The Rose Koehler Curtze Memorial Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on health care institutions in the Pittsburgh region, making large, targeted gifts to hospitals and specialty medical centers. Its giving is focused and sustained — the foundation supports a small set of repeat grantees rather than distributing many small awards. The pattern suggests priorities in sustaining local acute-care capacity and specialty pediatric services.
Highly concentrated: a few large, equal-sized gifts divided among three repeat grantees. Supports established healthcare institutions with repeated commitments rather than many small or geographically dispersed grants.
Rose Koehler Curtze Mem Fd’s recent giving is defined by large, repeated general-support grants to a small group of health care institutions, especially in western Pennsylvania. In 2024, the foundation awarded $288,092 each to Hamot Health Fdn and Saint Vincent Health Ctr, while also sending the same amount to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Tampa. The 2023 record shows the same three organizations receiving $206,669 each, which points to a stable pattern rather than one-off project funding. That consistency is important for researchers tracking institutional support: the foundation appears to favor unrestricted or core operating dollars over narrowly designated awards. Its giving also includes a much smaller recurring gift to St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Erie, showing that the portfolio is not limited entirely to hospital systems. Across the recent grants available here, the emphasis is on sustaining medical institutions and specialty care organizations through sizeable, repeat grants.
Health care institutions are the clearest center of gravity. The foundation gave $288,092 to Hamot Health Fdn for general support in 2024 and repeated that support with $206,669 in 2023, signaling ongoing institutional backing. Saint Vincent Health Ctr also received identical general-support awards in both years, at $288,092 in 2024 and $206,669 in 2023. Specialty pediatric care is another visible thread: Shriners Hospitals for Children received the same pattern of general support across the two most recent years. A smaller, recurring grant to St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Erie adds a religious-institution recipient to the record, but the dominant pattern remains health-focused.
Typical awards are large: the grant-size distribution shows a p25 of $155,127, a median of $206,669, and a p75 of $288,092. The pattern is also repetitive, with the same recipients appearing in both 2023 and 2024, which suggests sustained support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a private grantmaker rather than an individual-funding vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments. The available grant records show general support as the stated purpose for the recent awards.
$843K
$13.8M
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$984K
Most grants fall between $155K and $288K, with a median of $207K.
25th Percentile
$155K
Median
$207K
75th Percentile
$288K
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Notable grantees: Saint Vincent Health Center, Hamot Health Foundation, Shriners Hospitals for Children
Giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 75% of grants and is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient locations include Erie, PA, where Hamot Health Fdn, Saint Vincent Health Ctr, and St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church all appear, alongside Tampa, FL through Shriners Hospitals for Children. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the recent grants shown here.
The recent record is centered on health care institutions, especially hospitals and specialty medical providers. Hamot Health Fdn, Saint Vincent Health Ctr, and Shriners Hospitals for Children all received repeated general-support grants, which points to institutional support for medical services rather than project-specific funding.
Yes. The same core recipients appear in both 2023 and 2024. Hamot Health Fdn, Saint Vincent Health Ctr, and Shriners Hospitals for Children each received general-support grants in both years, showing a repeated giving pattern.
The foundation’s recent grant-size distribution is large and fairly tight: p25 is $155,127, the median is $206,669, and p75 is $288,092. The recent grants table also shows multiple awards at $206,669 and $288,092.
Pennsylvania is the main recipient state, with 75% of grants going to recipients in PA. Recent Pennsylvania recipients include organizations in Erie, and the country distribution for the recent grants shown is entirely U.S.-based.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMOT HEALTH FDN | ERIE, PA | $280,928 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR | ERIE, PA | $280,928 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | TAMPA, FL | $280,928 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH | ERIE, PA | $500 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | TAMPA, FL | $235,230 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR | ERIE, PA | $235,230 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HAMOT HEALTH FDN | ERIE, PA | $235,230 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH | ERIE, PA | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | TAMPA, FL | $288,092 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HAMOT HEALTH FDN | ERIE, PA | $288,092 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR | ERIE, PA | $288,092 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH | ERIE, PA | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR | ERIE, PA | $206,669 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HAMOT HEALTH FDN | ERIE, PA | $206,669 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | TAMPA, FL | $206,669 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH | ERIE, PA | $500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR
$280,928GENERAL SUPPORT
ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
$500GENERAL SUPPORT
SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR
$235,230GENERAL SUPPORT
ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
$500GENERAL SUPPORT
SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR
$288,092GENERAL SUPPORT
ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
$500GENERAL SUPPORT
SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CTR
$206,669GENERAL SUPPORT
ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
$500GENERAL SUPPORT