Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,898,022 to it, the largest being THE GRABLE FOUNDATION ($4,495,953). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania does
Mission
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania (gwp) is a professional membership association formed in 1985 by philanthropic leaders who wanted to create an organized mechanism for grantmakers to learn and work together. Its mission is to promote excellence in philanthropy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Gwp provides programming, information and other member services to promote the effectiveness of its member grantmakers. It hosts and facilitates internal funders' networks; designs and delivers issue briefings, site visits and other educational programs, both in person and virtually; and develops and distributes resource information e.g. Newsletters, website content, and sample documents reflecting best practices. Additionally, gwp conducts custom benchmarking and responds to members' inquiries for data, research or other resources upon request. Finally, gwp monitors public policy and legislative developments affecting philanthropy and nonprofits (e.g. Treatment of charitable contributions), and communicates board-adopted positions to policymakers. Services to grantseekers, nonprofits and the public include sponsoring "meet the grantmakers" programs; provision of the common grant application and report forms; participation in greater pittsburgh nonprofit partnership, pano and other nonprofit networks; sharing community information and resources on gwp's website and social media; and responding to inquiries from grantseekers and nonprofits. Gwp annually compiles and analyzes data…
$274,133 spent$46,250 earned by the program10% of program spendingGwp also provides grants administration for co-funded community initiatives for its members, as special projects. Grant-supported special projects in 2024 included kidsburgh.org (an online resource for parent and families in the region), kidsburgh parents as allies (parents, schools, and kidsburgh working together to promote family/student resources), remake learning (which includes the remake learning network, a cross-sector council of civic leaders, remake learning days in the region and nationally, development of the region's stem ecosystem. In july 2024, gwp terminated the agreement with kisburgh and remake learning. Another special project, was the early childhood funders alliance working with early childhood educators and centers to promote early childhood programs. Typical special projects for gwp may also include hosting expert speakers for gwp member education programs, and grant-supported activities that strengthen gwp's capacity to serve its members (e.g. Upgrading gwp's website and information management systems).
$2,395,923 spentof which $98,030 as grants$9,615 earned by the program90% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,670,056.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.8M to $4.0M (+127%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Amber Farr
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $191k → $2.5M.
6 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 49% · 2019 57% · 2020 54% · 2021 73% · 2022 57% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $263k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA?
- GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,898,022 to it, the largest being THE GRABLE FOUNDATION ($4,495,953). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $14,898,022 in grants to GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA?
- THE GRABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,495,953 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 43 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing