University of Pittsburgh

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Pittsburgh, PA EIN 25-0965591

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2025–2026

Total received

$350.2M

Foundation funders

182

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2025–2026

Who funds University of Pittsburgh?

University of Pittsburgh is funded by 182 grantmakers, led by UPMC Group ($176.2M), Atlantic Coast Conference ($46.3M), Orland Bethel Family Foundation ($27.7M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $350.2M in grants to University of Pittsburgh between 2025–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
UPMC Group$176,211,50412025
Atlantic Coast Conference$46,304,68512025
Orland Bethel Family Foundation$27,700,00022025
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$9,490,44912025
Eye and Ear Foundation$7,630,05612025
Carnegie Mellon University$6,094,50712025
Washington University$5,953,48212025
University of Chicago$4,390,01812025
Bradford Educational Foundation$3,354,77612025
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$3,317,96122025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$3,155,74312025
Northwestern University$3,075,79112025
American Heart Association Inc$2,982,09512025
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$2,767,06922025
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$2,318,15612025
Yale University$2,196,01212025
President and Fellows of Harvard College$2,156,15112025
Emory University$1,953,54112025
Cornell University$1,917,27912025
Family Health International Inc$1,774,33212025
Johns Hopkins University$1,750,29812025
Northeastern University$1,486,58312025
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$1,360,86512025
University of Southern California$1,316,53412025
Brown University$1,314,56222025
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,139,27322025
Veterans Health Foundation$1,017,70812025
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$985,70812025
Wellcome Leap Inc$951,63912025
Institute of International Education Inc$848,95012025
National Philanthropic Trust$804,75012025
The V Foundation$800,00012025
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$725,74512025
The George Washington University$676,29512025
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$610,77312025
Good Ventures Foundation$500,00012025
Trustees of Tufts College$464,05912025
Breakthrough T1D$449,99912025
The Chicago Community Trust$420,35212025
The Rita and Burt Tansky Foundation$375,00012025
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$375,00012025
The Mascaro Family Foundation$375,00032025
Boston Medical Center Corporation$372,31912025
Gismondi Family Foundation Co Mr John$346,50022025
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc$343,85412025
Innovatepgh Partnership$341,54412025
B K Simon Family Charitable Fdn-Tr$330,00012025
Persimmon Foundation$330,00012025
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$300,00012025
Trustees of Boston University$282,50512025
Wings for Life USA - Spinal Cord Research Foundation Inc$280,00012025
Pittsburgh Cure Sarcoma$255,25012025
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$252,50032025
Health Resources in Action Inc$250,00012025
The Chatham Foundation$250,00012025
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy$249,99912025
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$245,00012025
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley$237,10212025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$231,00012025
Anne G Carson Charitable Trust$223,73812025
The Morris and Gertrude Harris Foundatio$221,76412025
NCMIC Foundation Inc$221,50012025
Seattle Children's Hospital$220,86012025
Good Science Project$218,46012025
University of Notre Dame du Lac$218,26212025
John Nesbit Rees & Sarah Henne Rees Charitable Fou$216,66722025
University of Miami$215,44612025
Rheumatology Research Foundation$205,00032025
Edward P Evans Foundation$200,00012025
The David and June Trone Family$200,00012025
Whitehall Foundation Inc$200,00022025
Brightfocus Foundation$199,72412025
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$192,70812025
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$190,00012025
Mukaiyama Rice Foundation$190,00012025
Johnstown Educational Foundation$182,81812025
Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts Board$177,80012025
Scleroderma Research Foundation$176,50012025
Temple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education$175,73312025
Edgar Levenson Trust$162,04212025
McElhattan Foundation$160,00012025
Vanderbilt University$156,24612025
Hispanic Scholarship Fund$152,68922025–2026
Emergency Medicine Foundation$150,00012025
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$150,00012025
Leukemia Research Foundation$150,00012025
Sam Day Foundation$150,00012025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$150,00012025
Critical Path Institute$145,00012025
Drexel University$144,33812025
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia$140,16012025
Owens Samuel T Jr Decd$135,00012025
The Spencer Foundation$134,52912025
The Arlyn Gilboa Foundation$127,00012025
Target ALS Foundation Inc$125,00012025
Arthritis National Research Foundation$125,00012025
The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania$123,68812025
Blood Cancer United Inc$120,00012025
The Commonwealth Fund$115,48712025
Russell Sage Foundation$114,70522025
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$112,23012025
American Epilepsy Society$108,49412025
The Nancy Taylor Foundation$108,00012025
The Mattei-Rothschild Foundation Inc$102,49612025
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$100,62512025
Hearing Health Foundation$100,00012025
The Vision of Children$100,00012025
Paralyzed Veterans of America$100,00012025
Charities Aid Foundation America$99,23012025
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$95,43312025
Reinecke Family Charitable Foundation$95,00012025
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$92,70012025
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh$92,13612025
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation$91,95612025
The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc$88,35012025
James T and Rose M Perryman Family Foundation$86,20012025
Samuel & Emma Winters Foundation$85,29912025
West Virginia University Research Corporation$82,48112025
NMDP Foundation$80,00012025
Jefferson Regional Foundation$80,00012025
American Council of Learned Societies$79,50012025
Ethel Vincent Charitable Trust$76,41012025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$76,05022025–2026
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$75,53212025
James & Noel Browne Charitable Trust$75,00012025
Sarcoma Foundation of America$75,00012025
The Frazier Foundation$75,00012025
Society of Family Planning$75,00012025
John B and Jarmila Maiorana Fdn$73,08612025
Boomer Esiason Foundation$71,33212025
Neighborhood Allies Inc$70,75012025
Rike Paul for Univ PGH SCHL Med-Tr$70,00012025
Louise & Ferdinand Mulert Fund$69,58812025
Morris J for Clark Med Ed Fdn$66,00012025
Ernst & Young Foundation$65,00012025
Melanoma Tissue Bank Consortium$63,50012025
The Orau Foundation$60,54012025
Puri Family Giving Fund$60,00012025
Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation$60,00012025
Breathe Pennsylvania$58,77122025
Dickson J Z & Agnes F-Dickson Prizes$57,72112025
The Israel Institute Inc$56,00012025
The Scripps Research Institute$52,48612025
The Children's Mercy Hospital$50,30712025
Aldrich Foundation$50,00012025
The Pruina Corporation$50,00012025
Management as a Liberal Art Foundation$50,00012025
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation$50,00012025
Resources for the Future Inc$50,00012025
Donaldson H-Pitt Sch Soc Work$49,01812025
Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown$48,26012025
Folds of Honor Foundation$47,25012025
Vartabedian Family Foundation$46,80012025
Rodgers H for U of P & P a B$45,85412025
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$43,87412025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$43,58512025
Miller K a for Univ of PGH$42,50012025
Health and Welfare Foundation of$42,00012025
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital$40,17412025
Fisa Foundation$40,00012025
The Society for Analytical Chemists of$40,00012025
Charles F Spang Foundation$38,44412025
Univ of Pitts Observatory Fund$37,91412025
The Blanche and Dewayne Wivagg Charitable$37,50012025
Brandeis University$36,92912025
National Pancreas Foundation$35,00012025
The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust$35,00012025
The American Occupational Therapy Founda Tion Inc$33,64812025
The Barth Syndrome Foundation$33,59812025
Elva S Smith Trust Uw$32,63712025
ASN Foundation for Kidney Research$30,00012025
Cal Poly Corporation$29,94412025
George W Causey$29,09512025
Vogeley T Memorial Trust$29,05512025
Ralph W Young Family Foundation$27,00012025
The Masonic Foundation of the District$10,00012026
Eric and Tiffany Friedman Foundation$10,00012026
M Verna Butterer Educational Trust$8,16212026
Hammers C a & E W Char Ta$8,00012026
Paul O & Mary Boghossian$3,00012026
Marguerite Carl Smith Foundation 230004$2,50012026
The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation$1,00012026

