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