Value proposition

Co-Design Locally, Act Regionally, Think Globally

We make nonprofits stronger.

For thirty years, The Forbes Funds has focused on strengthening the management capacity and impact of community nonprofits individually and collectively.

Our work includes the following broad areas:

Capacity Building: Providing nonprofits with resources, through grantmaking and cohorts, and learning forums to enable them to manage a disruptive event, reframe their thinking about a specific issue that impacts operations, and prepare for the future. Priority is given to human services and community development organizations in Allegheny County.

Social Innovation: Accelerating the development of operating models and technological innovation to reduce expense and/or increase impact for our community nonprofit organizations.

Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership: Leveraging the collective strength of the sector to inform policy, give input to community priorities and strategies, and increase their purchasing power.