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Pennsylvania Foundations Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 269 foundations are based in Pennsylvania and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

269foundations in this range
$1.1Bgranted between them
14,861funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Air Products FoundationAllentown$5,000568$44.6M
Connelly FoundationWest Conshohocken$10,000502$71.8M
Eqt FoundationCanonsburg$5,000371$13.4M
American Eagle Outfitters FoundationPittsburgh$5,000365$6.0M
The Grable FoundationPittsburgh$20,350353$55.0M
The Merchants Fund of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia$10,000312$5.9M
The Patricia Kind Family FoundationPhiladelphia$20,000296$15.4M
Highmark FoundationPittsburgh$20,000278$55.2M
Independence FoundationPhiladelphia$10,000263$19.4M
Opportunity FoundationPittsburgh$15,000263$9.6M
Robert H Reakirt Fdn EquitiesPittsburgh$15,000255$9.0M
Claneil Foundation IncPlymouth Meeting$15,000246$15.6M
John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158Pittsburgh$10,000233$6.3M
Dollar Bank FoundationPittsburgh$5,000219$8.2M
Rk Mellon Family FoundationLigonier$10,000216$10.6M
The Gordon Charter FoundationWayne$12,000176$5.5M
The Leo and Peggy Pierce FamilyRadnor$15,000167$9.6M
The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia$10,000164$12.7M
Giant Eagle FoundationPittsburgh$5,000142$17.2M
Penn Community Bank FoundationPerkasie$5,000133$3.5M
Wh & Althea F Remmel FoundationPittsburgh$10,000133$2.1M
The Buhl FoundationPittsburgh$15,000130$17.3M
Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable TrustPittsburgh$20,000128$12.8M
The Jack Buncher FoundationPittsburgh$20,224120$21.0M
The Allen Hilles FundRadnor$7,500118$2.9M
C F Holdship Charitable TrustPittsburgh$14,585115$3.0M
Genuardi Family FoundationBlue Bell$10,000108$11.9M
Mckinney Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$15,000107$3.7M
Massey Charitable TrustBridgeville$15,000104$7.8M
David S Shapira FoundationPittsburgh$5,125104$15.1M
Jack J Smith JR Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,000100$2.2M
Anne & Philip Glatfelter III FamilyHershey$15,00099$7.3M
John M Hopwood IrrPittsburgh$10,00096$6.7M
Lillian P Schenck Tw Lps FundPittsburgh$5,00095$2.5M
Members 1ST Charitable FoundationEnola$5,00094$581K
The Steinman FoundationLancaster$10,00092$30.0M
John E & Sue M Jackson IrrPittsburgh$17,50092$2.9M
Edward M Wilson FoundationPittsburgh$10,00090$6.9M
Robert H Spitz FoundationScranton$10,00089$3.6M
The Becket Family FoundationMalvern$5,00086$2.1M
Pottstown Regional Community FoundationPottstown$22,00084$14.5M
Josephine S Russell CharitablePittsburgh$20,00084$2.6M
E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith FWayne$6,12584$7.7M
The Fine FoundationPittsburgh$10,00083$9.6M
Rice Family FoundationHanover$5,00082$4.9M
Penn Entertainment FoundationWyomissing$5,00080$1.7M
Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40Philadelphia$8,00079$4.1M
The H Glenn Sample JR MD Memorial FundPittsburgh$10,00077$1.3M
Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-AgyPittsburgh$5,00074$5.3M
Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider FdnPittsburgh$15,00073$3.2M
John Crain Kunkel FoundationMechanicsburg$10,00072$3.1M
Buhl Regional Health FoundationHermitage$5,00072$6.6M
Grace S and W Linton NelsonRadnor$12,50070$3.4M
Cnx FoundationCanonsburg$8,14368$7.5M
Caroline Alexander Buck FoundationPhiladelphia$20,00067$3.7M
Katherine Mabis Mckenna FoundationLatrobe$20,00067$17.2M
The Wyomissing Foundation IncWyomissing$15,00066$5.3M
Kinsley FoundationSeven Valleys$8,50066$9.8M
Healthspark FoundationColmar$20,00065$3.9M
Shady Maple FoundationEast Earl$5,00064$1.7M
Adam and Maria Sarah SeybertPhiladelphia$10,00064$2.4M
Brooks FoundationPittsburgh$12,45061$1.2M
Arthur W Phillips Trust UwFranklin$15,27561$4.1M
The Smith FoundationWayne$10,00060$3.0M
