Spotlight Grants

We are proud to partner with organizations around the world and in our own backyard. We measure our progress through the results of their work. It is our honor to highlight some of our many exceptional partners here.

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ACLU

Civil Society

For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual...

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CeaseFirePA Education Fund

Civil Society

CeaseFirePA Education Fund is dedicated to ensuring everyone can live free from gun violence, where they feel and are safe. 1,900 Pennsylvanians died by guns...

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Global Links

Global Initiatives

Global Links is a Pittsburgh-based agency that redirects still-useful materials away from US landfills to support public health programs throughout the Western Hemisphere. The foundation...

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Horizon Scholars

Education

University of Pittsburgh’s Horizon Scholars offers comprehensive support to prospective and current students who have experienced the foster care system, helping them navigate...

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Human Services Center Mon Valley

Education

Human Services Center Mon Valley’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is available to low-income students going into their senior year of high school at...

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International Rescue Committee

Global Initiatives

With a record 120 million people displaced worldwide, the need for humanitarian aid has never been more urgent. Each year, the IRC reaches millions of...

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Jewish Story Partners

Jewish Life

Jewish Story Partners (JSP) provides grants to documentary films that tell diverse stories about Jewish culture, experiences, and encounters. JSP is...

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Neighborhood Allies

Education

Neighborhood Allies partners with Advantage Credit Counseling Service to provide free, confidential credit counseling and debt management at the Allegheny County Financial...

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Open Field

Education

Open Field leverages the global game of soccer to improve the lives and futures of more than 400 youth from immigrant, refugee, and other...

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ReFED

Environment

ReFED is the premier food waste solutions organization in the U.S. and has been a key partner in the Posner Foundation’s...

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Rebuild Local News

Civil Society

Rebuild Local News is a nonpartisan organization that advances public policies to counter the collapse of local news, revitalize community journalism, and strengthen democracy. The...

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Save the Children

Global Initiatives

The Posner Foundation supports Save the Children’s relief for ethnic Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps of Bangladesh. Local teams, volunteers, and partners...

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Spotlight PA

Civil Society

Spotlight PA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to high-quality investigative and public-service journalism about the Pennsylvania state government and urgent statewide issues. Spotlight PA...

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The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Jewish Life

For more than six decades, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) has worked to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Reform Jewish...

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WRAP and Red BAMX

Environment

WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme) and Red BAMX (Red de Bancos de Alimentos de México)...

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Our priority areas reflect both the foundation’s legacy of giving as well as our emerging interest in areas of pressing social, economic, and environmental concern. At this time, the foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals.

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