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