· Private foundation
Tomayko Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | $30,000 |
| POINT PARK UNIVERSITY | $17,500 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS AWARD | $7,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| BLOOMFIELD GARFIELD CORPORATION | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS | $600 |
| ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH | $200 |
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 (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 9 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, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCarnegie Mellon University3× · 2018–2022 · $53k · revenue +64%
- PPPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY3× · 2022–2024 · $43k · revenue +4%
- TSTHE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +271%
Funded once
- BPBAREBONES PRODUCTIONS INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +8%
- TFTHE FRICK PITTSBURGH MUSEUMS & GARDENSone grant, 2022 · $3k
- SESILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHYone grant, 2022 · $1k · 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.
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.
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,…
The corporation advances excellence in the arts, including studio, media, and creative writing. to achieve its mission, the corporation provides equipment and facilities for individual artists, conducts educational programs, and stimulates…
The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…
The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)
To preserve and expand the resources of art and science as agents of personal growth and social advancement in pittsburgh and beyond.
By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…
To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh festival opera presents innovative opera for imaginative audiences. pittsburgh festival opera is pittsburgh's modern music drama company and, as such, focuses on creating new works, on reinterpreting older works in new ways, on…
Pennsylvania college of art & design is a professional art college offering a bfa degree, certificates, credentials, and curricula that enable students of all ages to pursue art as their life's work.
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,…
Glass art: we teach it. we create it. we promote it. we support those who make it. pittsburgh glass center (pgc) cultivates an inclusive and welcoming environment that encourages everyone, from the casually curious to the master artist, to…
Presenting diverse, quality performing & visual art; managing arts facilities; advancing arts education; and creating & developing pittsburgh's cultural district as a destination for entertainment, business, and urban living, thus…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 20 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 Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds POINT PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds BAREBONES PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds BLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH OPERA 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 Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · McKinney Charitable Foundation · The Fine Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · Opportunity Foundation · The Grable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tomayko Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tomayko Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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