Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH
SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,747,275 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($2,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,156 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Benter Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- The Buhl Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- McAuley Ministriesshared funderslocalportfolio match
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.
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: 2021 11% · 2022 1% · 2024 6% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $50k → $395k.
1 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH’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
SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 70%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 54% · 2020 33% · 2021 68% · 2022 40% · 2023 41% — 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
55% of SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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 SUSTAINABLE 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. $328k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 stateis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 17 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Benter Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchPA · backs 60 organizations that share your funders · funds 83 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Buhl Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchPA · backs 106 organizations that share your funders · funds 181 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- McAuley Ministriesshared funderslocalportfolio matchPA · backs 56 organizations that share your funders · funds 119 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Fisa Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchPA · backs 53 organizations that share your funders · funds 118 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Bny Mellon Foundation of Southwestern Paportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Engler Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Byham Charitable Foundation Attn Helen Spalaris Foundation Managerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Garden Club of Allegheny Countyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- W Keith Smith Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Grable Foundationshared funderslocalPA · backs 149 organizations that share your funders · funds 285 organizations near you
- Allegheny Foundationshared fundersPA · backs 71 organizations that share your funders
- Jefferson Regional Foundationshared funderslocalPA · backs 57 organizations that share your funders · funds 144 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
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 SUSTAINABLE 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH?
- SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,747,275 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($2,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $5,747,275 in grants to SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUSTAINABLE PITTSBURGH?
- THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUSTAINABLE 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.
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 17funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing