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The Pittsburgh Foundation Scholarships
The Pittsburgh Foundation and its Westmoreland County affiliate manage donor scholarship funds for students from southwestern Pennsylvania. A public scholarship search lets students type a keyword and narrow results by school level, field of study, college, high school and county. Applications for this year are closed and reopen in January.
Best for: Students from the Pittsburgh region who want to search local donor funds by school, county or field before applying.
Limitation: Applications are closed until January, and fund listings still show last cycle's deadlines until the new cycle opens.
Our rating
4.0out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (4.0 / 5)
- Filters cover county, field of study, college and high school.
- A keyword search narrows funds and shows filter counts.
- Results can start from school level, such as high school senior.
Scholarship Quality (4.5 / 5)
- A notice says applications reopen in January.
- Listings keep last cycle deadlines until then.
- Listings give eligibility and an average award or varies.
- The foundation runs each fund.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- A main-page link leads to a donor page, not student awards.
- Some content runs past the screen edge on phones.
- Back returns to the scholarships page.
Privacy & Marketing (4.0 / 5)
- The policy explains information use and email opt outs.
- Pages load Facebook, LinkedIn and Google tracking tools.
- No ads or sweepstakes appear on scholarship pages.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.