Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Pittsburghers for Public Transit
Pittsburghers for Public Transit (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,004,500 to it, the largest being TRANSITCENTER INC ($448,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $672k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $994k
What Pittsburghers for Public Transit does
Mission
Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots union of transit workers, riders and neighbors who organize for more equitable, affordable and accessible public transit that meets all needs, with no communities left behind.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
PPT educated state legislators on the need for expanded transit funding to support human services, environmental sustainability and economic growth
$145,698 spent44% of program spendingPPT organized transit riders to raise awareness of the impacts of the proposed Bus Line Redesign and the transit service needs of different communities.
$100,517 spent30% of program spendingPTT advocated for the deployment of more transit-supportive infrastructure in the City of Pittsburgh, including more bus shelters and completed, accessible sidewalks.
$86,652 spent26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $332,867.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $485k to $807k (+66%).
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.
100% of Pittsburghers for Public Transit’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $280k → $363k.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 Pittsburghers for Public Transit’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
Pittsburghers for Public Transit has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
48% 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 Pittsburghers for Public Transit.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 45% · 2022 42% · 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.
Where its funders are
Pittsburghers for Public Transit draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $336k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Pittsburghers for Public Transit runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Pittsburghers for Public Transit
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pittsburghers for Public Transit: 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 Pittsburghers for Public Transit?
- Pittsburghers for Public Transit (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,004,500 to it, the largest being TRANSITCENTER INC ($448,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pittsburghers for Public Transit have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,004,500 in grants to Pittsburghers for Public Transit, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pittsburghers for Public Transit?
- TRANSITCENTER INC is the largest funder on record, with $448,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pittsburghers for Public Transit 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 17 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