Charles F Peters Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-6070765. Reported 178 grants totalling $680,100 to 77 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Charles F Peters Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Athletic Association | Mckeesport, PA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Free Library | Mckeesport, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First United Methodist Church | Mckeesport, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | Duquesne, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save Sports Arts & Video | Mckeesport, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Beginnings Services | Homeville, PA | $19,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mount Carmel Baptist Church | N Versailles, PA | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mckeesport Area Meals on Wheels | Mckeesport, PA | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pine Valley Camp | Ellwood City, PA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul African Methodist | Wayne, PA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anglican Church of the Trnsfgrtn | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anna Middleton-Waite Learning Center | Mckeesport, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Larosa Youth Development Foundation | Mckeesport, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saints Joachim and Anne Parish | Attica, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Serra Catholic High School | Mckeesport, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Intersection Inc | Mckeesport, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilmerding Community Center Inc | Wilmerding, PA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $13,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mckeesport Little Theatre | Mckeesport, PA | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mckeesport Music Club | Mckeeport, PA | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh Tigers Girls Softball | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church | Mckeesport, PA | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| East Suburban Seventh-Day | North Versailles, PA | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Action Housing Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beverlys Birthdays | North Huntington, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Highlands Community United Methodist Church | Elizabeth, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literacy Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mary of Nazareth Catholic School | White Oak, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mckeesport Presybterian Church | White Oak, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Stephens Episcopal Church | Mckeesport, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dravosburg United Methodist | Dravosburg, PA | $9,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Victims | Pittsburgh, PA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Highland Grove United Methodist | Mckeesport, PA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sampson's Mills Presbyterian Church | White Oak, PA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Baptist Church | Elizabeth, PA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christ Temple AME Church | Mckeesport, PA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Linway United Presbyterian | Versailles, PA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| West Side United Methodist | Mckeesport, PA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mon Yough Chorale | White Oak, PA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Invision Human Services | Wexford, PA | $7,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mckeesport Regional History & Heritage Center | Mckeesport, PA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Praise Christian Academy | North Versailles, PA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple B'nai Israel | White Oak, PA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Christ United Methodist Church | Mckeesport, PA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allegheny Cleanways | Pittsburgh, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Port Vue United Methodist Church | Mckeesport, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The 9TH Street Clinic | Mckeesport, PA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beulah Park United Methodist Church | Mckeesport, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ Lutheran Church | Duquesne, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christy Park Methodist Church | Mckeesport, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jamie's Dream Team | Mckeesport, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church | Harrisburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mckeesport Police K-9 Unit | Mckeesport, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Birth Baptist Church | Duquesne, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Hope Presbyterian Church | North Hungtingdon, PA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shepherds Heart Fellowship & Ministries | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mckeesport Agape Center | White Oak, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wayman Chapel AME Church | New Brighton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| White Oak Ems | White Oak, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dravosburg Community Archives | Dravosburg, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Take Charge Learning Center | Mckeesport, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Free Hungarian Reformed Church | Mckeesport, PA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wesley United Methodist Church | White Oak, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faith Lutheran Church | Mckeesport, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garden Club of Mckeesport | Mckeesport, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Noahs Ark Community Center | Mckeesport, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Round Hill Presbyterian Church | Elizabeth, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mon Yough Community Services | Mckeesport, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 9TH Street Community Kitchen | Mckeesport, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Step Recovery Homes Inc | Mckeesport, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Renzie Senior Center | Mckeesport, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston United Methodist Church | Mckeesport, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hungarian Reformed Church | Duquesne, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mckeesport Presbyterian | Mckeesport, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Merritt Primitive Methodist Church Buena Vista | Buena Vista, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty Presbyterian Church | Mckeesport, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
51 of 77 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 69%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Anglican Church of the Trnsfgrtn
REPLACE FURNACE, INCLUDES - Mount Carmel Baptist Church
SUPPORT OF SUMMER PROGRAMS, - Serra Catholic High School
UPGRADE FACULTY ROOM, NEW - Mckeesport Little Theatre
REPLACE BROKEN AND OUTDATED - White Oak Ems
PURCHASE BULLET RESISTANT - Center for Victims
SUPPORT CHILDREN CENTERED
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $162,300 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $181,500 | $4,200 |
| 2023 | 46 | $171,500 | $3,750 |
| 2024 | 41 | $164,800 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Charles F Peters Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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