Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-6105924. Reported 201 grants totalling $3,761,000 to 106 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. Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $150,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | Duquense, PA | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Pittsburgh, PA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Aviary | Pittsburgh, PA | $117,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Big Broterhs Big Sisters | Pittsburgh, PA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| East End Cooperative Ministry | Pittsburgh, PA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Pittsburgh, PA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ccac | Pittsburgh, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Light of Life Rescue Mission | Pittsburgh, PA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh Inc | Raleigh, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Homeless Children's Education Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Hills Interfaith Movement | Bethel Park, PA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Animal Friends | Pittsburgh, PA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Neighborhood Academy | Pittsburgh, PA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| 412 Food Rescue | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Blind & Vision Rehabilitation | Homestead, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ccac Educational Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Links | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Powercapital Campaign | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Familylinks Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Literacy Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | Oakdale, PA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh Zoo & Ppg Aquarium | Pittsburgh, PA | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Beverly's Birthdays | North Huntingdon, PA | $42,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hosanna House Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh Symphony | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Depaul School for Hearing | Pittsburgh, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hope Grows for Caregiver | Moon Township, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hearth | Glanshaw, PA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Angel's Placetor Program Support | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Life's Work of Western Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wqed | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Emmaus Community of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Pgh Fisher House | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Keystone Pva | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Manchester Youth Development | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Council of Jewish | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Park Convervancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wqed Media | Pittsburgh, PA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Civic Light Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brother's Brother Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chabad at Pitt | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friendship Circle | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fun and Freedom Youth Program | Tarentum, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Grows | Moon Township, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Horses With Hope | Bethel Park, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Human Services Center Corp | Turtle Creek, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jcc of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Laughlin Children S Center | Sewickley, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Youth Leadership | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Power Pa Organization for Wmn in Erly Recovery | Pittsbugh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Squirrel Hill Health Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Steel City Squash Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Westmoreland County Community College | Youngwood, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angels Place | Southfield, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brashear Association | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Bridges | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friendship Circle Winter Camp | Manalapan, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jeremiahs Place | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jubilee Assoc Inc | Kensington, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mooncrest Neighborhood | Moon Twp, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading Is Fundamental | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Classrooms Without Borders | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 3 Rivers Rowing Association | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alliance for Refugee Youth | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Feeding the Spirit | Greensburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hilltop Horizons Inc | Aliquippa, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jfcs Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Light of Life | North Port, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maya Foundation | Sliver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Giving Kitchen Pittsburgh Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Penn Hills Library | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Schools That Can Pittsburgh Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shimearly Childhood | Bethel Park, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Pittsburgh Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodlands Foundation | Wexford, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iron Horse Theater Company | Ambridge, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Restore 22 Inc | Moon Township, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iron Horse Theatre Company | Ambridge, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Apraxia Kids | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Assemble | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bethany Christian Service | Jenkintown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edgewood Symphony Orchestra Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fun and Freedom Basketball Inc | Tarentum, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Handmade Arcade | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mooncrest Neighborhood Programs | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reading Fundation | Kennewick, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| West Hills Food Pantry | Moon Twp, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Western Pa All Service | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Protector of Allegheny | New Kensington, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rodef Shalom Congregation | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
45 of 106 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Ccac Educational Foundation
FINANCIAL RESOURCE PROGRAM - National Aviary
RENOVATION OF CONDOR COURT - Salvation Army
$20,000 TO BE ALLOCATED TO - East End Cooperative Ministry
PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR SUMMER - Friendship Circle
FOR SUNDAY FUNDAY PROGRAM - Depaul School for Hearing
SUMMER RESPITE & RECREATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 116 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 | 32 | $681,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 43 | $813,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $744,500 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $705,500 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 45 | $817,000 | $10,000 |
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
92% 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 $10,000. 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 Robert & Mary Weisbrod Foundation'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: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. 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.
EIN 25-6105924 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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