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Grant recipient EIN 83-1255489Youth development

Who funds Reading Ready Pittsburgh?

21 private foundations gave Reading Ready Pittsburgh in Homestead, PA $981,676 across 50 grants, in tax years 2019 to 2025.

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Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2019 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

50 grants

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

  1. The Benter FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2025

    Support for dolly parton imagination library program in the city of pittsburgh

    $60,000
  2. Earl Knudsen UA Char FDNPittsburgh, PA 2025

    General support

    $5,000
  3. Zan & Evelyn Myers FoundationMcMurray, PA 2025

    Assistance

    $5,000
  4. Posner Foundation of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Unrestricted/ general use

    $75,000
  5. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Dolly parton imagination library monthly book gifting program for pittsburgh children

    $65,000
  6. The Benter FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Support for dolly parton imagination library program in the city of pittsburgh

    $60,000
  7. The Birmingham FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Fall 2024 grant - raising readers in south PGH

    $30,000
  8. The Buhl FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    To support expanded, free access to dolly parton's imagination library for northside youth

    $25,000
  9. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    To support efforts encouraging early literacy and family engagement

    $25,000
  10. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    To support planning efforts to ensure reading ready pittsburgh's future strength

    $10,000
  11. Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-AgyPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General operating

    $10,000
  12. Sunstone FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,000
  13. Howard & Nell E Miller FoundatPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  14. Sunstone FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)

    $2,376
  15. Isadore & Yetta Joshowitz Charitable FoundationBraddock, PA 2024

    Unrestricted

    $250
  16. The Benter FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Support of dpil book costs in 2024 and general operating support for RRP

    $65,000
  17. Posner Foundation of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Unrestricted/ general use

    $50,000
  18. The Benter FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Startup costs for dolly parton imagination library program in the city of pittsburgh

    $32,000
  19. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Interim support for dolly parton's imagination library program

    $32,000
  20. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    To support efforts encouraging early literacy and family engagement

    $25,000
  21. Nimick Forbesway FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    Free Book Store and Family Friendly Spaces

    $25,000
  22. The Jack Buncher FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Part a - summer reading program

    $15,000
  23. The Benter FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Support of a consulting plan for administration of dpil in city of pittsburgh in 2024 and beyond

    $10,000
  24. The Jack Buncher FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Part b - operations / regular programs

    $10,000
  25. The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh, PA 2023

    To support reading ready pittsburghs early literacy program in the mon valley

    $10,000
  26. Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-AgyPittsburgh, PA 2023

    General operating

    $10,000
  27. Earl Knudsen UA Char FDNPittsburgh, PA 2023

    General operating

    $5,000
  28. Isadore & Yetta Joshowitz Charitable FoundationBraddock, PA 2023

    Unrestricted

    $250
  29. Wabtec FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    General support

    $50
  30. Posner Foundation of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA 2022

    Unrestricted/ general use

    $50,000
  31. The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh, PA 2022

    To support and empower the child care professionals and families of young children to meet the early literacy needs in homestead, braddock, duquesne and surrounding communities

    $20,000
  32. Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable TrustPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General support

    $15,000
  33. Howard & Nell E Miller FoundatPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General support

    $10,000
  34. Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-AgyPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General operating

    $10,000
  35. Posner Foundation of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA 2021

    Unrestricted/ general use

    $45,000
  36. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2021

    To support efforts encouraging early literacy and family engagement

    $20,000
  37. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2021

    To support various local organizations during the pandemic

    $12,500
  38. Neal Martin Christensen FoundationButler, PA 2021

    General purpose

    $10,000
  39. Campbell Educational and Community FoundationWest Homestead, PA 2021

    Support the dolly parton imagination library in the steel valley community

    $5,000
  40. Earl Knudsen UA Char FDNPittsburgh, PA 2021

    General operating

    $2,500
  41. The Snyder Family FundWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500
  42. Isadore & Yetta Joshowitz Charitable FoundationBraddock, PA 2021

    Unrestricted

    $250
  43. Posner Foundation of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA 2020

    Unrestricted/ general use

    $30,000
  44. Neal Martin Christensen FoundationButler, PA 2020

    General purpose

    $20,000
  45. The Grable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2020

    To support efforts encouraging early literacy and family engagement

    $15,000
  46. Nimick Forbesway FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    Summer read with me for homestead, west homestead, whittaker program

    $10,000
  47. Howard & Nell E Miller FoundatPittsburgh, PA 2020

    General purpose

    $5,000
  48. Campbell Educational and Community FoundationWest Homestead, PA 2020

    Support raising a reader in the steel valley community

    $5,000
  49. Campbell Educational and Community FoundationWest Homestead, PA 2019

    Support raising a reader in the steel valley community

    $12,000
  50. J B Finley Charitable TrustPittsburgh, PA 2019

    Dparton imagination library

    $10,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

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

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 92 grants Preselected only $8,873 to similar organizations
  2. McElhattan FoundationPittsburgh, PA 23 grants Accepts applications $813,500 to similar organizations
  3. Richard King Mellon FoundationLigonier, PA 32 grants Accepts applications $9,471,000 to similar organizations
  4. Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 DBA Staunton Farm FoundationPittsburgh, PA 17 grants Accepts applications $470,145 to similar organizations
  5. Eqt FoundationCanonsburg, PA 15 grants Accepts applications $123,767 to similar organizations
  6. Dick's Sporting Goods FoundationCoraopolis, PA 11 grants Accepts applications $159,750 to similar organizations
  7. James Frances McCandless TrustPittsburgh, PA 8 grants Accepts applications $130,676 to similar organizations
  8. Virginia A McKee for Poor FundPittsburgh, PA 6 grants Accepts applications $87,151 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 83-1255489 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.