Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Pennsylvania

6,791
foundations
$5.07B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
1,282
say they accept unsolicited
$10,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 6,791 foundations based in Pennsylvania — 6,558 private foundations and 233 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $5.07 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 1,282 of them (19%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Pittsburgh (3,287), Philadelphia (451) and Lancaster (161).

1,282 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Pennsylvania.

Top 25 of 6,791 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 1,257 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Pennsylvania
GlaxoSmithKline Patient AccessPhiladelphia, PA$933.4M$842.9M$842.9M–$1.02BNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$41,501$148.8M$30–$14.4MWithin 5% over 3 yearsFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA$216,722$134.4M$250–$3.4MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Richard King Mellon FoundationLigonier, PA$220,000$116.7M$2,000–$10MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA$20,000$88.8M$75–$5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh, PA$70,000$85.4M$1,500–$6MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Pnc FoundationPittsburgh, PA$79.8M$78.8M$78.8M–$80.8MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Comcast NBCUniversal FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$50.6M$50.6M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sarah Scaife Foundation IncorporatedPittsburgh, PA$200,000$45.3M$27,000–$1.2MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
McCune Foundation Pnc Bank NAPittsburgh, PA$170,000$41.8M$12,600–$9.4MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Posner Foundation of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$100,000$25.4M$1,140–$3MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Allegheny FoundationPittsburgh, PA$150,000$24.1M$7,500–$2.8MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Colcom FoundationPittsburgh, PA$62,500$21M$5,000–$2.9MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Jack Buncher FoundationPittsburgh, PA$20,224$21M$575–$2.5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Edith L Trees Tw Char TR Art XPittsburgh, PA$19.5M$19.5M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Highmark FoundationPittsburgh, PA$10,000$18.7M$900–$5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Champlin FoundationPittsburgh, PA$49,750$18.1M$2,232–$700,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Dick's Sporting Goods FoundationCoraopolis, PA$5,000$18M$626–$2.5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hamilton Family Charitable TrustWayne, PA$17M$17M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The McCausland FoundationLafayette Hill, PA$15.9M$15.9M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Connelly FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA$15,000$15.4M$500–$2.6MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Eden Hall FoundationPittsburgh, PA$14.7M$14.7M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter FoundationRadnor, PA$30,000$14.4M$1,500–$1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Cigna Group FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$250$14.1M$3–$540,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Claude Worthington Benedum FoundationPittsburgh, PA$75,000$14M$500–$348,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.