The Grable Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-1309888 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
The Grable Foundation is a private foundation based in Pittsburgh, PA (EIN 25-1309888). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $13.3M paid in 361 grants, with a median grant of $20K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $350.4M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · grable.org
- Total grants paid
- $13.3M
- Grants reported
- 361
- Typical grant
- $20K
- Future commitments
- $6.2M
- Total assets
- $350.4M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Gregg Behr
- Phone
- (412) 471-4550
- Application materials
- There are no special forms for applying for a grant. Applications May be in letter form and should include, so far as applicable, the following: each proposal submitted must be expressive of a project or program clearly identified with one of the foundation's indicated fields of interest. It should include: - a one or two-page summary of the proposal, - information about the applicant organization, - statement of need for the proposed project, - description of the project and rationale for its approach, - qualifications of the organization, the project supervisor and staff, - project budget, showing committed and anticipated funds, - organization's current operating budget, - description of how the project will be sustained after the grant has ended, - list of board members and/or advisors, - letters of support from the applicant's board and collaborating organizations, and, - copy of IRS tax-exempt certification
- Restrictions
- The foundation does not consider requests on behalf of individuals or requests to conduit organizations, which pass on funds to other organizations.
The filing does not state deadlines; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- GREGG BEHR
- Address
- 436 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 2400 PITTSBURGH, PA, 15219
- Phone
- 4124714550
- Deadlines
- N/A
- Application materials
- THERE ARE NO SPECIAL FORMS FOR APPLYING FOR A GRANT. APPLICATIONS MAY BE IN LETTER FORM AND SHOULD INCLUDE, SO FAR AS APPLICABLE, THE FOLLOWING: EACH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED MUST BE EXPRESSIVE OF A PROJECT OR PROGRAM CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WITH ONE OF THE FOUNDATION'S INDICATED FIELDS OF INTEREST. IT SHOULD INCLUDE: - A ONE OR TWO-PAGE SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSAL, - INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION, - STATEMENT OF NEED FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT, - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AND RATIONALE FOR ITS APPROACH, - QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE PROJECT SUPERVISOR AND STAFF, - PROJECT BUDGET, SHOWING COMMITTED AND ANTICIPATED FUNDS, - ORGANIZATION'S CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET, - DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE PROJECT WILL BE SUSTAINED AFTER THE GRANT HAS ENDED, - LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS AND/OR ADVISORS, - LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE APPLICANT'S BOARD AND COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS, AND, - COPY OF IRS TAX-EXEMPT CERTIFICATION
- Restrictions
- THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT CONSIDER REQUESTS ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS OR REQUESTS TO CONDUIT ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH PASS ON FUNDS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Reported organization name: THE GRABLE FOUNDATION
Where The Grable Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Intermediate Unit | Homestead, PA | To support catalytic opportunities that will foster collaborative experimentation and connection, in the fields of maker education and learning more broadly | Tax year 20242024 | $1M |
| The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | To support stronger partnerships among schools, parents, families, and caregivers | Tax year 20242024 | $410.2K |
| Allegheny Intermediate Unit | Homestead, PA | To support the operations of a learning network that backs thousands of educators and innovators to advance relevant, engaging, and equitable learning in and out of school | Tax year 20242024 | $350K |
| Children's Museum of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | To support growth of a global showcase of innovative learning | Tax year 20242024 | $350K |
| Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | To support the creation of a new exhibition, natural wonder, for early learners and their families | Tax year 20242024 | $300K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (361 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Grable Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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