Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh: General Operating Support Grant

Q: When is the deadline for Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh: General Operating Support Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

The Pittsburgh Foundation

Foundation Grants for Arts Grants for BIPOC Grants for Black-Owned Businesses Operating Support Grants

Funding Amount

Up to US $100,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: General operating support applicants are not eligible for other funding streams.
Not eligible: Please note, fiscally sponsored projects and collectives and individual artists are NOT eligible for general operating support.

Overview

The Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh program offers vital funding to nonprofit organizations dedicated to celebrating Black culture through arts and community engagement. Grants up to $100,000 over two years support those with a proven history of presenting Black art, promoting accessibility, and fostering diverse audiences. This initiative empowers organizations to continue their impactful work, ensuring that the richness of Black heritage is honored and uplifted. Applications are limited to one funding stream per year, enhancing focus and efficiency.

Purpose
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh acknowledges, uplifts and celebrates Black culture and its contributions to music, dance, fashion and all other arts, sports, history, values, traditions, games, crafts, literature, languages, faiths, cuisine and social habits.
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh - Project and Operating Support
The Pittsburgh Foundation's Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Program provides two-year grants (up to $50,000) for project support to individual artists, nonprofit organizations and fiscally sponsored projects and collectives and for general operating support (up to $100,000) to nonprofit organizations with a documented history of regularly/consistently producing or presenting Black art and/or cultural events advancing the art of the African diaspora.
All applicants may only apply to one (1) stream of funding per year.
Over Two Years $50,000/year
Provides grants to nonprofit arts organizations that have a history of consistent annual programming.
Organizations seeking support must have a documented history of regularly/consistently producing or presenting Black art and/or cultural events advancing the art of the African diaspora.Grantees must show reasonable attendance and accessibility to a broad and diverse public audience.
General operating support applicants are not eligible for other funding streams.
Please note, fiscally sponsored projects and collectives and individual artists are NOT eligible for general operating support.

What The Pittsburgh Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024: 1,132
Total given: $64M
Median grant: $19K
Range: $5,020–$2.41M

By dollars: Pennsylvania 85%, Ohio 3%, Florida 2%. Top recipient cities: Pittsburgh, PA; Greensburg, PA; Sewickley, PA.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
25% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA

Education

$2.41M
The Pittsburgh Promise · Pittsburgh, PA

Scholarships and student financial aid

$1.34M
Scholarship America Inc · Detroit, MI

Scholarships

$1.21M
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA

Arts, culture and humanities

$878K
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary · Pittsburgh, PA

Higher education

$788K