Grants awarded
Who does Foster Charitable Trust fund?
Foster Charitable Trust has awarded $1.5 million across 154 grants to 70 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $1,500, with most between $1,000 and $5,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $2,000 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$1.5M
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
70
Grants
154
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| T The Mars Family Charitable Foundation | $425K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| U United Jewish Federation - Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | $229K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S See Statement #11 | $181K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Temple Jeremiah | $178K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Art Institute of Chicago | $55K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| P Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $50K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rochester Contemporary Art Ctr | $32K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
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$27K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Chicago Botanic Gardens | $26K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Ravina Festival Association | $22K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Stanford Fund for Undergraduate | $21K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Jewish Cemetery & Burial Association of Greater Pittsburgh
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| M Mental Help Global | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Contemporary Craft Relocation Capital Campaign | $17K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Chicago Law School | $14K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
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$12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
Pittsburgh Glass Center INC
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$12K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$12K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| J Jewish Cemetery & Burial Association of Greater Pittsburgh | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NH | |
| T Temple Jeremiah | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter | $7K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W World Central Kitchen | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Team Rubicon | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Jewish Association on Aging
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
| B Beit Tshuvah | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$4K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
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$4K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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$3K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| S Shady Side Academy | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pittsburgh Glass Center | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Parks Foundation of Highland Park
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$3K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| O Open Books Ltd | $2K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $2K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Northmoor Education Foundation | $2K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$2K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| P Park City Performances DBA Egytian Theatre | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Whitney Museum of American Art
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$2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| S Summit Land Conservancy | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wounded Warrior Project INC
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$2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| M More Than Music Foundation INC | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Museum of Modern Art
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$2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Highland Park Community Foundation
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$2K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Alzheimers Association | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chicago Hearing Society | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wounded Warrior Project | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Artis-Naples INC
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
Best Friends Animal Society
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$1K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
| C Community Wireless of Park City | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Highland Park Community Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Park City Film | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wasatch Wildlife Conservation Center | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | UT | |
| N North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Northmoor Education Foundation | $600 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
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$500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
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$500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| K Kari Stirner Arts Trail - | $500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| Y Youth Outreach Services | $500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Best Friends Animal Society | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Art Center Highland Park | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greater Chicago Food Depository Donor Services | $500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y Yale Univeristy School of Art | $500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| J Jewish United Fund | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation
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$500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MD |
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