Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY
PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,383,062 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($3,000,000). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 107
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy does
Mission
We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy partners with the city of pittsburgh to plan, fund, and implement capital improvement projects that enhance the accessibility, ecological health, infrastructure, and long-term sustainability of pittsburgh's public parks. Through the leveraging of private philanthropy and public investment, the conservancy advances the restoration of historic landscapes, rehabilitation of park amenities and facilities, watershed and habitat improvements, trail and accessibility projects, and the creation of vibrant public spaces that serve residents and visitors across the region.
$1,684,154 spent$273,155 earned by the program30% of program spendingThis program advances the long-term stewardship and ecological management of pittsburgh's parks through expertise in horticulture, urban forestry, historic landscape preservation, ecological restoration, natural area management, and capital project implementation. Conservancy staff work collaboratively with the city of pittsburgh and public partners to implement parks master plans, maintain and restore critical park infrastructure and landscapes, improve ecosystem resilience and biodiversity, and support research and planning initiatives that strengthen the sustainability of pittsburgh's urban park system.
$1,306,403 spent$46,156 earned by the program24% of program spendingThis program engages residents of all ages through educational, recreational, environmental, and community-based programming designed to deepen public understanding of pittsburgh's parks and natural resources. The conservancy provides youth education programs, volunteer opportunities, interpretive experiences, public events, career readiness, and collaborative educational initiatives that promote environmental stewardship, equitable access to public green space, outdoor learning, and meaningful community connection to pittsburgh's parks.
$1,360,204 spent$693,341 earned by the program25% of program spendingThis program advances long-range planning and community-driven capital investment strategies for pittsburgh's parks. The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy works collaboratively with residents, public agencies, community organizations, philanthropic partners, and elected officials to develop plans and projects that improve public access, ecological health, recreational opportunities, and neighborhood connectivity across the parks system. Through stakeholder engagement, technical planning expertise, and cross-sector partnerships, the conservancy helps guide park improvement projects from conceptual vision through project development and implementation while strengthening long-term public and philanthropic support for pittsburgh's parks.
$1,183,615 spent$14,388 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,534,376.
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 2021 to 2022, from $20M to $18M (−12%).
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 8% · 2018 16% · 2021 13% · 2022 14% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% 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
Catherine Qureshi
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $947k → $2.0M.
12 of 107 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 107 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
PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
28% 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 PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 19% · 2019 59% · 2020 28% · 2021 24% · 2022 34% · 2023 24% — 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
47% of PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
83% of PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $104k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$97k
- Department of Agriculture$8k
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 PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY
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
72% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY?
- PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,383,062 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($3,000,000). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 107 organizations giving $13,383,062 in grants to PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY, 71 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY 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 107 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