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Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Humanities Council funds humanities-based community programs in Pennsylvania, including resident-led planning, youth programming, and projects sharing local stories. Its 2025 grants ranged from $10,000 to $22,500, while PA Heart & Soul offers selected Pennsylvania communities under 30,000 residents up to $50,000 over two to three years. PA Heart & Soul applications are accepted on a rolling basis, subject to available funding.

Ben D Spagolio Charitable Trust

Pottsville, PA

Anna C Bohorad Trust B

Buffalo, NY

The trust supports a range of charitable organizations, including libraries, schools and universities, churches, animal-welfare groups, and arts and cultural organizations, primarily in Pennsylvania, with some giving in New York, Massachusetts, Delaware, and Florida. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $4,000, with a median of $1,000; it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Aetna Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

Aetna Foundation supported health and wellness, access to health care, and related community needs; its 2021 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1 million, with a median of $40,000, and went to organizations across multiple states, especially in D.C. and Connecticut. Its 2021 filing was marked final, so it appears to have ended or be winding down grantmaking; that filing said there were no restrictions on who could apply and pointed applicants to its website for application materials.

Benevolent Association of Pottsville

Pottsville, PA

Comerford Mary TW Charitable (PF)

Buffalo, NY

The foundation supports a range of Pennsylvania organizations, including libraries, schools, human-service groups, churches, and arts organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $4,500, with a median of $1,500. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

F Hershberger TW Pottsville Library

Hermitage, PA

Snayberger Memorial Fdn (PF)

Buffalo, NY

The foundation’s filings say its income is limited to individuals and corporations residing in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, but do not specify funding priorities. Recent giving was about $155,950–$190,138 per year, with one reported grant of $190,138 in 2026. It does not restrict giving to preselected organizations; applicants are instructed to contact M&T Trust Company Co. for an application.

Will S & Anna S Fox Foundation

Pottsville, PA

Miles S & Anna Kiehner Memorial Trust

Orwigsburg, PA

McElhattan Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA

The McElhattan Foundation supports workplace safety, economic development in Knox and Franklin, Pennsylvania, out-of-school-time learning and educator diversity in Allegheny County, and end-of-life planning and care. Recent grants ranged from $2,500 to $1 million, with a median of $50,000; it accepts requests on a rolling basis through an initial RFI, with full proposals by invitation.

Greater Horizons

Kansas City, MO

Greater Horizons is a donor-advised fund provider whose donor-directed grants support eligible U.S. public charities across a broad range of causes; international organizations may also qualify with additional review and fees. In 2024, grants had a median of $15,000, with itemized awards ranging from $5,001 to $10,073,050, and recipients were located across the United States, especially in California, Texas, Nebraska, New York, and Kansas. It describes a grant-request process for donors, not an application process for organizations, so unsolicited requests are not stated as accepted.