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