Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LITERACY PITTSBURGH
LITERACY PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,153,706 to it, the largest being MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA ($4,200,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.3M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Literacy Pittsburgh does
Mission
Literacy Pittsburgh's mission is better lives through learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult basic education - in fiscal 2025, Literacy Pittsburgh volunteers and professional instructors helped 3,144 individuals become ready and relevant for the workforce. By improving reading, writing or math skills, earning a high school credential or learning english, students can secure jobs, earn promotions, and go on to college and job training. As a result, they create security and stability for their families.
$4,887,209 spent$453,068 earned by the program79% of program spendingOasis intergenerational tutoring operating in five allegheny county school districts, oasis intergenerational tutoring pairs adults aged 50 and over with high-need children in grades k-4. In fiscal year 2025, 156 children received weekly tutoring aimed at improving reading skills and boosting confidence and self-esteem.
$902,347 spent15% of program spendingCompass americorps - members of compass americorps, a pennserve program managed by Literacy Pittsburgh, strengthen area nonprofits by providing full-time social services support and english language instruction to newly resettled refugees, immigrants and international populations. Members serve in organizations throughout pittsburgh, plan service projects and engage community volunteers. In fiscal year 2025, members provided 11,417 hours of service to 623 clients.
$160,391 spent$20,000 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther - family literacy this unique program combines adult literacy classes and early childhood education. In fiscal year 2025, 154 children and adults participated. Parents study for their high school credential, learn english or prepare for u.s. Citizenship while children participate in learning activities. Family literacy is grounded in the belief that a parent is a child's first and best teacher. Parents also learn about nutrition, budgeting, american culture, workplace skills, healthy living, and of course, how to promote literacy and learning in the home.
$217,631 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,167,578.
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 2023 to 2024, from $6.9M to $11M (+57%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 50% · 2018 45% · 2019 60% · 2020 49% · 2021 60% · 2022 54% · 2023 55% · 2024 38% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of LITERACY PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Carey Harris
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $418k → $1.9M.
7 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 LITERACY PITTSBURGH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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
LITERACY PITTSBURGH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
27% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LITERACY PITTSBURGH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 24% · 2019 28% · 2020 26% · 2021 20% · 2022 25% · 2023 25% — 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
62% of LITERACY PITTSBURGH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
92% of LITERACY PITTSBURGH's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
LITERACY PITTSBURGH runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LITERACY PITTSBURGH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $675k on record.
- Department of Labor$675k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LITERACY PITTSBURGH
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 LITERACY PITTSBURGH: 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 LITERACY PITTSBURGH?
- LITERACY PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,153,706 to it, the largest being MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA ($4,200,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LITERACY PITTSBURGH have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $14,153,706 in grants to LITERACY PITTSBURGH, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITERACY PITTSBURGH?
- MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA is the largest funder on record, with $4,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITERACY PITTSBURGH 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 70 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing