FundersPennsylvania

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

These 261 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.

261foundations in this range
$991.4Mgranted between them
13,740funding 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$5,000502$34.8M
Connelly FoundationWest Conshohocken$10,000497$71.8M
Eqt FoundationCanonsburg$5,000368$13.4M
American Eagle Outfitters FoundationPittsburgh$5,000362$6.0M
The Grable FoundationPittsburgh$20,350351$55.0M
The Patricia Kind Family FoundationPhiladelphia$20,000294$15.4M
Highmark FoundationPittsburgh$20,000275$55.2M
Opportunity FoundationPittsburgh$15,000263$9.6M
Robert H Reakirt Fdn EquitiesPittsburgh$15,000253$9.0M
Independence FoundationPhiladelphia$7,500246$15.6M
Claneil Foundation IncPlymouth Meeting$15,000246$15.6M
John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158Pittsburgh$10,000233$6.3M
The Merchants Fund of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia$10,000216$4.5M
Rk Mellon Family FoundationLigonier$10,000215$10.6M
Dollar Bank FoundationPittsburgh$5,000192$5.9M
The Leo and Peggy Pierce FamilyRadnor$15,000168$9.6M
The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia$10,000162$12.7M
The Gordon Charter FoundationWayne$10,000156$4.3M
Giant Eagle FoundationPittsburgh$5,000142$17.2M
Penn Community Bank FoundationPerkasie$5,000134$3.5M
Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable TrustPittsburgh$20,000128$10.0M
The Jack Buncher FoundationPittsburgh$20,224122$21.0M
The Buhl FoundationPittsburgh$10,000114$13.1M
C F Holdship Charitable TrustPittsburgh$14,585114$3.0M
Wh & Althea F Remmel FoundationPittsburgh$10,000110$1.7M
Genuardi Family FoundationBlue Bell$10,000109$11.9M
Mckinney Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$15,000107$3.0M
Massey Charitable TrustBridgeville$15,000103$7.8M
David S Shapira FoundationPittsburgh$5,125103$15.1M
The Allen Hilles FundRadnor$6,48098$2.2M
Anne & Philip Glatfelter III FamilyHershey$15,00095$5.7M
Lillian P Schenck Tw Lps FundPittsburgh$5,00094$2.5M
Jack J Smith JR Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,00091$1.8M
Edward M Wilson FoundationPittsburgh$10,00091$5.0M
Robert H Spitz FoundationScranton$10,00090$3.6M
The Steinman FoundationLancaster$10,50086$25.4M
E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith FWayne$6,12584$7.7M
Josephine S Russell CharitablePittsburgh$20,00083$2.6M
Penn Entertainment FoundationWyomissing$5,00081$1.7M
John E & Sue M Jackson IrrPittsburgh$15,00080$2.4M
John M Hopwood IrrPittsburgh$10,00079$5.5M
Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40Philadelphia$8,00078$4.1M
Rice Family FoundationHanover$5,00077$4.1M
Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-AgyPittsburgh$5,00073$5.3M
Buhl Regional Health FoundationHermitage$5,00071$6.6M
Grace S and W Linton NelsonRadnor$12,50069$3.4M
The Fine FoundationPittsburgh$10,00069$6.7M
Members 1ST Charitable FoundationEnola$5,00069$396K
The Becket Family FoundationMalvern$5,00067$1.6M
Cnx FoundationCanonsburg$8,14367$7.5M
Katherine Mabis Mckenna FoundationLatrobe$20,00066$17.2M
The Wyomissing Foundation IncWyomissing$15,00065$5.3M
Shady Maple FoundationEast Earl$5,00064$1.7M
Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider FdnPittsburgh$15,00063$2.5M
John Crain Kunkel FoundationMechanicsburg$10,00060$2.4M
The Smith FoundationDowningtown$10,00059$2.3M
Howard & Nell E Miller FoundatPittsburgh$10,00058$1.5M
Link FoundationCamp Hill$6,50058$828K
Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable TrustPittsburgh$13,66757$1.0M
Kinsley FoundationSeven Valleys$5,00056$7.4M
