· Private foundation
The Mascaro Family 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $124k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $775k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | $225,000 |
| UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER | $200,000 |
| SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER | $200,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | $50,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $40,600 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| PSU CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING PROGRAM | $20,000 |
| ALS COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION | $13,400 |
| PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK | $10,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,000 |
| ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ALBY BREISINGER SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 5 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH6× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +44%- CHCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $288k · revenue +135%
- HSHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA3× · 2018–2025 · $232k · revenue +97%
Funded once
- CCCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BEAVER COUNTY (CCBC) FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $100k
- TSTHE SISTER THEA BOWMAN FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $25k
- CCCASEY'S CLUBHOUSEgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +34%
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.
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,…
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…
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 foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
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…
We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.
An employer-led coalition that champions outcomes-based, cost-effective healthcare through education, market expertise, group purchasing, comparative data and decision support.
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.…
To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.
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 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…
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
How this is measured
63 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. 63 of the 113 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 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CCBC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds ALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter ↗
- Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds CASEY'S CLUBHOUSE ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc ↗
- Who funds VETERANS PLACE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEPA INC ↗
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 · Hillman Family Foundations · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Buhl Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Peter C Dozzi Family Foundation Aka Eugene Dozzi Charitable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mascaro Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mascaro Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
How this is measured
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