Grants Awarded
As indicated, users may search by Program Area, State, or Year of Authorization. In addition, by entering a term in the criteria field, the search will return grants with that term in either the organization name or city fields.
Grant seekers are reminded that the emphasis of the Foundation’s grants program evolves over time and that prior grants may not be indicative of the Foundation’s future program emphasis.
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Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For development of a regional trail network and to advance trail town economic development
Date Awarded: 03/10/2015
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $210,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For continued development of a regional trail network to advance trail town economic development
Date Awarded: 03/08/2016
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
To expand the River Town Program, an outdoor recreation economic development project, to include additional communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia (over two years)
Date Awarded: 03/11/2013
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $175,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
To develop a regional trail network and advance trail town economic development
Date Awarded: 12/10/2013
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $181,500.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For development of a technical assistance tool kit for trail town economic development
Date Awarded: 12/13/2016
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For completion of a regional trail network to advance trail town economic development
Date Awarded: 03/14/2017
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For Trail Town development within a five-state trail network
Date Awarded: 03/13/2018
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $250,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For an Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition 2018 Summit
Date Awarded: 07/10/2018
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $10,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For the Industrial Heartlands Trail Coalition, a multistate recreational tourism initiative
Date Awarded: 03/09/2021
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition, a multistate initiative based on recreational tourism
Date Awarded: 03/12/2019
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
For the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition, a multistate economic development initiative based on recreational tourism
Date Awarded: 03/10/2020
Program Area: Economic Development
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund (University Park, PA)
For the Readiness Institute, a collaboration of education, industry, and community partners that prepares Southwestern Pennsylvania high schoolers with the skills, attitudes, and values needed to be future-ready (over two years)
Date Awarded: 09/14/2021
Program Area: Education
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund (University Park, PA)
To support future-readiness of high school students through the implementation of the Penn State Readiness Institute Alumni Network
Date Awarded: 09/13/2022
Program Area: Education
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund (University Park, PA)
To support community and future-readiness of post-secondary students through Penn State’s Pathways program, formerly the Readiness Institute’s Alumni Network
Date Awarded: 03/11/2025
Program Area: Education
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $55,000.00
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund (University Park, PA)
To support community- and future-readiness of high school and post-secondary students through programming facilitated by the Penn State Readiness Institute’s Alumni Network
Date Awarded: 09/12/2023
Program Area: Education
Region Served: Pennsylvania
Amount Awarded: $52,500.00
Philanthropy West Virginia (South Charleston, WV)
For transforming the philanthropic landscape in West Virginia through expanded organizational capacity, meaningful programming, expanded national partnerships, and strategic partnerships
Date Awarded: 12/09/2025
Program Area: Community and Economic Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $85,000.00
Philanthropy West Virginia Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For program and operating support in 2015
Date Awarded: 06/09/2015
Program Area: Support of Philanthropy
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $17,000.00
Philanthropy West Virginia Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For the West Virginia Nonprofit Association to improve the capacity of nonprofits through training, policy development, networking, and cost-saving programs
Date Awarded: 12/08/2015
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $115,000.00
Philanthropy West Virginia Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
For program and operating support in 2016
Date Awarded: 06/14/2016
Program Area: Support of Philanthropy
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $17,000.00
Philanthropy West Virginia Inc. (Morgantown, WV)
To advance the Keep5Local program strategies in 36 counties to expand local philanthropic resources for long-term community development
Date Awarded: 12/13/2016
Program Area: Community Development
Region Served: West Virginia
Amount Awarded: $120,000.00