Pennsylvania · Public charity
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation
RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION conserves, interprets, develops, and promotes historical, cultural and recreational resources throughout western pennsylvania, including the eight counties that comprise the rivers of steel national heritage area. The dynamic and powerful story of the region's evolution from colonial settlement to…
- $107k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $54k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,815
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,815
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $54k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $56k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $49k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $54k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $52k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Exchange | $59,950 | 1 | n/a |
| The Battle of Homestead Foundation | $44,903 | 3 | 23% |
| Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge #2313 | $34,815 | 1 | 6% |
| Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc | $31,828 | 3 | 0% |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Theater Project Corporation | $25,751 | 2 | 1% |
| Washington County Historical Society Inc | $23,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Industrial Arts Collective | $15,410 | 2 | n/a |
| The Perennial Project | $12,000 | 1 | 11% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Exchange | $59,950 | 1 | n/a |
| The Battle of Homestead Foundation | $44,903 | 3 | 23% |
| Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge #2313 | $34,815 | 1 | 6% |
| Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc | $31,828 | 3 | 0% |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Theater Project Corporation | $25,751 | 2 | 1% |
| Washington County Historical Society Inc | $23,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Industrial Arts Collective | $15,410 | 2 | n/a |
| The Perennial Project | $12,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Center of Life | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chatham University | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Venture Outdoors Inc | $11,253 | 1 | 1% |
| County of Greene | $11,012 | 1 | n/a |
| Josh Gibson Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Brew House Arts | $9,177 | 1 | 6% |
| Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society | $8,473 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Monessen Historical Society | $7,067 | 1 | n/a |
| Harmonie Associates | $6,730 | 1 | 3% |
| The Dragon's Den | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Riverfront Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy | $5,129 | 1 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation
- How much does Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation give?
- Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $54,076, out of $107,419 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Youth Development (15%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Local Exchange ($60k), The Battle of Homestead Foundation ($45k), Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge #2313 ($35k).
- Does Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Grable Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation.
- Where is Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation based?
- Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation is based in PA.
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