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$100M$200M$300M$400M191 grants2025 9 grants2026

From 2025 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $177K (2026) to $350.0M (2025). In 2026 it made 9 grants totaling $177K.

What grants has University of Pittsburgh received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026Hispanic Scholarship FundTO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS$119,603
2026T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMULTIPLE$14,800
2026The Masonic Foundation of the DistrictSTUDENT SCHOLARSHIP$10,000
2026Eric and Tiffany Friedman FoundationEDUCATION$10,000
2026M Verna Butterer Educational TrustSCHOLARSHIP PORTION OF AWARD FOR EDUCATION$8,162
2026Hammers C a & E W Char TaSCHOLARSHIP$8,000
2026Paul O & Mary BoghossianSCHOLARSHIPS$3,000
2026Marguerite Carl Smith Foundation 230004SCHOLARSHIP/GRANTS$2,500
2026The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$1,000
2025UPMC GroupGENERAL SUPPORT$176,211,504
2025Atlantic Coast ConferenceALLOCATION OF GENERAL SUPPORT$46,304,685
2025Orland Bethel Family FoundationGENERAL OPERATING$19,000,000
2025Magee-Womens Research Institute and FoundationBiomedical research$9,490,449
2025Orland Bethel Family FoundationGENERAL OPERATING$8,700,000
2025Eye and Ear FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH$7,630,056
2025Carnegie Mellon UniversityEDUCATION/RESEARCH$6,094,507
2025Washington UniversityRESEARCH$5,953,482
2025University of ChicagoSUBAWARD$4,390,018
2025Bradford Educational FoundationSUPPORTED ORGANIZATION$3,354,776
2025Vanderbilt University Medical CenterGeneral$3,155,743
2025Northwestern UniversitySupport of research activities$3,075,791
2025American Heart Association IncResearch$2,982,095
2025The Breast Cancer Research Foundation IncMEDICAL RESEARCH$2,868,391
2025The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationPROGRAM SUPPORT$2,335,429
2025The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkResearch$2,318,156
2025Yale UniversitySUBAWARD - SPONSORED RESEARCH$2,196,012
2025President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeSPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD$2,156,151
2025Emory UniversityRESEARCH/SUBCONTRACT$1,953,541
2025Cornell UniversityResearch$1,917,279
2025Family Health International IncHIV RELATED RESEARCH$1,774,332

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds University of Pittsburgh?

University of Pittsburgh is funded by 182 grantmakers, led by UPMC Group ($176.2M), Atlantic Coast Conference ($46.3M), Orland Bethel Family Foundation ($27.7M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $350.2M in grants to University of Pittsburgh between 2025–2026.

Who is University of Pittsburgh's largest funder?

UPMC Group is the largest recorded funder of University of Pittsburgh, with $176.2M across 1 grant (2025).

How much grant funding has University of Pittsburgh received?

IRS 990 filings record $350.2M in grants to University of Pittsburgh across 200 grants from 182 funders between 2025–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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