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Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$817k
Granted FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.1MFood & Nutrition$1.1MHealth$729kYouth Development$468kEducation$428kAnimals$410kHousing & Shelter$308kArts & Culture$306kOther$0
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $565k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTERHS BIG SISTERS$110,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE$75,000
FAMILYLINKS INC$45,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF$40,000
SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MOVEMENT$35,000
HEARTH$32,000
EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY$30,000
SALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP$30,000
MANCHESTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE PGH FISHER HOUSE$25,000
PITTSBURGH AIDS TASK FORCE$25,000
DEPAUL SCHOOL FOR HEARING$20,000
The Neighborhood Academy$20,000
SQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER$20,000
LAUGHLIN CHILDREN S CENTER$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $825k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FEEDING THE SPIRIT: $10k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $60k → 11%ANGELS PLACE: $15k → 8%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $60k → 11%Beverly's Birthdays: $15k → 10%BEVERLY'S BIRTHDAYS: $15k → 10%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE - PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%Beverly's Birthdays: $12k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $15k → 11%Beverly's Birthdays: $10k → 10%Beverly's Birthdays: $5k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $8k → 11%JFCS PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION: $15k → 11%FAMILYLINKS INC: $45k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $30k → 11%CENTER FOR VICTIMS: $25k → 11%FAMILY LINKS: $25k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%FAMILY LINKS: $25k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%CENTER FOR VICTIMS: $25k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $20k → 11%CENTER FOR VICTIMS: $15k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $25k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $10k → 11%EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%Miracle League of Moon Township: $10k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $25k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $20k → 11%FAMILY LINKS: $30k → 11%HUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORP: $10k → 11%HUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORP: $10k → 11%HUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORP: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
VA
MD
NM
NC
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 55 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
53

Total granted

$4.5M
$794k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+13%

Still filing today

67%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $517k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    7× · 2017–2024 · $985k · revenue +91%
  • NA
    NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $238k · revenue +53%
  • LO
    LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $173k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • CC
    COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +6%
  • PC
    POWERCAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • CL
    CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2021 · $33k · revenue +11%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Jeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery

Jeremiah's place will protect children and strengthen families by providing a safe haven of respite, health, renewal, and support for children and families during times of crisis. we strive to serve as a leading voice for child abuse…

Human Services
2
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…

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3
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
4
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
5
Prevention Point Pittsburgh

To provide health empowerment services to injection drug users and prevent the spread of hiv.

Health
6
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
7
The Regional Opportunity Center D/B/a Vibrant Pittsburgh

Vibrant pittsburgh's mission is to accelerate the business community toward equitable, inclusive, and diverse workplaces, creating a future-forward region.

Arts & Culture
8
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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9
The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh

The organization advocates with, empowers, and supports people with disabilities and their families throughout their lives.

Human Services
10
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
11
Wrc Pennsylvania Memorial Home

Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…

Health
12
Pittsburgh Business Group On Health

An employer-led coalition that champions outcomes-based, cost-effective healthcare through education, market expertise, group purchasing, comparative data and decision support.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Victims; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

75 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 75 of the 130 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/75
Grantees still filing
54/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $425,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESSALVATION ARMY: $180,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYBIG BROTERHS BIG SISTERS: $110,000 · OtherCCAC: $100,000 · OtherPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $95,000 · Other+82 more: $1,776,500 · Other+82 moreGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $985,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH C…412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $70,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC+1 more: $10,000 · Food & NutritionLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $172,500 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MI…EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $150,000 · Human ServicesEAST END COOPERA…FAMILYLINKS INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesFAMILYLINKS INCCENTER FOR VICTIMS: $65,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR VICTI…VISABILITY: $60,000 · Human ServicesVISABILITYBEVERLY'S PGH: $57,000 · Human ServicesBEVERLY'S PGHEMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORPORATION: $30,000 · Human Services+8 more: $125,000 · Human Services+8 moreTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $115,000 · EducationLITERACY PITTSBURGH: $55,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $35,000 · EducationCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $33,000 · EducationWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $25,000 · EducationMANCHESTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $25,000 · EducationSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $20,000 · EducationJEREMIAHS PLACE: $15,000 · Education+3 more: $25,000 · EducationNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $237,500 · AnimalsAnimal Friends Inc: $75,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $65,000 · AnimalsCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $75,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureWQED MULTIMEDIA: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $25,000 · Arts & CultureIRON HORSE THEATRE COMPANY: $21,700 · Arts & CultureVETERANS BREAKFAST CLUB: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $110,000 · ReligionHOSANNA HOUSE INC: $95,000 · Religion
Other$2,686,500Food & Nutrition$1,065,000Human Services$824,500Education$398,000Animals$377,500Arts & Culture$244,200Religion$205,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $985,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $237,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $172,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetEAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $150,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILYLINKS INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $115,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $110,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $95,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetHOSANNA HOUSE INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $75,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR VICTIMS: $65,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $65,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVISABILITY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY'S PGH: $57,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLITERACY PITTSBURGH: $55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIFE'SWORK OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $45,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $35,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $33,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORPORATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSISTERS PLACE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetANCHORPOINT COUNSELING MINISTRY INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetALLIES FOR HEALTH WELLBEING: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANCHESTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $25,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetIRON HORSE THEATRE COMPANY: $21,700 over 3y, 11% of budgetCANCER BRIDGES: $20,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPITTSBURGH YOUTH LEADERSHIP: $20,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNEW CENTURY CAREERS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN PITTSBURGH SECTION: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHorses With Hope Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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 GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILYLINKS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Pittsburgh Botanic Garden ↗
  • Who funds HOSANNA HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Animal Friends Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds 412 FOOD RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR VICTIMS ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds VISABILITY ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEVERLY'S PGH ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFE'SWORK OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds WQED MULTIMEDIA ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds SQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY ↗

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 Founda…The United Way of Sou…Hillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationSnee-Reinhardt Charit…Richard King Mellon F…The Jack Buncher Foun…Massey Charitable Tru…McCune Foundation Pnc…Eqt FoundationHoward & Nell E Mille…McElhattan Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA79.8× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Massey Charitable Trust · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Eqt Foundation · Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat · McElhattan Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 130 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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