DSF Charitable Foundation

The philanthropic vehicle of the David Scaife family, making strategic grants in health, human services and education across southwestern Pennsylvania, with a distinctive appetite for models of excellence that can be replicated elsewhere.

  • dsfcf.org
  • Legacy
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Foundation and grantmaker
  • Read from public sources, Jul 2026

Financial profile

DSF Charitable Foundation · EIN 25-1847237 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$2,637,616$8,143,892$113,671,260Dec 2023
FY2022$1,718,874$4,760,576$110,467,558Dec 2022
FY2021$3,512,807$5,196,227$126,409,236Dec 2021
FY2020$2,846,675$3,089,756$116,125,467Dec 2020
FY2019$4,114,555$2,923,109$105,187,966Dec 2019
FY2018$7,270,835$7,292,451$93,632,682Dec 2018

Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.

Something wrong here? Tell us what we missed.

Peer societies

Five societies DSF Charitable Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs DCF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

Something wrong here? Tell us what we missed.

The outside view

The philanthropic vehicle of the David Scaife family, making strategic grants in health, human services and education across southwestern Pennsylvania, with a distinctive appetite for models of excellence that can be replicated elsewhere.

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Frontier and The Village.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

Not an official page of DSF Charitable Foundation. Sociogene does not consult. Everything here comes from public sources, dated and linked. Something wrong here? Tell us what we missed.