Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-1205316. Reported 139 grants totalling $3,478,908 to 94 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc, the IRS classifies it under mental health rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE F20Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 94 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 32% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $17,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1HOOD Media Academy | Pittsburgh, PA | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Legacy Arts Project Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $162,228 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ujamaa Collective | Pittsburgh, PA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Daisy Wilson Artist Community Inc | Bethel Park, PA | $115,136 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| When She Thrives | Coraopolis, PA | $114,655 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alumni Theater Company | Pittsburgh, PA | $113,272 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Balafon West African Dance Ensemble Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $108,578 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $101,627 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Texture Contemporary Ballet | Pittsburgh, PA | $98,581 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hill Community Development Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $98,392 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corp | Pittsburgh, PA | $94,537 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sankofa Village | Pittsburgh, PA | $93,860 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alma Lewis | Pittsburgh, PA | $93,124 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Josh Gibson Foundation Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $91,469 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Arts Experience | Wheatland, PA | $90,440 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guardians of Sound Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $90,288 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jada House International Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $88,481 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council | Pittsburgh, PA | $79,512 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dress for Success Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $78,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youth Enrichment Services Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $71,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Farm to Table Buy Local | Pittsburgh, PA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arcade Comedy Theater Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $48,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Divine Intervention Ministries | Pittsburgh, PA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| A Giving Heart | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Assemble Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $34,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Sun Rising | Millvale, PA | $30,974 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Global Solutions Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kingsley Association | Pittsburgh, PA | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Park Theatre | South Park, PA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Barebones Productions Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bunker Projects Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Asylum Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dreams of Hope | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Handmade Arcade | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Industrial Arts Workshop Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keystone State Music Theater Association | Cranberry Twp, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Slb Radio Productions Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Steel City Improv Festival | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beaver County Regional Council of Governments | New Brighton, PA | $24,882 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Neighborhood North Museum of Play | Beaver Falls, PA | $23,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Off the Wall Productions | Carnegie, PA | $23,126 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bible Center Church Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Radiant Hall Studios | Pittsburgh, PA | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Theater Project Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $21,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Casino Theater Restoration and Management Inc | Vandergrift, PA | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pittsburgh Entertainment Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Early Music America Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,388 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Up | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Radioactive Events Center Inc | Kittanning, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crossroads Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shana Simmons Dance | Wilkinsburg, PA | $18,400 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Village Theater Company | Sewickley, PA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington County Historical Society | Washington, PA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kente Arts Alliance | Pittsburgh, PA | $16,765 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Associated Artists of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fine Art Miracles Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka | Pittsburgh, PA | $16,350 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| STYLE412 | Pittsburgh, PA | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 25 Carrick Ave Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $14,420 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pearl Arts Movement and Sound | Braddock, PA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pittsburgh Musical Theater | Pittsburgh, PA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shiftworks Community & Public Arts | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amachi Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pittsburgh Public Media | South Park, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prime Stage | Harmony, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healthy Start Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Realtime Interventions | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| CASA San Jose | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center of Life | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creative Citizen Studios | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foster Love Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Valley Community Services Inc | Braddock, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Hills Affordable Housing | Glenshaw, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Touchstone Center for Crafts | Farmington, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Free Expression Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra | Greensburg, PA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Battle of Homestead Foundation | Homestead, PA | $9,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Artsmiths of Pittsburgh Arts & Cultural Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,725 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | New York, NY | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alliance for Police Accountability | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth Seton Center Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana Arts Council of Pennsylvania | Indiana, PA | $7,498 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington Symphonic Orchestra Inc | Washington, PA | $7,300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Little Lake Theatre Company | Canonsburg, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gallery on Gazebo | Johnstown, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mckeesport Regional History and Heritage Center | Mckeesport, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chamber Music Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pittsburgh Savoyards Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
29 of 94 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- 1HOOD Media
STRATEGIC ACTION PLANNING PROGRAM - Legacy Arts Project Inc
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TREASURES INITIATIVE, ANNUAL INTENSIVE SERVICES PROGRAM - Balafon West African Dance Ensemble
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TREASURES INITIATIVE - Bloomfield Garfield Corp
ANNUAL INTENSIVE SERVICES PROGRAM - Arcade Comedy Theater
ARTS AND EQUITY REIMAGINED FUND - The Global Switchboard
BUNCHER CHANGE AGENTS PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 of 94 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 62 | $1,256,285 | $16,632 |
| 2021 | 25 | $582,508 | $20,388 |
| 2022 | 27 | $374,350 | $17,500 |
| 2023 | 25 | $1,265,765 | $70,981 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $17,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 25 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 603 Stanwix St Two Gateway Ctr 1700, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222.
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