· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k36 grants · $148k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $460k
- $250k+5 grants · $2.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE COLLEGE OF ST JOSEPH THE WORKER | $750,000 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| JUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC | $250,000 |
| THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY | $250,000 |
| NAZARETH PREP | $250,000 |
| PITTSBURGH OPERA | $160,000 |
| OTHONIA | $150,000 |
| DRY BONES MINISTRIES | $50,000 |
| SERAPHIC MASS ASSOCIATION | $50,000 |
| SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $35,000 |
| CLUB HOPE FOUNDATION INC | $25,000 |
| GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $25,000 |
| CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH | $15,000 |
| ANIMAL FRIENDS | $10,000 |
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 (FY21–25, $551k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 20% of Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 76%.
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 +19% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
66 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $466k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY5× · 2020–2025 · $512k · revenue +250%
- JAJUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC2× · 2024–2025 · $500k · revenue +79%
- DBDRY BONES MINISTRIES3× · 2020–2025 · $175k · revenue +139%
Funded once
- KCKENNEDY CATHOLIC FAMILY OF SCHOOLSone grant, 2021 · $100k
- IOINCARNATION OF THE LORD CATHOLIC PARISHone grant, 2023 · $100k
- MMMARY MOTHER OF HOPE PARISHone grant, 2024 · $48k
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.
We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…
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…
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of 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…
The pennsylvania chamber of business and industry is the largest broad-based business association in pennsylvania. thousands of members throughout the commonwealth employ greater than 50 percent of pennsylvania's private workforce.…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
Highlands hospital is committed to providing health care to the community in a competent, nurturing and healing environment. our staff will provide support in times of crisis and furnish the resources necessary to promote a healthy…
The mission of the philadelphia county medical society (pcms) is to aggressively advance and support the interests of physicians and their patients. pcms is pennsylvania's premier county medical organization.
How this is measured
53 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. 53 of the 96 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.
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- Who funds PITTSBURGH OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds JUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NAZARETH PREP ↗
- Who funds DRY BONES MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds OTHONIA INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Animal Friends Inc ↗
- Who funds CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CLUB HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR WESTERN PA ↗
- Who funds FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds MCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STEEL CITY SQUASH INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS FOR QUALITY 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert a & Christine J Pietrandrea Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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