Pennsylvania · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 597 funders that made 3,557 grants totaling $468.8M to 559 community improvement organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $468.8M
Funders 597
Grants 3,557
Organizations funded 559

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Pennsylvania Cdfi Network
87 grants to 23 organizations · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 44.9% of their giving
$43.5M
2. Project Management Institute Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6.6M · through 2024 · 89.5% of their giving
$28.6M
3. PA Irc Network Foundation
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $975K · through 2024 · 34.3% of their giving
$13.2M
4. Tec Centro Workforce Network
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 55.9% of their giving
$5.9M
5. McAuley Ministries
40 grants to 9 organizations · largest $717K · through 2024 · 17.2% of their giving
$5.4M
6. Grand Chapter of PA Endowment Corporation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.9M
7. Friendship House
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.8M
8. Commonwealth Cornerstone Group
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$5.0M
9. Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $720K · through 2024 · 17.1% of their giving
$3.3M
10. The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 15.8% of their giving
$3.6M
11. The Pittsburgh Foundation
152 grants to 71 organizations · largest $561K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$11.1M
12. Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2020 · 39.3% of their giving
$1.9M
13. Erie Community Foundation
66 grants to 21 organizations · largest $610K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$5.4M
14. Firetree Ltd
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $408K · through 2021 · 81.6% of their giving
$1.2M
15. Lawrenceville Corporation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 63.7% of their giving
$1.2M
16. Philadelphia Works Inc
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$7.6M
17. Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2019 · 96.5% of their giving
$1.0M
18. Pidc Financing Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
19. First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania
54 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2025 · 7.4% of their giving
$2.2M
20. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
45 grants to 17 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$3.9M
21. The Philadelphia Foundation
105 grants to 49 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$5.9M
22. The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
49 grants to 10 organizations · largest $301K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$3.7M
23. Midwest Urban Strategies
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $357K · through 2024 · 13.9% of their giving
$866K
24. American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $413K · through 2024 · 14.9% of their giving
$729K
25. The Arc Alliance Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $441K · through 2024 · 32.2% of their giving
$514K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement work in Pennsylvania, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 13 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering community improvement work, with an address in Pennsylvania. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable community improvement funding in Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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