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