Robert & Mary Weisbrod FoundationPittsburgh$10,00060$3.8M
James Frances Mccandless TrustPittsburgh$15,00058$1.3M
Howard & Nell E Miller FoundatPittsburgh$10,00058$1.5M
Link FoundationCamp Hill$6,50058$828K
Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable TrustPittsburgh$13,66757$1.0M
The William G Baker JR Memorial FundPittsburgh$15,00057$6.9M
The Edwin J and Barbara R BerkowitzBryn Mawr$6,00056$3.7M
The Lida FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00055$2.1M
Rockwell FoundationPittsburgh$10,00054$3.1M
Philip & Patricia Muck Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$10,00054$6.6M
Joseph Alexander Foundation IncFt Washington$10,00054$4.2M
The Stackpole-Hall FoundationSaint Marys$13,85053$6.5M
M J Surgala TrErie$10,00052$2.9M
Robert C Hoffman Tw CharitablePittsburgh$8,00052$1.6M
Penn Treaty Special Service DistrictPhiladelphia$9,67552$3.9M
Orris C&b Dewey Hirtzel Memorial FdPittsburgh$7,50051$5.0M
The Lester G Abeloff FoundationStroudsburg$5,00051$6.5M
Silverback Educational Foundation forNewtown Square$15,58348$12.6M
The Kris Rockwell FoundationPittsburgh$10,00048$16.8M
Vna Foundation of Greater North PennLansdale$11,37547$3.1M
Rosenlund Family Foundation Inv MgrPhiladelphia$5,00047$1.4M
Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable TrustPittsburgh$15,00046$2.4M
Margaret Briggs FoundationScranton$10,00046$3.7M
Union Benevolent AssociationPhiladelphia$8,50045$942K
Rossin FoundationPittsburgh$10,00045$10.3M
Ferree FoundationLancaster$18,50044$3.8M
Dexter F and Dorothy H BakerAllentown$10,00044$3.5M
Bruce R & Madelyn G Snyder FoundationRed Lion$5,00044$2.5M
Maslow Family Foundation IncKingston$10,00044$3.8M
Pittsburgh Child Guidance FoundationPittsburgh$9,75044$1.1M
George M and Pamela S Humphrey FundPhiladelphia$10,00044$8.2M
Essa Bank & Trust FoundationStroudsburg$10,00043$10.0M
Flora Dale Krouse FoundationPittsburgh$7,50043$690K
Carnahan-Jackson FoundationErie$20,00042$2.7M
Stockton Rush Bartol FoundationPhiladelphia$6,00042$778K
Stewart Alexander MD Fdn Tr UdeedPittsburgh$9,54042$1.9M
The Fine FundPittsburgh$10,00042$1.3M
Edith J Goode Residuary Trust Pnc Bank N aPittsburgh$7,50042$481K
Hoyt FoundationNew Castle$6,50041$6.7M
Negley Flinn Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$17,50041$3.3M
Vesta FundGwynedd Valley$10,00041$2.4M
Anne B Sweigart Charitable FoundationLancaster$5,00040$1.4M
The Efm FoundationNewtown Square$15,00040$4.4M
Calvary FoundationMcmurray$7,50040$889K
Walter E & Caroline H Watson TrustPittsburgh$10,00040$1.9M
Morel Family FoundationDoylestown$10,00040$12.0M
Jeanne & Richard Kaskey FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00040$1.6M
The Topper FoundationAllentown$6,50039$7.3M
Health and Welfare Foundation ofWest Grove$5,00039$676K
Glenn & Ruth Mengle Foundation TrustIndiana$10,00039$3.2M
The Graham FoundationYork$5,00038$13.2M
Robert Y Moffat Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,00038$2.1M
Charles W & Laura B Frick IrrPittsburgh$10,00037$963K
Edwin D Northrup II FundPittsburgh$10,00037$572K
Willis and Elsie Shenk FoundationLancaster$5,00036$2.8M
The Francis J Dixon FoundationLebanon$10,00036$5.3M
J B Finley Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,00036$470K
Sordoni Foundation IncKingston$10,00035$2.5M
Adams Foundation IncPittsburgh$5,00034$1.1M
Ayers FoundationPittsburgh$10,00033$1.7M
Clarence a Rowell #2Pittsburgh$7,50033$391K
Tuw John Mckee Dtd 1281899Malvern$7,00033$1.4M
John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024Pittsburgh$17,00033$2.0M
Earl Knudsen Ua Char FdnPittsburgh$5,00033$593K
The Mignon Sherwood Delano FundPittsburgh$6,00033$1.0M
Two Rivers Health & WellnessEaston$12,00032$3.3M
George & Miriam Martin FoundationChester Springs$5,00031$9.6M
Peoples Security Charitable FoundationScranton$5,00031$528K
Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable TrustPittsburgh$20,00031$2.9M
Prophet Sisters FoundationPittsburgh$7,50031$1.0M
