Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 31-1711937. Reported 133 grants totalling $2,986,721 to 103 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $645,405. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached Statement | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,331,161 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $85,000 | 4 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Pgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family & Community Service of Pgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $37,000 | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art | Altoona, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Winchester Thurston | Pittsburgh, PA | $22,500 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Western Pa Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $22,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jdc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eye and Ear Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greater Pgh Community Food Bank | Duquesne, PA | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tree of Life Congregation | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women's Center & Shelter of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| 412 Food Rescue Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel | Teaneck, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Assistance Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pennfuture | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Secure Community Network | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Squirrel Hill Health Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tree of Life Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 412 Friends of Zahal | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| City Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Classrooms Without Borders | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eradicate Hate Global Summit | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gasp | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hillel Jewish University Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Allegheny County Parks Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carnegie Museum of Natural History | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Congregation Poale Zedeck | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| East End Cooperative Ministry | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Residential Services | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| North Hills Community Outreach | Allison Park, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| PBS Foundation | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Propel Schools Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| South Hills Interfaith Movement | Bethel Park, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wqed Multimedia | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Literacy Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| NPR | Baltimore, MD | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Glass Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hearth | Glenshaw, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Am Committee for the Weizmann Inst | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carnegie Mellon Univesrity - Heinz School | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hias | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Homeless Children's Education Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Youth Leadership | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Steel City Squash | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wesa | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aleph Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boca Helping Hands | Boca Raton, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friendship Circle | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Catholic Center for Holocaust Ed | Greensburg, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rand Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Technion Society | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Tee Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dollar Energy Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family House | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family Links | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Film Pittsburgh (jfilm) | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Chronicle | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Loyalhanna Watershed Association | Ligonier, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Public Theater | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Public Source | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stand With US | Pasadena, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Working Groupnot in Our Town | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Urban Academy | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grantmakers of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $560 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fame | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Frick Art & Historical Society | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Cemetery & Burial Assn of Gr Pgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Parkinson Foundation of Western Pa | Cranberry Twp, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Persad Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Venture Outdoors | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Beth Shalom Cemetery | Pittsburgh, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Temple Beth El of Boca Raton | Boca Raton, FL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Charity Navigator | Harlan, IA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
1 of 103 (1%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
1/2 GENERAL OPERATING AND 1/2 SUPPORT OF DONALD M ROBINSON BIENNIAL - Jdc
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUPPORT OF BUILDING IN JERUSALEM - Women's Center & Shelter of Pittsburgh
VICTIM'S SERVICES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER - Eradicate Hate Global Summit
IN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL SUMMIT - Congregation Poale Zedeck
PLEDGE PAYMENT IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY EGRESS TOWER - Jewish Residential Services
MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 82 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $531,076 | $531,076 |
| 2022 | 1 | $645,405 | $645,405 |
| 2023 | 1 | $580,240 | $580,240 |
| 2024 | 1 | $574,440 | $574,440 |
| 2025 | 129 | $655,560 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 5252, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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