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