Public Charity

DIETRICH FOUNDATION

Based in PITTSBURGH, PA, DIETRICH FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $107.3M in revenue, $56.4M in expenses, $1.5B in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 112 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $274.1M.

EIN: 364711746 PITTSBURGH, PA Private Grantmaking Foundations NTEE: T20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$107.3M
Total Expenses$56.4M
Total Assets$1.5B
Grants Given112
Grant Total$274.1M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE DIETRICH FOUNDATION (THE "FOUNDATION") IS TO BENEFIT HIGHER EDUCATION, PRIMARILY IN THE GREATER PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA AREA, BY PROVIDING ONGOING AND INCREASING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, THIEL COLLEGE, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, AND CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. THE FOUNDATION SHALL ALSO FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY PROVIDING ONGOING AND INCREASING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SEE SCHEDULE A, PART I, FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS.

Where $100 goes at Dietrich Foundation

How Dietrich Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $88 for programs

$88
Per the declaration of trust dated august 23, 2011 of william s
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Dietrich Foundation

Rarely funds new orgs Every recent recipient had been funded before (2022–2024).

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Sample Grants Given

PITTSBURGH, PA · 2024
STEM, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCIENCE PROGRAMS, FACULTY NEEDS
$24,307,999
PITTSBURGH, PA · 2024
ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM AND GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT
$11,358,878
GREENVILLE, PA · 2024
HONORS COLLEGE CURRICULUM
$2,271,776
PITTSBURGH, PA · 2024
COMMUNITY SUPPORT GENERATION
$1,647,038
PRINCETON, NJ · 2024
SCHOLARSHIPS/ECONOMICS
$1,363,065

Showing up to 5 of 112 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

COMMUNITY TRUSTEE, PRESIDE Edward J Grefenstette
EDUCATIONAL TRUSTEE/CHAIRM Eric C Johnson
COMMUNITY TRUSTEE Eva Blum
EDUCATIONAL TRUSTEE Farnam Jahanian
EDUCATIONAL TRUSTEE Jeanne Cunicelli
EDUCATIONAL TRUSTEE Joan Gabel

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Top Grant Purposes

Education
$171,334,022 40 grants
Health & Medicine
$62,988,850 7 grants
General Support
$12,675,752 16 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$12,340,428 1 grant
Youth Development
$6,509,169 16 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $107.3M $56.4M $1.5B
2023 $94.3M $61.8M $1.5B
2022 $82.6M $51.5M $1.5B
2021 $167.0M $41.5M $1.7B
2020 $93.5M $36.3M $1.4B

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $93.5M to $107.3M (+15%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.5B.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in NJ, PA.

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