Philanthropy For and By African-Americans
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Gregory Curtis
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Maurice Falk Medical Fund established
1960
Carol Brown
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Rachel Miller Hunt
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Henry Hoffstot
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Gordon Reynolds (Renny) Clark
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The Federation of Girls' School Societies founded1911
Henry Posner III
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POISE Foundation launches
1980
Henry Clay Frick
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Sunil Wadhwani
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Education Fund Commission1909
Home for Aged Protestant Women1871
Maurice Falk Fund2004
Richard King Mellon
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Hillman foundations make $10 million gift to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation2005
Mellon Square Park established
1953
John Denny
Oral History
Charles L. McCune
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Morton "Moe" Coleman
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Robert E. Eberly
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Saleem Ghubril
Oral History
Ann Burgwin Scully
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Gregory Curtis
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Carnegie Institute of Technology receives major grant1946
Constance Prosser Mellon
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ALMONO purchases 178-acre brownfield site2002
Gospel of Wealth
1889
Colcom Foundation is created
1996
Westinghouse gave $200,0001948
Andrew Carnegie
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Allegheny Institute
1849
The Eden Hall Foundation is Established1983
Torrence "Tod" Hunt, Jr.
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Carnegie establishes pension fund and library maintenance fund1901
Ron Wertz
Oral History
Schenley Park
1889
Minnie Kupperbursh Grable
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Roy A. Hunt
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Cynthia Shapira
Oral History
Mellon Institute dedicated by A.W. Mellon
1937
Diana Bucco
Oral History
The Henry L. Hillman Foundation is Established1964
William "Bill" Strickland
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Staunton Farm Foundation established
1937
"Baltimore" Jane Holmes
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Protestant Home for Incurables1883
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
1874
Doreen Boyce
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Benedum Foundation makes large gift to Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
1985
Doreen Boyce
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Milton Fine
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Richard P. Simmons
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Heather Arnet
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Civic Light Opera founded
1946
Grable Foundation established
1976
Senator John Heinz
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Seeding and Sustaining Innovation: From Campus to Company
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With broad foundation support, the Pittsburgh Promise is established
2008
Alan Scaife
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Diana Bucco
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William P. Getty
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William Strickland
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Allegheny Vocational Counseling Center established1946
Christian Home for Women1871
Mary Schenley
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Home for Aged Protestant Men and Couples1881
Gordon Reynolds (Renny) Clark
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Helen Clay Frick
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Judith Davenport
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Judith and Ron Davenport
Oral History
Eden Hall Farm gifted to Chatham University
2008
Mellon Park land is donated1946
Gregg Behr
Oral History
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation1944
Madam CJ Walker Makes Large Gift1919
Henry Posner Jr.
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Buhl Foundation funds metropolitan studies1953
Henry Buhl, Jr.
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Chatham Village constructed
1931
RK Mellon makes $25 million Life Sciences grant2007
Madam CJ Walker
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Leila College Opens
1908
Anatomy of a Transformative Gift: Eden Hall Farm
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Luci Dabney
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Peter Mathieson
Oral History
McCune Foundation established
1979
Carolyn Duronio
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Maurice Falk Fund and Leon Falk Family Trust2006
Ronald Wertz
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William Deitrich
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William L Mellon, Jr., M.D.
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Founding of Girls Service Club1923
George Greer
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Henry Posner III
Oral History
Hillman Foundation established
1951
William P. Getty
Oral History
Scott Izzo
Oral History
Heinz Endowments created
1986
Mark Lewis
Oral History
Stanton Belfour
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Allegheny Observatory1860
Orphan Society of Allegheny County
1832
A.J. Palumbo
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Howard Heinz
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Ron Davenport
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Allegheny Day Nursery1886
Birmingham Foundation1996
Michael Benedum
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Hillman foundations establish The Hillman Fellows Program for Innovative Cancer Research2005
James Adams coal assistance1841
Mark Nordenberg
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Mary Schenley donates remnant of Fort Pitt
1895
Philanthropy For and By Women
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Every Pittsburgher a Philanthropist
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Torrence 'Tod' Hunt, Jr.