The Helen R Buck FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00030$1.1M
Virginia a Mckee for Poor FundPittsburgh$15,00030$639K
Amelia Miles FoundationPittsburgh$12,50030$505K
Betty and Leo Balzereit FoundationPhiladelphia$20,00030$2.7M
Burket-Plack Foundation Inc 0649-01-49Philadelphia$8,50029$1.7M
Herman & Helen Lipsitz Charitable TrustPittsburgh$7,00029$2.4M
Deerfield Charitable TrustKnoxville$5,00029$3.7M
Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation TrPhiladelphia$15,00029$1.8M
Fulton Family FoundationLititz$5,00028$492K
Leo C Balzereit Tr UunitrustPhiladelphia$20,00028$2.4M
Maria FoundationPittsburgh$6,00028$627K
Mary J Donnelly FoundationPittsburgh$5,00028$1.3M
Robert S and Louise S Kahn FoundationPittsburgh$20,00028$3.9M
Sledd Fdn DiscretionaryPittsburgh$8,00028$309K
Alfred H Lander and Janet L Lander FamilyPittsburgh$5,00028$1.2M
William and Jemima Brossman CharitaEphrata$5,00027$2.8M
The George W Rentschler FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00027$3.2M
M Verna Butterer Educational TrustFountainville$6,42827$436K
The Marc David FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00027$3.6M
The Lowell F Johnson FoundationPittsburgh$6,00027$761K
Cdl Family FoundationGibsonia$17,50027$3.1M
Betts FoundationWarren$5,75026$1.5M
Mckenna Philip M FdnLatrobe$17,50026$4.0M
J & M Didonato Family FoundationWexford$5,00026$1.1M
Patton M for CharitiesPittsburgh$9,50025$956K
Britton Fund 4240-00-44Philadelphia$10,00025$5.0M
Germeshausen Foundation IncWayne$5,00024$5.6M
Paul B Greetin and Beryl S GreetinDowningtown$11,00024$1.9M
The Raymond Klein Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00024$1.5M
Tj Kavanagh Foundation IncHermitage$5,00024$3.4M
The Dietrich W Botstiber FoundationMedia$7,00024$4.0M
Owen & Jean Pritchard FdnPittsburgh$5,00024$460K
The Oxford Area FoundationOxford$10,00023$2.3M
Tribune-Review CharitiesTarentum$7,50023$612K
Chatham Financial Foundation IncKennett Square$10,00023$1.1M
William Eand Natoma Pyle Harvey CharitablePittsburgh$10,00023$494K
Point of View FoundationYork$10,00023$971K
Norma Green Family Fdn IrrPittsburgh$5,00022$490K
Florence M & Paul M Staehle FdnPittsburgh$12,50122$1.2M
Senator Maurice & Florence Lipscher CharPittsburgh$6,00022$834K
The Haley FoundationNew Hope$5,00021$686K
The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable TrustPittsburgh$5,00021$1.2M
William B Mclaughlin Charitable TrustPittsburgh$5,00021$468K
Rita M Mcginley FoundationPittsburgh$15,00021$4.1M
The Goode Family Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$8,75021$509K
Dil Se FoundationHuntingdon Valley$10,00021$2.2M
Overlook Estate FoundationWaverly$7,50020$1.4M
Perlow Family FoundationPittsburgh$5,00020$644K
The Bishop FoundationLebanon$5,00020$2.5M
The Eberly FoundationUniontown$10,00020$1.3M
Ign FoundationWest Chester$20,00020$1.8M
God's Grace FoundationAuburn$10,00020$1.2M
Nesbitt Family Charitable FoundationDallas$5,00019$642K
Johanette Wallerstein Institute 5607-00-43Philadelphia$20,00019$3.5M
C Northrop & a Marder Pond FdnPittsburgh$20,00019$2.3M
Arthur Judson Foundation IncSouthampton$5,00019$316K
Waldorf Educational Foundation 0049-05-11Philadelphia$12,00019$2.4M
J Leon LockardPittsburgh$7,50019$160K
James K Adams & Arlene L AdamsBoiling Springs$8,00019$502K
Parrot Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$5,00019$204K
The Shipley Family FoundationYork$10,00019$1.4M
2006 Edward S Rosenblum FoundationSunbury$5,00019$545K
The Gildea Foundation IncPittsburgh$10,00019$672K
Helen Ruth Gordon Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,00018$309K
The Mullen Family FoundationWest Chester$5,00018$1.1M
William I & Patricia S Snyder FoundationMoon Twp$18,00018$2.0M
Elizabeth Shiras TwPittsburgh$14,69218$297K
William F & Lynn D Gauss FdnPittsburgh$15,00018$1.3M
The Newell Devalpine FoundationPittsburgh$15,00018$898K
The Oakledge FoundationPittsburgh$10,00018$1.3M