The H Glenn Sample JR MD Memorial FundPittsburgh$10,00056$1.0M
Healthspark FoundationColmar$15,00055$3.0M
The Lida FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00055$2.1M
The William G Baker JR Memorial FundPittsburgh$15,25054$5.5M
Arthur W Phillips Trust UwFranklin$20,00052$3.7M
Robert C Hoffman Tw CharitablePittsburgh$8,00052$1.6M
M J Surgala TrErie$10,00051$2.9M
Adam and Maria Sarah SeybertPhiladelphia$10,00051$2.0M
Penn Treaty Special Service DistrictPhiladelphia$9,67551$3.9M
Philip & Patricia Muck Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$10,00051$5.1M
Polly a Levee Charitable Trust - Trust aPhiladelphia$5,00050$2.1M
The Edwin J and Barbara R BerkowitzBryn Mawr$5,00050$2.4M
Orris C&b Dewey Hirtzel Memorial FdPittsburgh$7,50050$5.0M
James Frances Mccandless TrustPittsburgh$15,00049$1.0M
Rosenlund Family Foundation Inv MgrPhiladelphia$5,00047$1.4M
The Stackpole-Hall FoundationSaint Marys$12,00047$4.7M
Rockwell FoundationPittsburgh$10,00047$2.6M
Joseph Alexander Foundation IncFt Washington$10,00047$3.3M
Vna Foundation of Greater North PennLansdale$11,37546$3.1M
Brooks FoundationPittsburgh$12,50046$969K
Union Benevolent AssociationPhiladelphia$8,50045$942K
Robert & Mary Weisbrod FoundationPittsburgh$10,00045$2.9M
Triumph Group Charitable Fdn Agy UmaRadnor$5,00045$1.6M
Ferree FoundationLancaster$18,50044$3.8M
Dexter F and Dorothy H BakerAllentown$10,00044$3.5M
Rossin FoundationPittsburgh$5,00044$7.7M
Bruce R & Madelyn G Snyder FoundationRed Lion$5,00042$2.0M
Stewart Alexander MD Fdn Tr UdeedPittsburgh$9,54042$1.9M
Silverback Educational Foundation forNewtown Square$15,40042$8.9M
Edith J Goode Residuary Trust Pnc Bank N aPittsburgh$7,50042$481K
Negley Flinn Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$17,50041$3.3M
The Lester G Abeloff FoundationStroudsburg$5,00041$5.0M
S Kent Rockwell Foundation IncPittsburgh$10,00041$15.1M
Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable TrustPittsburgh$15,00040$1.9M
The Topper FoundationAllentown$6,50040$7.3M
Anne B Sweigart Charitable FoundationLancaster$5,00040$1.4M
Essa Bank & Trust FoundationStroudsburg$10,00040$4.5M
Vesta FundGwynedd Valley$10,00040$2.4M
George M and Pamela S Humphrey FundPhiladelphia$10,00040$7.5M
Carnahan-Jackson FoundationErie$18,00039$2.0M
The Graham FoundationYork$5,00038$13.2M
Morel Family FoundationDoylestown$10,00038$9.7M
Jeanne & Richard Kaskey FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00038$1.3M
Margaret Briggs FoundationScranton$10,00037$2.9M
Maslow Family Foundation IncKingston$10,00037$2.6M
The Fine FundPittsburgh$10,00037$1.1M
The Efm FoundationNewtown Square$15,00036$3.5M
Pittsburgh Child Guidance FoundationPittsburgh$9,00036$916K
Willis and Elsie Shenk FoundationLancaster$5,00035$2.3M
Health and Welfare Foundation ofWest Grove$5,00034$526K
Glenn & Ruth Mengle Found Trust Xxx-Xx-XxxxIndiana$10,00034$2.4M
Ayers FoundationPittsburgh$10,00033$1.7M
Stockton Rush Bartol FoundationPhiladelphia$6,00033$614K
Tuw John Mckee Dtd 1281899Malvern$7,00033$1.4M
Hoyt FoundationNew Castle$5,00033$5.0M
Robert Y Moffat Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,00033$1.7M
Flora Dale Krouse FoundationPittsburgh$7,50033$511K
Walter E & Caroline H Watson TrustPittsburgh$10,00033$1.5M
Sordoni Foundation IncForty Fort$10,00033$2.0M
Earl Knudsen Ua Char FdnPittsburgh$5,00032$453K
Charles W & Laura B Frick IrrPittsburgh$10,00032$779K
Edwin D Northrup II FundPittsburgh$10,00032$446K
The Mignon Sherwood Delano FundPittsburgh$5,32232$831K
Two Rivers Health & WellnessEaston$12,00031$3.3M
J B Finley Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,00031$367K
