Highmark Foundation
Historical FunderPittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 25-1876666 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$18.7M
Organizations funded313
Typical grant$10,000
Total assets$100.9M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $4,900 and $50,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | NINA SEXTON |
|---|---|
| Address | 120 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15222 |
| Phone | 7165727302 |
| info@highmarkfoundation.org | |
| Form and materials | SEE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION |
| Deadlines | NONE |
| Restrictions | SEE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
35% of grants went outside Pennsylvania.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support charity care | $5,000,000 |
| United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | To support the general needs of united way of southwestern pennsylvania | $700,000 |
| United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | To support the general needs of united way of southwestern pennsylvania | $650,000 |
| Project Destiny Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | To support thrive18 2.0 sdoh community initiative | $650,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support nursing scholars pilot | $600,000 |
| Project Destiny Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | To support thrive18 2.0 sdoh community initiative | $500,000 |
| CAMC Health Education and Research Institute Inc | Charleston, WV | Grant to support the food as medicine initiative via healthy neighborhood program | $500,000 |
| United Way of Capital Region | Enola, PA | To support the general needs of united way of capital region | $300,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support talent attraction program | $300,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support first steps and beyond program | $250,000 |
| West Virginia United Health System Inc | Morgantown, WV | To support food for mountaineers program | $250,000 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | To support compassion corner campaign and red door initiative | $250,000 |
| West Virginia United Health System Inc | Morgantown, WV | To support food for mountaineers program | $250,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Hershey, PA | To support first steps and beyond program | $250,000 |
| The Advanced Leadership Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | To support 2024 tali programming | $200,000 |
| New York University College of Dentistry | New York, NY | Three-Year grant (2022-2024) to support nyu school of dentistry's vocare veterans program, providing free dental care to veterans over the… | $176,300 |
| West Virginia State University Foundation | Institute, WV | Grant for nursing scholarship program | $150,000 |
| St Mary's Medical Center Foundation Inc | Huntington, WV | Grant to support nursing scholarships | $150,000 |
| OVP Health Care | Proctorville, OH | Grant to support their dental program by sustaining access to quality dental care and dentures in tri-state appalachia | $130,000 |
| CASA of the Eastern Panhandle INC | Martinsburg, WV | Grant to support foster parent program fostering healthy futures program | $127,833 |
| AHN Cancer Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | To support cancer institute health equity and screening program | $125,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support talent attraction program | $125,000 |
| A Call To Care dba Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | To support call to care's free two-day dental clinic called mission of mercy pittsburgh (mompgh) which provides health care to the… | $125,000 |
| TeamSmile Inc | Riverside, MT | Three-Year grant (2024-2026) to provide free dental care to underserved youth across the country by supporting teamsmile through a national… | $110,000 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | Grant to support cpr in schools | $110,000 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | Five-Year grant (2021-2025) to support traditionally under-represented minorities with dental scholarships. | $100,000 |
| Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry | Nashville, TN | Five-Year grant (2021-2025) to support traditionally under-represented minorities with dental scholarships. | $100,000 |
| East Liberty Family Health Care Center Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | To support capacity building | $100,000 |
| Adagio Health Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | To support hub laurel highlands expansion | $100,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of America | Atlanta, GA | To support national youth mental health partnership | $100,000 |
| Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard | Pittsburgh, PA | To improve health care access and outreach for homeless veterans | $100,000 |
| ACTION-Housing Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | To support health and wellness initiative | $100,000 |
| The Children's Home of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | To increase access to pediatric therapy services | $100,000 |
| Free Clinic Association of Pennsylvania | State College, PA | To support infrastructure | $100,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of America | Atlanta, GA | To support the general needs of national youth mental health partnership | $100,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support humane health coalition | $100,000 |
| Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research | Pittsburgh, PA | To support research related to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of brain injuries | $100,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support chill mobile 2.0 | $100,000 |
| Three Rivers Mothers Milk Bank | Pittsburgh, PA | To support highmark bright blue futures awards | $100,000 |