The John & Helen VillaumeHonesdale$10,00017$737K
P Mudge Irr- Mudge FdnPittsburgh$21,50017$1.4M
Poinsatte-Altman FoundationPittsburgh$7,00017$248K
Neal Martin Christensen FoundationButler$15,00017$1.4M
Reese Foundation 47F055017Lancaster$7,50016$920K
Apgar-Black FoundationPoint Pleasant$10,00016$909K
J Samuel & Rose Y Cox FoundationPittsburgh$15,00016$526K
Ellwood City Community Health FoundationEllwood City$5,50016$989K
Williams Family Foundation-ImaPittsburgh$5,00015$767K
Gamber FoundationLancaster$10,00015$1.3M
William R & Esther Richmond FdnPittsburgh$5,00015$158K
Charity Randall FoundationWexford$22,50015$1.9M
Ovid D Robinson Charitable TrustPittsburgh$20,00015$1.2M
The Myrtle Forsha Memorial TrustPittsburgh$12,00015$401K
Hawksglen Foundation-TrPittsburgh$6,61015$751K
Greater Lansing FoundationPittsburgh$5,28715$3.8M
Richard N Berman FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00015$251K
Fargo Family FoundationChalfont$5,00015$674K
Donald & Elizabeth Parsons CharitabChester Springs$5,00015$616K
Gene & Marlene Epstein HumanitarianNewtown$10,00014$1.8M
Calligan Family FoundationCranberry Township$15,00014$885K
Joseph L K SnyderPittsburgh$17,83514$3.5M
Martha Mack Lewis FoundationPittsburgh$5,00014$276K
The Wheeler Family Charitable FoundationSomerset$10,00014$1.1M
Harsco Corporation FundPhiladelphia$5,00014$248K
The John Lazarich FoundationExton$5,00014$1.5M
Al Spencer FoundationPittsburgh$20,00014$2.6M
V Kelly for Handicapped ChildrenPittsburgh$12,50014$246K
Duke Family FoundationPittsburgh$6,00014$336K
Esther N Simmons Charitable TrustPittsburgh$12,37814$606K
Charles Loehr Charitable TrustPittsburgh$5,00014$204K
The Rosenthal-Statter FoundationPittsburgh$7,50014$614K
Corinne R & Henry Bower MemorialPittsburgh$8,30013$179K
Goldsmith-Weiss FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00013$194K
Lloyd FoundationPittsburgh$11,32313$331K
Seiple Family FoundationSunbury$5,00013$230K
Tecumseh Milestone FoundationLancaster$5,00013$408K
Peterson Family Foundation-TrPittsburgh$17,20013$464K
Campbell Educational and CommunityWest Homestead$14,00013$2.0M
Herman H Nettelroth Fund TuwPittsburgh$10,14213$479K
The Frank Varischetti FoundationBrockway$5,00013$1.1M
The Taylor Petruccio FoundationYardley$10,00013$504K
Kern Family Foundation IncErie$20,00012$1.3M
Nat Hwilc FoundationPittsburgh$10,55312$674K
Arronson FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00012$981K
John M & Gertrude E PetersenErie$10,00012$5.1M
Wolf Kuhn FoundationHollidaysburg$5,00012$854K
Mericle FoundationWilkes Barre$10,00012$1.6M
Ruby K Worner Charitable TrustPittsburgh$12,00012$750K
The Catherine F & James H StentzelHarrisburg$10,00012$483K
The Burkland FoundationLigonier$15,00012$888K
H B Alexander Foundation IncLancaster$5,00011$220K
Edith C Justus TuwPittsburgh$10,50011$1.4M
Fairbanks-Horix FoundationPittsburgh$5,00011$194K
Hawk Ridgeview FoundationPittsburgh$10,00011$3.3M
Mary Cofer Trigg Tuw CharPittsburgh$5,00011$346K
Ruark FoundationTunkhannock$8,65011$997K
The Paul D Wasserott FoundationDallas$13,00010$1.1M
The Clark Family FoundationMarietta$10,00010$2.3M
The Karen and Herbert LotmanBryn Mawr$14,24310$2.1M
Samuels Family FoundationBethlehem$7,50010$424K
Jeffrey J and Mary E BurdgeHershey$5,00010$501K
Glenn R Logan & Rhea Jean Mccandless Logan Family TrustButler$10,00010$465K
Human Spirit FoundationKennett Square$10,00010$2.0M
Randall Scott Blann FdnPittsburgh$15,53010$537K

Other grant sizes in Pennsylvania

Under $5,000Foundations in Pennsylvania$25,000 - $100,000Foundations in Pennsylvania

Grantmaking Charities report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Schedule I only requires listing recipients paid over $5,000, so a Schedule I filer's median runs higher than a private foundation's would for the same underlying giving. See grantmaking charities in the same range anyway.

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