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