· Private foundation
Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $1k
- $10k–50k23 grants · $600k
- $50k–250k58 grants · $5.6M
- $250k+31 grants · $19M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $3,050,000 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION | $2,000,000 |
| REFED INC | $1,250,000 |
| UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM | $1,075,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $1,000,000 |
| SIMMONS UNIVERSITY | $1,000,000 |
| PRIMARY CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC | $1,000,000 |
| VILLAGE CAPITAL | $800,000 |
| SPLASH | $500,000 |
| GLOBAL FOODBANKING NETWORK | $500,000 |
| WASTE AND RESOURCES ACTION PROGRAMME | $500,000 |
| NEW VENTURE FUND | $500,000 |
| NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO | $500,000 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE | $500,000 |
| TIDES CENTER | $500,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $5.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
90 repeat relationships: 71 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 36 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, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCarnegie Mellon University5× · 2020–2024 · $15M · revenue +35%
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +65%- RIREFED INC5× · 2020–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +55%
Funded once
- SCSCHWAB CHARITABLE - DONOR ADVISED FUNDone grant, 2020 · $3.0M
- BCBraddock Carnegie Library Assocone grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -56%
- EFEBT FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $830k · revenue +45% · 35% of their budget
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.
Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
Provide information to decision maker in the pittsburgh region to promote economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality for sustainable solutions for communities and businesses.
To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.
Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…
Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.
To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.
United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…
How this is measured
134 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. 134 of the 158 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 Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds REFED INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
- Who funds VILLAGEREACH ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL LINKS ↗
- Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
- Who funds WINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds LITERACY PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc ↗
- Who funds Primary Care Health Services Inc ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds The Global FoodBanking Network ↗
- Who funds THE GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds EBT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Best of the Batch Foundation ↗
- Who funds HELLO NEIGHBOR ↗
- Who funds GROW PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds THE LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SPOTLIGHT PA ↗
- Who funds BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS INC ↗
- Who funds Operation Lifesaver Inc ↗
- Who funds CHEF ANN FOUNDATION ↗
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: Hillman Family Foundations · The Heinz Endowments · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Jefferson Regional Foundation · The Benter Foundation · Fisa Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Eqt Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- Colab Arts Inc: 6% of income from government
- Simmons University: 1% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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