The Peter N and Joan Rossin Stephans Foundation concentrates on a small number of sizeable grants that blend local Pittsburgh civic support, higher-education initiatives, and faith-based giving. They repeatedly fund a few core recipients (community foundation, a local church) while also making targeted gifts to universities and faith institutions, including an international Catholic mission. Their giving appears mission-driven rather than broadly distributed, favoring program/general support and a mix of community development, educational initiatives for underrepresented groups, and religious/heritage causes.
Peter N and Joan Rossin Stephans Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a recurring relationship with The Pittsburgh Foundation’s K&L Fund, including a $125,000 grant in 2023 and a $50,000 grant in 2025. That pattern sits alongside support for Presbyterian congregational work, Catholic and monastic heritage, and select education-related gifts. The foundation appears to favor a small set of organizations and makes multiple grants to the same recipients over several years rather than spreading funds widely. Its largest recent education-related gift went to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where the foundation combined American Indian initiative support with a special marketing project in 2024, followed by a $50,000 scholarship gift in 2025. Other grants show a similar mix of general-purpose support and purpose-specific funding, including repeated gifts to Westminster Presbyterian Church and Hungarian Catholic Mission. The result is a grantmaking profile that blends local Pittsburgh civic philanthropy with faith-based and higher-education support, with some gifts tied to events, memorials, or named funds.
A clear education thread runs through the foundation’s grantmaking. At South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, it gave $75,000 in 2024 for an American Indian initiative and a special marketing project, then $50,000 in 2025 for Peter Stephans’ Scholarship. Religious and heritage support is another recurring area. The foundation gave $35,000 in 2025 to Hungarian Catholic Mission in support of the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, after earlier general-purpose gifts of $20,000 in 2024 and $15,000 in both 2023 and 2024. Local Pittsburgh institutions also receive steady attention. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh received $10,500 in 2025 for the trustees/museum boards annual fund campaign and an honor gift, while UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation received $25,000 in 2024 for a golf outing and $17,128 in 2023 for the Children’s Golf Classic.
Typical grants are small to mid-sized, with a p25 of $250, a median of $2,750, and a p75 of $17,846. That spread matches a pattern of occasional larger awards paired with many modest gifts. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including The Pittsburgh Foundation, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Hungarian Catholic Mission, and the Extra Mile Education Foundation, showing repeat support rather than one-time only giving. The foundation funds individuals, and its grants also include general-purpose support, scholarship support, memorial gifts, and event-linked gifts. There is no indication of program-related investments.
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Most grants fall between $250 and $18K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$250
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$18K
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Concentrated giving: a small number of relatively large grants with repeat funding to the same organizations (two or three grants to top grantees). Mix of unrestricted/general support and targeted project gifts; geographically focused on Pittsburgh but willing to fund select out-of-state and international religious/education causes.
Notable grantees: The Pittsburgh Foundation (K&L Fund), Westminster Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh), South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Hungarian Catholic Mission (Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma)
Giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 71% of grants, and the top giving state is also PA. Pittsburgh is the most visible recipient city, appearing through The Pittsburgh Foundation, Westminster Presbyterian Church, UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and the Carnegie Science Center. Outside Pennsylvania, grants reached Rapid City, South Dakota; Portola Valley, California; Boone, North Carolina; Phoenix, Arizona; Hillsdale, Michigan; and Lebanon, Pennsylvania. All recorded grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients.
Its grants center on Pittsburgh community philanthropy, Presbyterian congregational support, higher-education projects tied to Native American outreach, Catholic and monastic heritage, and a smaller set of museum, women’s fund, and school-related gifts. The recent grants list shows repeated support for a few core organizations rather than broad thematic spread.
Yes. The Pittsburgh Foundation received grants in 2023 and 2025, Westminster Presbyterian Church received $40,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Hungarian Catholic Mission received gifts in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Extra Mile Education Foundation also appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is fairly wide: p25 is $250, median is $2,750, and p75 is $17,846. That suggests many small gifts, with a smaller number of much larger awards such as the $125,000 grant to The Pittsburgh Foundation and the $75,000 grant to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Pennsylvania receives 71% of grants, and Pittsburgh is the most common recipient city. The recent grants also include recipients in Rapid City, Portola Valley, Boone, Phoenix, Hillsdale, and Lebanon, but the overall pattern is heavily Pennsylvania-based.
