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