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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-7436765

The Griffith Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $355,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $355,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $8,135,068

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $8,178,362

  • Tax year 2022

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $7,007,933

  • Tax year 2021

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,469,920

  • Tax year 2020

    $75,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,149,111

  • Tax year 2019

    $390,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,903,763

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Chesapeake Bay Foundation IncAnnapolis, MD

    General operating

    $75,000
  2. ALS Association Greater New YorkNew York, NY

    General operating purposes

    $55,000
  3. James A Michener Art MuseumDoylestown, PA

    General operating

    $50,000
  4. St Paul's Episcopal ChurchCentreville, MD

    General operating

    $25,000
  5. Nature SacredBaltimore, MD

    General operating

    $25,000
  6. Washington College - CesChestertown, MD

    General operating

    $25,000
  7. The Gunston School IncCentreville, MD

    General operating

    $25,000
  8. Queen Anne's Conservation AssociationCentreville, MD

    General operating

    $25,000
  9. HMS SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $20,000
  10. Compass Regional HospiceCentreville, MD

    General operating

    $20,000
  11. St James SchoolHagerstown, MD

    General operating

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment1 grant $75,00050% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $50,00033% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland8 grants $230,000
  2. Pennsylvania2 grants $70,000
  3. New York1 grant $55,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Alan GriffithTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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