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