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Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$750,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 51
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $570k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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 arriving52$2.7M13%
FY202445$1.8M20%
FY202348$1.1M33%
FY202244$2.4M23%
FY202151$1.1M63%
FY202022$956kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$4.5MEducation$2.3MYouth Development$846kArts & Culture$835kReligion$655kHuman Services$586kFood & Nutrition$83kRecreation & Sports$75kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
OK
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
College of St Joseph the Worker Inc$1,000,00028%
Best of the Batch Foundation$811,000434%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$586,00063%
The Neighborhood Academy$512,00052%
Jubilee Association Inc$500,000213%
Holy Family Foundation$263,00047%
Nazareth Prep$250,00017%
Dry Bones Ministries$175,000323%
Othonia Inc$150,000114%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$82,00060%
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All grantees of Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
College of St Joseph the Worker Inc$1,000,00028%
Best of the Batch Foundation$811,000434%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$586,00063%
The Neighborhood Academy$512,00052%
Jubilee Association Inc$500,000213%
Holy Family Foundation$263,00047%
Nazareth Prep$250,00017%
Dry Bones Ministries$175,000323%
Othonia Inc$150,000114%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$82,00060%
Little Sisters of the Poor$62,350646%
Seraphic Mass Association Inc$50,0001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$43,50050%
Animal Friends Inc$42,00050%
Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh$37,50060%
Club Hope Foundation Inc$35,00033%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$33,00060%
Folds of Honor Western Pa$32,50052%
Frick Art & Historical Center Inc$27,50050%
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh$27,50050%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$21,00040%
McGuire Memorial Foundation$20,00021%
Steel City Squash Inc$20,00020%
Huffys Heart Memorial Fund$20,0003n/a
Partners for Quality Foundation$18,00031%
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth$16,5004n/a
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$15,00020%
Variety the Childrens Charity$13,60021%
Conception Abbey Inc$11,5003n/a
Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of Eucharist$11,0002n/a
Covenant House Inc$11,00040%
Friends of Catholic Education Inc$10,00023%
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc$10,00030%
Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh$10,00030%
Carnegie Institute$10,00020%
Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania$10,00010%
Epilepsy Association of Western and Central Pa$9,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$8,00040%
Mary & Alexander Laughlin Children's Center$8,00020%
Beaver County Humane Society$6,00050%
St Luke Evangelist$6,0002n/a
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh$5,50040%
East End Cooperative Ministry$5,00010%
South Hills Catholic Academy$5,00010%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$5,00050%
Franklin Park Volunteer Fire Co No 1$5,00020%
Wqed Multimedia$5,00010%
The Pitterich Foundation$5,00017%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$5,00040%
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$4,50030%
St Anthony Charitable Foundation$4,0004n/a
Divine Grace$4,0001n/a
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$3,00040%
Pittsburgh Italian Scholarship Fund$3,00014%
Verland$3,00030%
Beaver County Assn for the Blind$2,00020%
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$2,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,00010%
Imani Christian Academy$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Cakes for Care$1,0001n/a
American Diabetes Association$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCollege of St Joseph the Worker Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetBest of the Batch Foundation: $811,000 over 4y, 34% of budgetPittsburgh Opera Inc: $586,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetThe Neighborhood Academy: $512,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetJubilee Association Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHoly Family Foundation: $263,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetNazareth Prep: $250,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetDry Bones Ministries: $175,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetOthonia Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $82,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor: $62,350 over 6y, 46% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $43,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $42,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCivic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh: $37,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetClub Hope Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPittsburgh Public Theater Corporation: $33,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFolds of Honor Western Pa: $32,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetFrick Art & Historical Center Inc: $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Museum of Pittsburgh: $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMcGuire Memorial Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSteel City Squash Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPartners for Quality Foundation: $18,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPittsburgh Symphony Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity: $13,600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCovenant House Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Catholic Education Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCarnegie Institute: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts Western Pennsylvania: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEpilepsy Association of Western and Central Pa: $9,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMary & Alexander Laughlin Children's Center: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBeaver County Humane Society: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Cooperative Ministry: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Hills Catholic Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin Park Volunteer Fire Co No 1: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWqed Multimedia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pitterich Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEternal Word Television Network Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Italian Scholarship Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetVerland: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBeaver County Assn for the Blind: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 53.

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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 FoundationPA44.6× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Eqt Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Allegheny Foundation · Clapp G H Decd Char and Ed Tr · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · The Heinz Endowments

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 Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation

How much does Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation give?
Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $2,727,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 51 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (45%), Education (23%), Youth Development (8%).
Who are Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: College of St Joseph the Worker Inc ($1.0M), Best of the Batch Foundation ($811k), Pittsburgh Opera Inc ($586k).
Does Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Eqt Foundation, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Where is Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation based?
Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable 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 96 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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