Pennsylvania · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 2,185 funders that made 24,490 grants totaling $5.1B to 1,699 education organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $5.1B
Funders 2,185
Grants 24,490
Organizations funded 1,699

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Upmc Group
114 grants to 40 organizations · largest $176.2M · through 2024 · 91.8% of their giving
$793.9M
2. Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools
397 grants to 114 organizations · largest $10.1M · through 2024 · 34.4% of their giving
$142.0M
3. Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund
672 grants to 180 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 50.9% of their giving
$104.9M
4. Dietrich Foundation
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $12.9M · through 2024 · 33.5% of their giving
$76.1M
5. The Pew Charitable Trusts
93 grants to 28 organizations · largest $13.7M · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$92.0M
6. Temple University Hospital Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $28.0M · through 2024 · 29.4% of their giving
$49.3M
7. Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia
58 grants to 12 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 53.0% of their giving
$43.8M
8. The ASC Trust at the University of Pennsylvania
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $9.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$37.6M
9. Eye and Ear Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $8.6M · through 2024 · 96.1% of their giving
$34.5M
10. Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $9.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$34.4M
11. The Pittsburgh Foundation
421 grants to 154 organizations · largest $6.2M · through 2024 · 15.4% of their giving
$44.5M
12. Cabrini Legacy Corporation
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $19.3M · through 2023 · 94.5% of their giving
$19.4M
13. Big East Conference Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.4M · through 2024 · 10.4% of their giving
$33.5M
14. Bradford Educational Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.4M
15. The Childrens Institute Foundation
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $4.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.8M
16. Kipp Administrative Services Corporation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 98.1% of their giving
$12.1M
17. The Philadelphia Foundation
399 grants to 149 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$21.7M
18. United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
170 grants to 43 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 14.1% of their giving
$14.7M
19. Sandia Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 44.9% of their giving
$10.1M
20. Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.9M · through 2024 · 41.9% of their giving
$8.7M
21. Westmoreland Drug & Alcohol Commission
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 27.9% of their giving
$7.8M
22. Geneva College Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.7M
23. Delaware Valley Educational Telecommunications Network
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 75.0% of their giving
$7.4M
24. Jack G Buncher Charitable Fund for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.4M
25. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
69 grants to 30 organizations · largest $20.1M · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$25.9M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 18 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 education 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 education funding in Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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