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