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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 25-6012303

Allegheny Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 88 grants and $24.1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Mr Matthew A Groll - Allegheny Foun
One Oxford Centre - 301 Grant, Street Suite 3900
Pittsburgh, PA 152196401
(412) 392-2900
Form and materials
See statement 15
Deadlines
See statement 15
Restrictions
See statement 15

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $24,065,500

    Grants listed
    88
    Assets, end of year
    $374,834,823

  • Tax year 2023

    $23,567,462

    Grants listed
    98
    Assets, end of year
    $366,453,600

  • Tax year 2022

    $23,829,000

    Grants listed
    91
    Assets, end of year
    $365,651,925

  • Tax year 2021

    $26,962,000

    Grants listed
    91
    Assets, end of year
    $387,083,560

  • Tax year 2020

    $22,835,800

    Grants listed
    104
    Assets, end of year
    $362,774,191

Grants paid in 2024

88 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA

    Capital support

    $2,750,000
  2. Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA

    Capital campaign support

    $2,500,000
  3. Rivers of Steel Heritage CorporationHomestead, PA

    Capital campaign support

    $2,500,000
  4. Children's Museum of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Capital support

    $750,000
  5. Pressley RidgePittsburgh, PA

    Capital support

    $750,000
  6. Primary Care Health ServicesPittsburgh, PA

    Capital campaign support

    $750,000
  7. Imani Christian AcademyPittsburgh, PA

    Captial support

    $683,000
  8. Neighborhood AcademyPittsburgh, PA

    Capital campaign support

    $650,000
  9. Allegheny County Parks FoundationPittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $500,000
  10. Kiskiminetas Springs School (the Kiski School)Saltsburg, PA

    General operating support

    $500,000
  11. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the UnionMount Vernon, VA

    Project support

    $500,000
  12. Jewish Community Center of Greater PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $400,000
  13. Trade Institute of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $375,000
  14. Extra Mile Education Foundation IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $350,000
  15. Laurel Highlands Workforce & Opportunity Center IncGreensburg, PA

    General operating support

    $345,000
  16. Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy AlternativesHarrisburg, PA

    General operating support

    $325,000
  17. Young America's FoundationReston, VA

    Program support

    $280,000
  18. Imani Christian AcademyPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $275,000
  19. City Mission-Living StonesUniontown, PA

    Capital support

    $254,000
  20. Hosanna House IncWilkinsburg, PA

    Capital campaign support

    $250,000
  21. Nazareth PrepPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $250,000
  22. Westmoreland County Community College Educational Foundation IncYoungwood, PA

    Capital support

    $250,000
  23. Education PartnershipPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $225,000
  24. Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA

    Program support

    $225,000
  25. River City Brass Band BNY Mellon CenterPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support and program support

    $225,000
  26. Fairness Center IncHarrisburg, PA

    General operating support

    $215,000
  27. Allegheny Institute for Public PolicyPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  28. Boy Scouts of America Laurel Highlands CouncilPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $200,000
  29. City of McKeesportMcKeesport, PA

    Project support

    $200,000
  30. Greater Pittsburgh Community Food BankDuquesne, PA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  31. Mary and Alexander Laughlin Children's CenterSewickley, PA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  32. Real Clear FoundationNorthbrook, IL

    Program support

    $200,000
  33. Strickland Global Leadership InstitutePittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  34. Westmoreland Land TrustLatrobe, PA

    Project support

    $200,000
  35. Westmoreland Museum of ArtGreensburg, PA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  36. Adelphoi USA IncLatrobe, PA

    Project support

    $182,500
  37. Hear FoundationPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $180,000
  38. Foundation for California University of PennsylvaniaCalifornia, PA

    Program support

    $175,500
  39. Franklin News FoundationChicago, IL

    General operating support

    $175,000
  40. Intercollegiate Studies Institute IncWilmington, DE

    Project support

    $170,000
  41. 412 Food Rescue IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  42. Construction Junction IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  43. Family Guidance IncCranberry Township, PA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  44. Landforce (pittsburgh Conservation Corps)Pittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $150,000
  45. Pittsburgh Opera IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  46. Preservation PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $150,000
  47. Railroaders Heritage CorporationAltoona, PA

    Capital support

    $150,000
  48. Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh IncPittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $125,000
  49. Pittsburgh Botanic GardenOakdale, PA