Prophet Sisters FoundationPittsburgh$7,50031$837K
George & Miriam Martin FoundationChester Springs$5,00030$9.0M
Calvary FoundationMcmurray$7,50030$687K
John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024Pittsburgh$18,10030$1.5M
Clarence a Rowell #2Pittsburgh$7,50029$313K
The Francis J Dixon FoundationLebanon$7,50029$4.1M
Herman & Helen Lipsitz Charitable TrustPittsburgh$7,00029$2.4M
Betty and Leo Balzereit FoundationPhiladelphia$20,00029$2.1M
Deerfield Charitable TrustKnoxville$5,00029$3.7M
Sledd Fdn DiscretionaryPittsburgh$8,00028$309K
William and Jemima Brossman CharitaEphrata$5,00027$2.3M
The Helen R Buck Foundation 0739-26-12Philadelphia$5,00027$888K
Adams Foundation IncPittsburgh$5,00027$770K
Mary J Donnelly FoundationPittsburgh$5,00027$1.3M
The Marc David FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00027$3.6M
Robert S and Louise S Kahn FoundationPittsburgh$23,00027$3.1M
Cdl Family FoundationGibsonia$17,50027$3.1M
Burket-Plack Foundation Inc 0649-01-49Philadelphia$8,00026$1.4M
Fulton Family FoundationLititz$5,00026$373K
The George W Rentschler FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00026$3.2M
Leo C Balzereit Tr Uunitrust 1001-02-78Philadelphia$20,00026$2.0M
Maria FoundationPittsburgh$6,00026$497K
Peoples Security Charitable FoundationScranton$5,00026$426K
Amelia Miles FoundationPittsburgh$10,00025$406K
Britton Fund 4240-00-44Philadelphia$10,00025$5.0M
Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation TrPhiladelphia$14,40025$1.4M
Germeshausen Foundation IncWayne$5,00024$5.6M
The Raymond Klein Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00024$1.5M
The Lowell F Johnson FoundationPittsburgh$6,13724$608K
William Eand Natoma Pyle Harvey CharitablePittsburgh$10,00024$494K
Alfred H Lander and Janet L Lander FamilyLucinda$5,00024$947K
The Oxford Area FoundationOxford$10,00023$2.3M
Tj Kavanagh Foundation IncHermitage$5,00023$3.4M
Betts FoundationWarren$5,50023$1.2M
Mckenna Philip M FdnPittsburgh$17,50023$3.2M
J & M Didonato Family FoundationWexford$5,00023$975K
Uncommon Individual FoundationBryn Mawr$5,00022$2.9M
M Verna Butterer Educational TrustFountainville$5,84022$249K
Dil Se FoundationHuntingdon Valley$10,00022$2.2M
Perlow Family FoundationPittsburgh$5,00021$644K
The Dietrich W Botstiber FoundationMedia$7,00021$3.3M
Virginia a Mckee for Poor FundPittsburgh$15,00021$482K
Patton M for CharitiesPittsburgh$8,80021$750K
Owen & Jean Pritchard FdnPittsburgh$5,00021$358K
Rita M Mcginley FoundationPittsburgh$15,00021$4.1M
The Goode Family Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$8,75021$509K
Overlook Estate FoundationWaverly$7,50020$1.4M
Paul B Greetin and Beryl S GreetinDowningtown$15,00020$1.5M
Arthur Judson Foundation IncSouthampton$5,00020$316K
The Eberly FoundationUniontown$10,00020$1.3M
Norma Green Family Fdn IrrPittsburgh$5,00020$374K
Johanette Wallerstein Institute 5607-00-43Philadelphia$20,00019$3.5M
Waldorf Educational Foundation 0049-05-11Philadelphia$12,00019$2.4M
Ign FoundationWest Chester$20,00019$1.8M
James K Adams & Arlene L AdamsBoiling Springs$8,00019$502K
William B Mclaughlin Charitable TrustPittsburgh$5,00019$337K
Senator Maurice & Florence Lipscher CharPittsburgh$5,75019$654K
The Shipley Family FoundationYork$10,00019$1.1M
Steinbellet Foundation IncPhiladelphia$5,00019$1.1M
Point of View FoundationYork$10,00019$777K
Helen Ruth Gordon Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,00018$309K
The Bishop FoundationLebanon$5,00018$2.0M
Tribune-Review CharitiesTarentum$7,50018$401K
Elizabeth Shiras TwPittsburgh$14,69218$297K
