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