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