The Grable Foundation

• The Grable Foundation funds work that improves outcomes for children and youth in the greater Pittsburgh region, within its southwestern Pennsylvania focus, across early childhood, public schools, out-of-school time, family well-being and community learning; requests from outside southwestern Pennsylvania are considered only when invited.
• A typical request should sit in the $7,000 to $60,000 range, as about 8 in 10 grants to organisations fall there and the median grant is $20,000, so a modest ask is realistic for most applicants.
• Approach the foundation by completing its online inquiry form first; a full proposal can only follow an invitation, and timing should be built around its three annual grant-review meetings, each with its own inquiry and proposal deadlines.
• It looks relationship-led rather than wide open to newcomers each round, since 83% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded previously, though this should not put off a new applicant from making an approach.
• It does not fund requests from individuals, requests on behalf of individuals, requests to conduit organisations that pass on funds to others, or indirect, general overhead or administrative cost assessments such as percentage add-ons.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Allegheny Intermediate Unit · To support catalytic opportunities that will foster collaborative experimentation and connection, in the fields of maker education and learning more broadly
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania · To support stronger partnerships among schools, parents, families, and caregivers
  $410,1602024 tax year
• Children's Museum of Pittsburgh · To support growth of a global showcase of innovative learning
  $350,0002024 tax year
• Allegheny Intermediate Unit · 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
  $350,0002024 tax year
• Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · To support the creation of a new exhibition, natural wonder, for early learners and their families
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh · To support the creation of a new exhibition, natural wonder, for early learners and their families
  $300,0002024 tax year
• SLB Radio Productions · To support a multichannel media platform for parents and caregivers in the pittsburgh region
  $260,0002024 tax year
• Pittsburgh Promise Foundation · To support higher education scholarships for students graduating from pittsburgh public schools
  $250,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.