    General operating support

    $125,000
  50. Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $120,000
  51. Pittsburgh Symphony IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $110,000
  52. Adventures in Training with A PurposeWexford, PA

    Program support

    $100,000
  53. Alan Iw Frank House Foundation (western Pennsylvania Conservancy)Pittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $100,000
  54. Bill of Rights InstituteArlington, VA

    Program support

    $100,000
  55. Bottle Works Ethnic Arts CenterJohnstown, PA

    Capital support

    $100,000
  56. Crossroads FoundationPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  57. Family House IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  58. Grow PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $100,000
  59. Light of Life Ministries IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  60. Neighborhood AcademyPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  61. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  62. Pittsburgh Public Theater CorporationPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  63. Reading Is Fundamental PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  64. Salvation ArmyCarnegie, PA

    Program support

    $100,000
  65. Steel City Squash IncPittsburgh, PA

    Capital support

    $100,000
  66. Tom Johnson Boys' Academy of the Mon ValleyPittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $100,000
  67. Westmoreland County Food Bank IncDelmont, PA

    Program support

    $100,000
  68. Blessing BoardPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $90,000
  69. Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of ArtChadds Ford, PA

    Program support

    $87,500
  70. Mountain Watershed Association Po Box 408Melcroft, PA

    Project support

    $85,000
  71. BF Jones Memorial LibraryAliquippa, PA

    Capital support

    $75,000
  72. Foundation for Economic Education IncAtlanta, GA

    Program support

    $75,000
  73. Industrial Arts Workshop IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  74. Philanthropy RoundtableWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $75,000
  75. Pittsburgh ProjectPittsburgh, PA

    Capital support

    $75,000
  76. Westmoreland Land TrustLatrobe, PA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  77. Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $70,000
  78. Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research IncHarrisburg, PA

    General operating support

    $70,000
  79. Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and LibertyGrand Rapids, MI

    Program support

    $67,000
  80. Mercatus Center IncArlington, VA

    Program support

    $50,000
  81. Boy Scouts of America Westmoreland-Fayette CouncilGreensburg, PA

    General operating support

    $40,000
  82. Foundation for Free Enterprise EducationErie, PA

    Program support

    $40,000
  83. Pittsburgh Hires VeteransPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $35,000
  84. Bender Leadership AcademyCoraopolis, PA

    Program support

    $25,000
  85. Operation Troop AppreciationWest Mifflin, PA

    Program support

    $25,000
  86. Pittsburgh Youth LeadershipPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $25,000
  87. Extra Mile Education Foundation IncPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $8,500
  88. Crop and KettleAmbridge, PA

    Program support

    $7,500

Approved for future payment

11 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Kiskiminetas Springs School (the Kiski School)Saltsburg, PA

    General operating support

    $1,000,000
  2. Nazareth PrepPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $500,000
  3. Reading Is Fundamental PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $200,000
  4. Tom Johnson Boys' Academy of the Mon ValleyPittsburgh, PA

    Project support

    $200,000
  5. Westmoreland Land TrustLatrobe, PA

    General operating support

    $157,000
  6. Education PartnershipPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $150,000
  7. Landforce (pittsburgh Conservation Corps)Pittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $150,000
  8. 412 Food Rescue IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $100,000
  9. Boy Scouts of America Laurel Highlands CouncilPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $100,000
  10. Industrial Arts Workshop IncPittsburgh, PA

    General operating support

    $75,000
  11. Extra Mile Education Foundation IncPittsburgh, PA

    Program support

    $725

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education19 grants $6,507,00036% of the total
  2. Arts and culture12 grants $4,922,50027% of the total
  3. Human services9 grants $1,846,50010% of the total
  4. Health3 grants $1,050,0006% of the total
  5. Jobs and employment5 grants $692,5004% of the total
  6. Community development2 grants $575,0003% of the total
  7. 9 other causes20 grants $2,497,00014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania78 grants $22,373,500
  2. Virginia4 grants $930,000
  3. Illinois2 grants $375,000
  4. Delaware1 grant $170,000
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $75,000
  6. Georgia1 grant $75,000
  7. Michigan1 grant $67,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Matthew A GrollCHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE Hours 40Pay $434,750
  • Lisa OrlandoSECRETARY Hours 40Pay $160,750
  • Michael W GlebaTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $16,000
  • James RohrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Peter StephaichTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christine TorettiTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $12,000

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