Grants and funding in Pennsylvania
16,789 foundations reported granting into Pennsylvania on their most recent IRS filings: 76,572 itemized grants worth $8.7B between them. On top of that, nineteen live grant programs and seventy-two contract opportunities are specific to Pennsylvania, alongside 4,125 nationwide programs also open here.
- foundations granting into the state
- 16,789
- of 129,000+ funders on file
- in itemized grants into the state
- $8.7B
- across 76,572 grants on IRS filings
- live grants specific to Pennsylvania
- 19
- of 4,800+ open grants tracked nationwide
- community lenders serving the state
- 67
- of 480+ CDFIs on file
What a typical foundation grant runs here
The 16,789 foundations granting into Pennsylvania, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check runs in the thousands.
Who gives the most into Pennsylvania
The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Pennsylvania on their most recent filings.
Who the Pennsylvania-specific grants are for
Of the nineteen live grant programs specific to Pennsylvania, here is who the announcements name. One program can name several groups. seven more are open to any organization type.
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The lenders almost nobody checks
Sixty-seven community development lenders serve Pennsylvania: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks 480+ nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.
Pennsylvania foundation grants by focus
Foundations based in Pennsylvania that accept applications, grouped by what they fund. Or see all 1,189Pennsylvania foundations that accept applications.
- Education grants in Pennsylvania (256 funders)
- Human Services grants in Pennsylvania (242 funders)
- Arts, Culture & Humanities grants in Pennsylvania (198 funders)
- Health Care grants in Pennsylvania (87 funders)
- Philanthropy & Grantmaking grants in Pennsylvania (69 funders)
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition grants in Pennsylvania (63 funders)
- Religion grants in Pennsylvania (59 funders)
- Environment grants in Pennsylvania (56 funders)
- Youth Development grants in Pennsylvania (50 funders)
- Animal Welfare grants in Pennsylvania (41 funders)
Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of November 1, 2026. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022.
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