Yes. The data shows the foundation funds individuals, and the recent grants include a named scholarship at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: Peter Stephans’ Scholarship, funded with $50,000 in 2025.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $40,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $40,000 | 2026 | IN SUPPORT OF THE K&L FUND |
| SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY | RAPID CITY, SD | $40,000 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING |
| CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $37,000 | 2026 | LEARNING INNOVATIONS AND GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION | PORTOLA VALLEY, CA | $30,000 | 2026 | IN SUPPORT OF THE BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF PANNONHALMA |
| UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $29,530 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE AND RESEARCH |
| FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY | NASHVILLE, TN | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| ARNOLD & WINNIE PALMER FOUNDATION | ORLANDO, FL | $14,299 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THE NOAH ANGELICI HOPE FOUNDATION | VENETIA, PA | $3,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION | CLEARWATER, FL | $1,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC | PITTSBURGH, PA | $1,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| UPPER ST CLAIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | UPPER ST CLAIR, PA | $500 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| VETERINARY CARE FOUNDATION | MORRISTON, FL | $500 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA | COLUMBIA FALLS, ME | $85 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY | RAPID CITY, SD | $50,000 | 2025 | PETER STEPHANS' SCHOLARSHIP |
| THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF THE K&L FUND |
| WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION | PORTOLA VALLEY, CA | $35,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF THE BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF PANNONHALMA |
| ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC | PITTSBURGH, PA | $20,000 | 2025 | IN SUPPORT OF THE 2018 19 REAL. STRONG. WOMEN. FUND. |
| CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $10,500 | 2025 | $500 IN HONOR OF EDITH H. FISHER; $10K IN SUPPORT OF THE 2024 TRUSTEES/MUSEUM BOARDS ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN |
| HM3 INDEPENDENCE FUND | GIBSONIA, PA | $3,335 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $3,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE HURRICANE RELIEF | BOONE, NC | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THEODORE A LAZZARO MD CHARITY FUND | GREENSBURG, PA | $1,250 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| SY HOLZER ENDOWED IMMUNOTHERAPY RESEARCH FUND | PITTSBURGH, PA | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| MERAKEY FOUNDATION | LAFAYETTE HILL, PA | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA | COLUMBIA FALLS, ME | $204 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| VANDERBUILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | NASHVILLE, TN | $150 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| ELLEN BLAKELY FOUNDATION FOR PALM TREES AND PAWS | BELLAIR BLUFFS, FL | $100 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $100 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY | RAPID CITY, SD | $75,000 | 2024 | $50,000 AMERICAN INDIAN INITIATIVE; $25,000 SPECIAL MARKETING PROJECT |
| WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $40,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $25,000 | 2024 | 16TH ANNUAL GOLF OUTING |
| HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION | PORTOLA VALLEY, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION | PORTOLA VALLEY, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $10,000 | 2024 | CIRCLE OF CARE BRIAN ACKERMAN |
| CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $3,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | HILLSDALE, MI | $1,600 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THEODORE A LAZZARO MD CHARITY FUND | GREENSBURG, PA | $1,500 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER | PITTSBURGH, PA | $1,375 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| MORTON PLANT MEASE HEATH CARE FOUNDATION | CLEARWATER, FL | $1,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| UPPER ST CLAIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | PITTSBURGH, PA | $250 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER | PITTSBURGH, PA | $250 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $150 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION | PITTSBURGH, PA | $125,000 | 2023 | K&L FUND |
| WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $40,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION | HARRISBURG, PA | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
$40,000GENERAL PURPOSE
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
$40,000SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH
$37,000LEARNING INNOVATIONS AND GENERAL SUPPORT
HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION
$30,000IN SUPPORT OF THE BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF PANNONHALMA
UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$29,530GENERAL PURPOSE AND RESEARCH
THE NOAH ANGELICI HOPE FOUNDATION
$3,000GENERAL PURPOSE
ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC
$1,000GENERAL PURPOSE
UPPER ST CLAIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
$500GENERAL PURPOSE
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
$50,000PETER STEPHANS' SCHOLARSHIP
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
$40,000GENERAL PURPOSE
HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION
$35,000IN SUPPORT OF THE BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF PANNONHALMA
ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC
$20,000IN SUPPORT OF THE 2018 19 REAL. STRONG. WOMEN. FUND.
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH
$10,500$500 IN HONOR OF EDITH H. FISHER; $10K IN SUPPORT OF THE 2024 TRUSTEES/MUSEUM BOARDS ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN
HM3 INDEPENDENCE FUND
$3,335GENERAL PURPOSE
THEODORE A LAZZARO MD CHARITY FUND
$1,250GENERAL PURPOSE
SY HOLZER ENDOWED IMMUNOTHERAPY RESEARCH FUND
$1,000GENERAL PURPOSE
MERAKEY FOUNDATION
$1,000GENERAL PURPOSE
ELLEN BLAKELY FOUNDATION FOR PALM TREES AND PAWS
$100GENERAL PURPOSE
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
$75,000$50,000 AMERICAN INDIAN INITIATIVE; $25,000 SPECIAL MARKETING PROJECT
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
$40,000GENERAL PURPOSE
HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION
$20,000GENERAL PURPOSE
HUNGARIAN CATHOLIC MISSION
$15,000GENERAL PURPOSE
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH
$10,000GENERAL PURPOSE
THEODORE A LAZZARO MD CHARITY FUND
$1,500GENERAL PURPOSE
CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER
$1,375GENERAL PURPOSE
UPPER ST CLAIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
$250GENERAL PURPOSE
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
$250GENERAL PURPOSE
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
$40,000GENERAL PURPOSE