on schedule o.as a christian comprehensive university, we…

Education
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
12
United Way for Southeastern Michigan

To mobilize the caring power of detroit and southeastern michigan to improve communities and individual lives in measurable and lasting ways.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg; the most unlike its peers is Abbotsford Education Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

408 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 408 of the 446 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
408/408
Grantees still filing
278/408
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RECIPIENT STATEMENT ATTACHED: $64,547,206 · OtherRECIPIENT STATEMENT ATTACHED+60 more: $2,811,613 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $876,450 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $470,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $465,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $245,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY: $175,000 · Philanthropy+41 more: $1,406,300 · PhilanthropyUniversity of Chicago: $720,846 · EducationUniversity of Houston Foundation: $510,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $233,950 · EducationWinston-Salem State University Foundation Inc: $128,250 · Education+22 more: $525,765 · EducationWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $200,000 · Human ServicesUrban League of Broward County Inc: $200,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $67,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $50,000 · Human ServicesYWCA SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $50,000 · Human Services+28 more: $609,660 · Human ServicesWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $449,000 · Arts & Culture51 STEPS TO FREEDOM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWALTERS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMCWANE SCIENCE CENTER: $37,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $323,535 · Arts & CultureTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $500,000 · Social ScienceUrban League of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area: $95,000 · Community ImprovementWayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc: $75,000 · Community ImprovementAccounting Aid Society: $50,000 · Community ImprovementVivians Door Inc: $40,000 · Community ImprovementACCESSITY: $37,500 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY CIRCLE INCORPORATED: $30,000 · Community ImprovementMARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $28,000 · Community ImprovementLOCUS IMPACT FUND: $25,000 · Community ImprovementVILLAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION: $25,000 · Community Improvement16 TECH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $15,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $20,700 · Community Improvement
Other$67,358,819Philanthropy$3,637,750Education$2,118,811Human Services$1,426,660Arts & Culture$954,535Social Science$500,000Community Improvement$441,200

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $876,450 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $720,846 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Houston Foundation: $510,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $470,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $465,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $449,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $250,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $245,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $233,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $225,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATION: $204,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $200,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUrban League of Broward County Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY: $175,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWinston-Salem State University Foundation Inc: $128,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $110,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACADEMY OF HOPE ADULT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT-SLAUSON LDC INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $95,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrban League of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area: $95,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $80,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $67,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $64,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $61,200 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY TAR RIVER REGION: $60,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $59,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG SCHOLARS INSTITUTE INC: $55,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $55,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEALTH WATCHERS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWilliiam H Douglas Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYWCA SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN IMPACT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAccounting Aid Society: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWALTERS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $40,345 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWheaton Arts & Cultural Center Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWOMENS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $40,000 over 1y, 14% of budget
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.

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.

Firstenergy FoundationAT&T FoundationThe United Way of Sou…Wells Fargo FoundationTruist Foundation IncLumen Clarke M Willia…Tr Ua Fifth Third Fou…National Council of Y…Siemer InstituteUnited Way WorldwideUnited Way of Greater…The Westfield Insuran…
Firstenergy FoundationOH48.9× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Firstenergy Foundation · AT&T Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Wells Fargo Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · Tr Ua Fifth Third Foundation · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · Siemer Institute · United Way Worldwide · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Westfield Insurance Foundation

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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How do I get to Pnc Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pnc Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 446 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $79M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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