The Gildea Foundation IncPittsburgh$10,00018$516K
C Northrop & a Marder Pond FdnPittsburgh$20,00017$1.8M
Parrot Charitable FoundationPittsburgh$5,00017$161K
Chatham Financial Foundation IncKennett Square$10,00017$930K
Reese Foundation 47F055017Lancaster$7,50016$920K
J Leon LockardPittsburgh$7,50016$130K
William I & Patricia S Snyder FoundationMoon Twp$18,00016$1.5M
J Samuel & Rose Y Cox FoundationPittsburgh$15,00016$526K
William F & Lynn D Gauss FdnPittsburgh$15,00016$1.0M
Ellwood City Community Health FoundationEllwood City$5,50016$989K
Florence M & Paul M Staehle FdnPittsburgh$14,45816$941K
Neal Martin Christensen FoundationButler$12,50016$1.1M
The Oakledge FoundationPittsburgh$10,00016$1.2M
Williams Family Foundation-ImaPittsburgh$5,00015$627K
Nesbitt Family Charitable FoundationDallas$5,00015$496K
The Mullen Family FoundationWest Chester$5,00015$906K
The Haley FoundationNew Hope$5,00015$551K
Apgar-Black FoundationPoint Pleasant$10,00015$376K
Al Spencer FoundationPittsburgh$20,00015$2.6M
Greater Lansing FoundationPittsburgh$5,23115$3.1M
The Newell Devalpine FoundationPittsburgh$15,00015$708K
God's Grace FoundationAuburn$15,00015$839K
Gene & Marlene Epstein HumanitarianNewtown$10,00014$1.8M
Calligan Family FoundationCranberry Township$15,00014$885K
Joseph L K SnyderPittsburgh$16,74914$2.8M
Gamber FoundationLancaster$10,00014$1.1M
Martha Mack Lewis FoundationPittsburgh$5,00014$216K
The Wheeler Family Charitable FoundationSomerset$10,00014$983K
Harsco Corporation FundPhiladelphia$5,00014$248K
The John Lazarich FoundationExton$5,00014$1.5M
P Mudge Irr- Mudge FdnPittsburgh$21,50014$1.1M
Hawksglen Foundation-TrPittsburgh$6,46114$542K
Esther N Simmons Charitable TrustPittsburgh$12,37814$606K
Fargo Family FoundationChalfont$5,00014$558K
Arronson FoundationPhiladelphia$10,00013$784K
William R & Esther Richmond FdnPittsburgh$5,00013$127K
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
Donald & Elizabeth Parsons CharitabChester Springs$5,00013$506K
The Taylor Petruccio FoundationYardley$10,00013$504K
Kern Family Foundation IncErie$20,00012$1.3M
Nat Hwilc FoundationPittsburgh$10,00012$540K
The John & Helen VillaumeHonesdale$10,00012$573K
Lloyd FoundationPittsburgh$11,32312$331K
The Myrtle Forsha Memorial TrustPittsburgh$12,00012$300K
Martin FoundationDoylestown$20,00012$4.4M
Poinsatte-Altman FoundationPittsburgh$7,00012$176K
Mericle FoundationWilkes Barre$10,00012$1.6M
Ruby K Worner Charitable TrustPittsburgh$10,40012$611K
Richard N Berman FoundationPhiladelphia$5,00012$194K
The Frank Varischetti FoundationBrockway$5,00012$1.1M
H B Alexander Foundation IncLancaster$5,00011$220K
John M & Gertrude E PetersenErie$10,00011$4.1M
Ovid D Robinson Charitable TrustPittsburgh$20,00011$999K
Fairbanks-Horix FoundationPittsburgh$5,00011$155K
V Kelly for Handicapped ChildrenPittsburgh$12,50011$197K
Duke Family FoundationPittsburgh$6,00011$265K
Charles Loehr Charitable TrustPittsburgh$5,07911$161K
Hawk Ridgeview FoundationPittsburgh$10,00011$2.2M
The Burkland FoundationLigonier$20,00011$742K
The Paul D Wasserott FoundationDallas$11,20010$787K
The Clark Family FoundationMarietta$10,00010$2.3M
The Karen and Herbert LotmanBryn Mawr$11,99310$1.7M
Corinne R & Henry Bower MemorialPittsburgh$8,56510$144K
Samuels Family FoundationBethlehem$7,50010$424K
Wolf Kuhn FoundationHollidaysburg$5,00010$672K
Glenn R Logan & Rhea Jean Mccandless Logan Family TrustButler$10,00010$465K
Randall Scott Blann FdnPittsburgh$20,00010$504K
Ruark FoundationTunkhannock$7,30010$681K

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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