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