Pennsylvania · Public charity
Point Park University
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 citizens and successful professionals.
- $44M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $31k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $17,765
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $198M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Point Park University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 3 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $34k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $64k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $81k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $78k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $96k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Conference on Community Development | $148,133 | 5 | 0% |
| Urban Innovation21 | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Broadway Dreams Foundation Corporation | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Chuck Cooper Foundation | $35,000 | 5 | 12% |
| African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pa | $23,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Searchlight New Mexico News | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Deep South Today | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Choices LLC | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Conference on Community Development | $148,133 | 5 | 0% |
| Urban Innovation21 | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Broadway Dreams Foundation Corporation | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Chuck Cooper Foundation | $35,000 | 5 | 12% |
| African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pa | $23,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Searchlight New Mexico News | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Deep South Today | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Choices LLC | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Pittsburgh Downtown Community Development Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Point Park University 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 Point Park University
- How much does Point Park University give?
- Point Park University reported 3 itemized grants totaling $31,265, out of $44,411,499 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Point Park University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (57%), Arts & Culture (32%), Education (8%).
- Who are Point Park University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Allegheny Conference on Community Development ($148k), Urban Innovation21 ($50k), Broadway Dreams Foundation Corporation ($50k).
- Does Point Park University fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Point Park University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Point Park University based?
- Point Park University is based in PA.
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