· Private foundation
The Futrell Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PITTSBURGH OPERA | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY | $3,000 |
| LAURI ANN WEST COMMUNITY CTR | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOC | $1,000 |
| GREATER PITTSBURGH COMM FOOD | $1,000 |
| CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH | $500 |
| FOX CHAPEL BOROUGH FIRE TRUCK FUND | $500 |
| AUDOBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DUKE UNIVERSITY2× · 2019–2021 · $40k · revenue +44%- CLCONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIES4× · 2018–2023 · $19k · revenue +153%
- PSPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC5× · 2017–2024 · $14k · revenue +84%
Funded once
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +26%- GPGENETICS POLICY INSTITUTE INCone grant, 2017 · $50k
- GSGOOD SAMARITAN ENDOWMENT FUNDone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
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…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
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,…
We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.
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…
See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
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…
To present world class chamber music ensembles and soloists, promising emerging artists, and innovative programs; and to foster an appreciation for chamber music in the pittsburgh community by offering educational programs and experiences.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Phlf works within a 250-mile radius of pittsburgh, pennsylvania to: identify and save historically significant places; renew historic neighborhoods, towns, and urban areas; preserve historic farms and historically designated landscapes;…
Tourism development organization dedicated to expanding the tourism economy across allegheny county.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 28 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.
- Who funds PITTSBURGH OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ASPINWALL MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds GROW PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds AUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA ↗
- Who funds ST MARGARET 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: Richard and Dana Green Philanthropic Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · W Keith Smith Family Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Futrell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Futrell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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