Playground towers, slides and climbing frames in a park

Grant recipient EIN 45-2831126Youth development

Who funds Connecting Champions?

26 private foundations gave Connecting Champions in Pittsburgh, PA $1.4 million across 53 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

53 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Honda USA FoundationTorrance, CA 2025

    Connecting champions provides personalized career-based mentoring for adolescents and young adults impacted by cancer. Through one-on-one mentorships, participants receive tailored guidance, skill-building opportunities, and long-term support to pursue educational, career, and personal goals despite the challenges of treatment and survivorship. By partnering with hospitals and professionals from hundreds of career fields, the program helps young people build confidence, strengthen social connections, explore accessible career paths, and advance their educational, economic, and social mobility.

    $40,000
  2. Shear Family Foundation IncPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Cancer journey support

    $76,000
  3. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Earned income strategic planning for organization sustainability

    $50,000
  4. The Myrtle Forsha Memorial TrustPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General support

    $30,000
  5. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    To support a mentoring program for children with cancer

    $20,000
  6. The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh, PA 2024

    To expand an evidence-based, outcomes-driven workforce readiness mentoring program to adolescents and young adults who have had a cancer diagnosis

    $20,000
  7. Mylan Charitable FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  8. Cla FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    General operating

    $10,000
  9. The Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationMayfield Heights, OH 2024

    Operating support

    $10,000
  10. Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West VirginiaHuntington, WV 2024

    Connecting champions will launch its mentorship program at hoops children's hospital in huntington, WV, and at charleston area medical center in charleston. Funds will support program staffing to provide outreach, program evaluation, and personalized curriculum. Funds also will support supplies for a passion project activity that mentor and mentee will design collaboratively.

    $6,000
  11. The Burke FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General

    $5,000
  12. Earl Knudsen UA Char FDNPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Mentoring program

    $5,000
  13. The Burke Family FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General

    $5,000
  14. Philadelphia Insurance Companies FDNBala Cynwyd, PA 2024

    General charitable purpose

    $5,000
  15. The Burke FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General

    $100
  16. The Burke Family FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General

    $100
  17. Richard King Mellon FoundationLigonier, PA 2023

    Toward 18-month support to scale a career-focused mentoring program customized to survivors of childhood cancer

    $200,000
  18. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Earned income strategic planning for organization sustainability

    $75,000
  19. Shear Family Foundation IncPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Cancer journey support

    $75,000
  20. The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh, PA 2023

    To expand an evidence-based, outcomes-driven workforce readiness mentoring program for children and adolescents in southwestern pa who have had a cancer diagnosis

    $40,000
  21. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    To support a mentoring program for children with cancer

    $20,000
  22. Cla FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  23. The Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationMayfield Heights, OH 2023

    Operating support-career focused mentorship

    $10,000
  24. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $105
  25. Richard King Mellon FoundationLigonier, PA 2022

    To provide career-based mentors for young people who are undergoing cancer treatment

    $125,000
  26. The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh, PA 2022

    For support building our financial and leadership sustainability

    $30,000
  27. The Myrtle Forsha Memorial TrustPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General support

    $25,000
  28. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2022

    To support a mentoring program for children with cancer

    $20,000
  29. Earl Knudsen UA Char FDNPittsburgh, PA 2022

    Mentoring program

    $10,000
  30. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $160
  31. The Burke FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General

    $148
  32. The Burke Family FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General

    $147
  33. Shear Family Foundation IncPittsburgh, PA 2021

    Expansion of program

    $75,000
  34. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2021

    To support various local organizations during the pandemic

    $50,000
  35. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2021

    To support a mentoring program for children with cancer

    $20,000
  36. The Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationMayfield Heights, OH 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  37. Arthur J Gallagher FoundationRolling Meadows, IL 2021

    General exempt purpose

    $200
  38. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $116
  39. Richard King Mellon FoundationLigonier, PA 2020

    Toward support of operations

    $125,000
  40. The Myrtle Forsha Memorial TrustPittsburgh, PA 2020

    Friendship marches

    $22,500
  41. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2020

    To support a mentoring program for children with cancer

    $20,000
  42. Massmutual Foundation IncSpringfield, MA 2020

    Exempt purpose

    $10,000
  43. The Mascaro Family FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2020

    To support the cause

    $1,000
  44. Equitrans Midstream FoundationCanonsburg, PA 2020

    Matching gift

    $500
  45. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $75
  46. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $65
  47. The Burke FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2020

    General

    $25
  48. The Burke Family FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2020

    General

    $25
  49. Ernest & Mae Sanctis FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2019

    General operating needs

    $80,000
  50. James Frances McCandless TrustPittsburgh, PA 2019

    Creating impactful

    $25,000
  51. The Greater Sum IncJacksonville, FL 2019

    Health

    $20,000
  52. Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 DBA Staunton Farm FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2019

    Building capacity by coaching a program employee in grant writing and seeking

    $10,000
  53. Ovid D Robinson Charitable TrustPittsburgh, PA 2018

    General support

    $20,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other youth development organizations in Pittsburgh, PA and are not among Connecting Champions’s funders above.

  1. McElhattan FoundationPittsburgh, PA 23 grants Accepts applications $813,500 to similar organizations
  2. Eqt FoundationCanonsburg, PA 15 grants Accepts applications $123,767 to similar organizations
  3. The Buhl FoundationPittsburgh, PA 23 grants Accepts applications $2,088,750 to similar organizations
  4. Dick's Sporting Goods FoundationCoraopolis, PA 11 grants Accepts applications $159,750 to similar organizations
  5. Virginia A McKee for Poor FundPittsburgh, PA 6 grants Accepts applications $87,151 to similar organizations
  6. Opportunity FoundationPittsburgh, PA 5 grants Accepts applications $60,000 to similar organizations
  7. Dollar Bank FoundationPittsburgh, PA 7 grants Accepts applications $57,956 to similar organizations
  8. Wabtec FoundationPittsburgh, PA 6 grants Accepts applications $30,128 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 45-2831126 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.