Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr
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.
- $905k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr 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; $75k 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 | 8 | $905k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $245k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $320k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $300k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $493k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $380k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan School Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | $270,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Shadyside Presbyterian Church | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mon Valley Boys Academy Dba the Tom John | $150,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Hand in Hand of Glynn Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Coalition for Christian Outreach | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Inc | $92,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Warrior Canine Connection Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan School Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | $270,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Shadyside Presbyterian Church | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mon Valley Boys Academy Dba the Tom John | $150,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Hand in Hand of Glynn Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Coalition for Christian Outreach | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Inc | $92,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Warrior Canine Connection Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Gathering Place Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Creating Pittsburgh Tomorrow Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cr Jrs Chip | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Coastal Georgia Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr
- How much does Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr give?
- Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr reported 8 grants totaling $905,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Wesleyan School Inc ($300k), Westmoreland Museum of American Art ($270k), Shadyside Presbyterian Church ($150k).
- Does Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr 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 Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr based?
- Sharp Emma O-Parker Foundation-Tr is based in PA.
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