Public Charity

TRYING TOGETHER

TRYING TOGETHER is a Public Charity headquartered in PITTSBURGH, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $5.6M revenue, $6.9M expenses, $3.8M total assets. 31 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 256089906 PITTSBURGH, PA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.6M
Total Expenses$6.9M
Total Assets$3.8M
Grant Records31
Funding Total$2.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TRYING TOGETHER SUPPORTS HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO INTERACT WITH THEM.

Where $100 goes at Trying Together

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

$87 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $87 for programs

$87
Continuous quality improvement in the early childhood profession is vital to achieving the optimal development of children
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 15,000 hours of professional
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Angela Carducci
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Cara Ciminillo
TREASURER Dan Waltman
VICE-PRESIDENT Jennifer Beer
SECRETARY Julie Paden
DIRECTOR Kavita Iyengar

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Top Grant Purposes

Education
$1,660,039 18 grants
Human & Social Services
$573,994 9 grants
Youth Development
$43,000 1 grant
General Support
$20,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$48,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.6M $6.9M $3.8M
2024 $5.4M $6.5M $4.8M
2023 $8.3M $6.4M $6.1M
2022 $7.4M $6.8M $5.4M
2021 $12.7M $11.9M $3.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $12.7M to $5.6M (-56%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.8M.

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