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Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

The foundation supports Aaronel deRoy Gruber’s art and regional arts and cultural initiatives, especially those connected to sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting; its 2024 grants also included Jewish organizations and a conservatory and botanical garden. Grants are typically small: $300–$4,000 in 2024, with a median of $1,200, and nearly all funding went to Pennsylvania. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio

Sharon, PA

The Community Foundation of Western PA & Eastern OH supports charitable programs in areas such as health, education, human services, arts, and community development. It serves Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania and Trumbull County, Ohio; its 2024 grants had a median of $17,750, with amounts ranging from $5,050 to $609,507. It accepts unsolicited requests through a Letter of Intent, with full applications by invitation.

Balgley Family Charitable Foundation

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

The Balgley Family Charitable Foundation supports a range of causes, including education, disaster response, civil liberties, clean energy, and regenerative agriculture, with 2025 grants ranging from $500 to $50,000 and a median of $2,000. It gives across the United States; its largest shares in 2025 went to organizations in Connecticut, West Virginia, California, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. The filing says there is no required application format and no deadline, and that giving is not limited to preselected organizations.

The Evan and Tracy Segal

Tiburon, CA

The Evan and Tracy Segal funds innovative community programs focused on healing, justice, opportunity, and building organizational capacity, with grants going mainly to organizations in New York, California, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. Most gifts are $5,000–$30,000, though 2025 awards ranged from $250 to $101,392. It does not accept unsolicited requests and funds only preselected charitable organizations.

Jampart Charitable Trust

Boston, MA

The Boston-based Jampart Charitable Trust funds organizations working in civic engagement, democracy, social justice, community development, education, and environmental work, with recent grants concentrated in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and California. In 2024, grants ranged from $15,000 to $436,000, with a median of $75,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Opportunity Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

Opportunity Foundation funds small- to midsize arts organizations and organizations advancing social and economic justice, with at least 75% of grants supporting projects in Greater Pittsburgh. In 2024, grants ranged from $5,000 to $150,000, with a median of $15,000. It accepts applications through an online process; a full application is required only by invitation.

The Sanford N and Judith Robinson

Pittsburgh, PA

The Pittsburgh-based foundation supports selected charitable organizations in education, community services, health and aging, and the arts, with most of its giving going to Pennsylvania and some grants to California and New York. In 2025, grants ranged from $250 to $30,000, with a median of $2,000. It accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

Beatrice L Compton Memorial Trust Fund

Palmetto, FL

The Burke Family Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

The Burke Family Foundation supports arts and culture, education, children’s health, youth services, and riverfront development, with nearly all of its giving in Pennsylvania. Its 2024 grants ranged from $50 to $1.25 million, with a median of $5,000. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Consortium for Public Education

McKeesport, PA

THe Consortium for Public Education is a unique third party convener broker and catalyst dedicated to making a difference in the lives of all children and their communities.

Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation

Cabot, PA

The foundation primarily supports its affiliated Lutheran health and human-care organizations, and its Angel Tear Fund gives grants to faith-based programs serving underserved children and families, with preferences including health, education, basic needs, and care for older adults. Giving varies widely: 2025 grants ranged from $5,500 to $12.4 million, with a median of $11,500; most grant dollars went to Pennsylvania, though it also supports work elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. It accepts applications to the Angel Tear Fund, with guidance available for 2027 requests.

Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America Inc

Pittsburgh, PA

To promote the health and welfare of spinal cord dysfunctional veterans through programs; legislative, advocacy, research and sports and recreation. All mission elements are designed to reinforce one another. For example, members who wish to have the chapter underwrite expenses for recreational activities must attend at least half othe the membership meetings, at which members can learn the latest information to help them in their health, or to air concerns that the chapter or others can help them with.