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