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PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC

PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,000 to it, the largest being THE BUHL FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$446k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$58k
Net assets
$96k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Pittsburgh Walk of Fame Inc does

Mission

To create an ever-expanding landmark honoring people with ties to the Pittsburgh region who influenced Americas cultrual heritage and to educate the public about the honorees and their accomplishments.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Held Induction ceremony with over 500 in attendance and luncheon with over 300 in attendance for 10 inductees on the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame

    $319,123 spent$444,523 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $319,123.

02The organization over time

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

Nancy Johnson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 WALK OF FAME INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 WALK OF FAME INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

86%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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.

Where its funders are

100% of PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median
Months of reserve5.1mo · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Pennsylvania

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 7%Fundraising 4%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC?
PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,000 to it, the largest being THE BUHL FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $58,000 in grants to PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC.
Who is the largest funder of PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC?
THE BUHL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PITTSBURGH WALK OF FAME INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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