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