| Wheeling Health Right Inc | Wheeling, WV | Grant for the expansion of dental care services for the marginalized | $100,000 |
| South Central PA Sickle Cell Council | Harrisburg, PA | To support community-based sickle cell awareness and education initiative | $95,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support wexford ems | $95,000 |
| Three Rivers Alliance of Community Health Centers | McKees Rocks, PA | To support pipeline program for dental and medical assistants in fqhcs | $94,000 |
| Robert Packer Hospital | Sayre, PA | To support guthrie paramedicineplus program | $90,000 |
| A Giving Heart | Pittsburgh, PA | To support get fit kids healthy habits and fitness program | $85,000 |
| Rea of Hopeorg | Charleston, WV | Grant to support drug and alcohol residential program; first things first | $83,200 |
| LGBT Center of Greater Reading | Reading, PA | To support building primary provider connections at rivertown pride center | $80,000 |
| Primary Care Health Services | Pittsburgh, PA | To support dental health services expansion | $80,000 |
| Punxsutawney Area Hospital Inc | Punxsutawney, PA | To support phase 2: pah perinatal & gynecological outreach in the amish community | $77,000 |
| MOM-n-PA | Shippensburg, PA | To support mom-n-pa free dental clinics | $75,000 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Inc | Allentown, PA | To support connections pregnancy program expansion - pocono and hazleton | $75,000 |
| Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | To support pittsburgh electrification and weatherization environmental health pilot | $75,000 |
| Free Clinic Association of Pennsylvania | State College, PA | To support infrastructure | $72,700 |
| Asbury First United Methodist Church | Rochester, NY | Multi-Year grant (2024-2027) to establish a director of health services position to plan and implement the expansion and integration of… | $70,000 |
| Latino Connection Foundation LLC | Harrisburg, PA | To support pa statewide minority maternal health summit | $70,000 |
| Lily's Place Inc | Huntington, WV | Grant to support mothers dealing with drug abuse; specially residential treatment for children program | $65,606 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support heart to heart program | $62,500 |
| Alder Health Services | Harrisburg, PA | To increase access to care for lgbtq+ community of south-central pa | $61,000 |
| North Side Christian Health Center | Pittsburgh, PA | To support capacity building | $60,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network | Pittsburgh, PA | To support pediatrics medical nutrition and feeding program | $60,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 313 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | CMU research partnership to support technology, clinical areas, and data analytics projects to increase the efficacy, affordability, and… | $10,000,000 |
| Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc | Orchard Park, NY | To support and promote health equity or other health-related community programming across western New York. | $7,500,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network - TAPP | Pittsburgh, PA | To support Talent Attraction Program Professional (TAPP) for Clinicians and McGovern Scholars for Medical students | $450,000 |
| West Virginia State University Foundation | Institute, WV | To support Nursing Scholarship program. | $155,000 |
| Children's Home of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | To support increased access to pediatric therapy services, particularly in outpatient and intensive feeding and swallowing therapies. | $100,000 |
| Allegheny Health Network - EMS | Pittsburgh, PA | To support Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the Wexford, PA, area. | $87,500 |
| Women for a Healthy Environment | Pittsburgh, PA | To support the expansion of the CHW program. | $77,000 |
| Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | To support the Electrification and Weatherization pilot program. | $75,000 |
| PA Charitable Healthcare Coalition | camp hill, PA | To strengthen the infrastructure and visibility of the Pennsylvania Charitable Healthcare Coalition and free clinics throughout… | $75,000 |
| CASA of the Eastern Panhandle Inc | Martinsburg, WV | To support Fostering Healthy Futures program. | $66,894 |
| Allegheny Health Network - Chill 20 | Pittsburgh, PA | To support expansion of the AHN Chill Mobile 2.0 program. | $50,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | To support the Community-Based Clinical Education Program (CBCE) for UCLA predoctoral and resident students doing dental rotations at… | $50,000 |
| Indiana Regional Medical Center | Indiana, PA | To support the IRMC mobile primary care unit. | $45,000 |
| Water Street Ministries | lancaster, PA | To support dental procedures for patients who cannot afford dental care (including crowns, partial and full dentures and oral surgeries). | $30,000 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | Food bank support to help improve the total health of the underserved. | $10,000 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | Food bank support to help improve the total health of the underserved. | $10,000 |
| North Texas Food Bank | Plano, TX | Food bank support to help improve the total health of the underserved. | $10,000 |
| Albany State University | Albany, GA | To support students pursing their education in the dental field. | $3,000 |
| Capital City Give Kids Smile | Charleston, PA | To support the annual Capital City Give Kids a Smile free dental clinic in West Virginia. | $2,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18,696,982 | 332 |
| 2023 | $13,762,385 | 153 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 13, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202523179349102032
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 25-1876666
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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