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Eva Tansky Blume
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H.J. Heinz II named man of the year1942
The Maurice and Laura Falk Fund is created1929
Philip Hallen
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Groundwork laid for regional park system1958
Buhl Foundation funds Children's Museum1970
Colored Orphan Asylum1880
United Presbyterian Women’s Association and Women’s Home1879
Maxwell King
Oral History
Jewish Healthcare Foundation1990
Risk and Failure
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A.W. Mellon pays University of Pittsburgh debt1921
Atom smasher funded by Buhl Foundation
1946
Sarah Benedum
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Nancy Washington
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Corporate Philanthropy
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Sarah Mellon Scaife announced bequest1966
Ann McGuinn
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Carnegie gives $1 million1891
Cathy Raphael
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R. Daniel McMichael
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Falk Foundation2013
Vira Heinz
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Mark Nordenberg
Oral History
Howard Heinz Endowment established1941
Grant Oliphant
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Jared Cohon
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Mary Schenley donates land to Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind1890
Mellon brothers donate land for Cathedral of Learning1925
Richard King Mellon Foundation established
1947
H. J. Heinz
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Martin McGuinn
Oral History
FISA Foundation established
1996
Hillman Family Foundations2009
Sebastian Mueller
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Maurice Falk
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Henry Clay Frick donates land to the City of Pittsburgh1919
Giving Circles and Sankofa Case Study
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Saleem Ghubril
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Frick Collection opens1935
Greater Pittsburgh Parks Associated is founded1932
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Hunt make large gift to CIT1958
Sylvia Fields
Oral History
Transfer of Allegheny Observatory to Western University of Pennsylvania
1865
Maxwell King
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Carnegie Technical Institute
1900
Mellon family grants $15 million to University of Pittsburgh1954
Cecile Springer
Oral History
Karen Wolk Feinstein
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Carol Brown
Oral History
$7 million sports arena proposed in Hill District
1953
Jared Cohon
Oral History
Andrew Carnegie gave 55 million for libraries1885
Fund for unemployed men1894
Bernard H. Jones
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Elsie H. Hillman
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H.J. "Jack" Heinz II
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Teresa Heinz
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Alcoa Foundation established
1952
Mary R. "Dee" Delaney
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Sigo Falk
Oral History
Alfred "Burr" Wishart
Oral History
Mary R. "Dee" Delaney
Oral History
Henry Hoffstot
Oral History
Cynthia Shapira
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Philip Hallen
Oral History
David Shapira
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Karen Wolk Feinstein
Oral History
Peter Mathieson
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Paul Jenkins
Oral History
Sigo Falk
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Buhl Foundation funds social survey1937
Forbes Funds is Established1982
Bureau of Social Research established by Buhl Foundation1932
Robert Pease
Oral History
A.W. Mellon dies1937
A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust established1930
Robert Pease
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Heather Arnet
Oral History
Cordelia Scaife May
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St. Paul's Orphan Asylum1849
The Buhl Foundation created
1927
Three Rivers Youth established1970
Sylvia Fields
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Esther Barrazzone
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Brewer's Fuel Fund1860
Women and Girls Foundation established
2002
Henry Posner Sr.
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Laurel Foundation is Established1951
The Pittsburgh Foundation is established
1945
Alma Illery
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Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin
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Jane Holmes
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Grant Oliphant
Oral History
Carolyn Duronio
Oral History
Cathy Raphael
Oral History
Richard Mellon Scaife
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Luci Dabney
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Andrew W. Mellon
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The Sisters of Mercy
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The Pittsburgh Survey1907
George Greer
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Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Women1883
The Fine Foundation2007
Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
1890
The Carnegie Library of Homestead.1896
Henry Clay Frick Education Commission affiliates with the Buhl Foundation1993
Nancy Washington
Oral History
Funds for first Carnegie library
1881
Lemington Home for the Aged1900
Cecile Springer
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Sunil Wadhwani
Oral History
Harmarville Rehabitation Center1956
Buhl Foundation endows Doreen Boyce Chair at University of Pittsburgh1999
Buhl Planetarium constructed in Pittsburgh
1937
The Home for Colored Children1880
Ann McGuinn
Oral History
Esther Barrazzone
Oral History
Hunt Foundation is Established1951
Henry Hillman
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Brunot and Brewer Endow The Church Home
1858
R. Daniel McMichael
Oral History
$12 million gift to University of Pittsburgh1958
Gregg Behr
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Mark Lewis
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Paul Jenkins
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Alfred "Burr" Wishart, Jr.
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Martin McGuinn
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The Transformation of the Cultural District
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Morton Coleman
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John Denny
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Scott Izzo
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DT Watson Home for Crippled Children founded1916
