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Private operating foundationEIN 251062730Est. 1944-09

CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION

PITTSBURGH, PA 152191841

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$66.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

144

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$7K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$325–$30K

Typical

Deadlines

Within two years of the date of the he…

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$288K

Monthly grants and disablement benefits to hero survivors and to heroes who have been injured while performing acts of heroism. Total 49 recipients.

Program 2

$562K

Heroic recognition awards, which are grants paid to the year's awardees or their survivors in recognition of outstanding acts of heroism. Funeral benefits paid on behalf of heroes who died performing heroic acts. Total 80 recipients.

Program 3

$145K

Educational benefits paid to heroes and to the surviving dependents of heroes. Total 13 recipients.

Program 4

$22K

Medals & certificates awarded for acts of heroism: bronze-minted medals presented in wooden cases and certificates.

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.8M

Total Expenses

$2.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.4M

Min. Investment Return

$3.2M

Grant Range

144 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $325 through median $8K to maximum $30K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $1.0M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES
$80K
2 grants
JADA M GOMILLIA
$64K
2 grants
PIERRE JOSEPH GIBBONS
$54K
5 grants
MATTHEW R WARD
$54K
4 grants
HENRY F GRANT
$46K
2 grants
SHANE MORRISON
$44K
3 grants
MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES AWARDED FOR
$41K
2 grants
NATALIE KILLINGBECK
$40K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

499 grants

<$10K
456
grants
$10–50K
42
grants
$50–250K
1
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

43 states

Florida
$361K
11% of total
Pennsylvania
$315K
10% of total
California
$293K
9% of total
Ohio
$194K
6% of total
New York
$168K
5% of total
Texas
$141K
4% of total
Washington
$127K
4% of total
Massachusetts
$121K
4% of total
Michigan
$97K
3% of total
Tennessee
$94K
3% of total

+33 more states

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