Curtis I & Paul Kossman Char Foundation
The Kossman Family Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to providing general support to a variety of charitable organizations. Its mission reflects a commitment to addressing community needs, with a focus on food security, affordable housing, health services, and support for vulnerable populations, including survivors of domestic violence. The foundation primarily serves organizations in the Pittsburgh area, contributing to local charities such as the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank, and Planned Parenthood. Through its funding, the foundation aims to enhance social welfare and improve the quality of life for individuals and families in need.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Pennsylvania-based or regionally connected nonprofit seeking general operating support, especially community-service, health, education, or human-service organizations with an existing local track record.
Good Fit
- • Organization is based in Pennsylvania or demonstrates strong in-state impact.
- • Request is for general operating support or core program funding rather than a new, experimental project.
- • Applicant can provide standard documentation (IRS exemption letter) and a concise written funding request.
- • Organization operates in the same program areas historically funded (food security, housing, health, education, community services).
- • Organization is established or already known within the Pittsburgh-area nonprofit network.
Geography
Giving is heavily concentrated in Pennsylvania (about 87% of dollars), with occasional out-of-state gifts across a dozen states but a clear in-state dominance.
Recipient Variety
The latest year funded 57 distinct independent recipients across multiple service areas, showing a broad portfolio of grantees for the foundation's size despite some dollar concentration among top recipients.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of recipient turnover is mixed: there is a clear written-request submission route and prior years included many new grantees, but the most recent year added only one new recipient, so openness to unfamiliar applicants is plausible but not strongly demonstrated.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
