The Pittsburgh Foundation is the 14th largest community foundation in the country. Since 1945, it has worked to improve the quality of life in the Pittsburgh region by evaluating and addressing community issues, promoting charitable giving, and connecting donors to the critical needs of the community.
Enter “Neighbor-Aid,” a grant-making program organized by the Pittsburgh Foundation in conjunction with United Way of Allegheny County (now United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania) — a...more
One is “Single Mom Defined,” photographs and videos by Heather Hopson designed to empower single mothers. Other participants include Brandon-Ahmauri McClendon, LoRen and Water Seed. The grants...more
Initial funding sources include the Richard King Mellon/Community Foundation of Westmoreland County Impact Fund, affiliated with the Pittsburgh Foundation; the McKinney Charitable Foundation, through...more
The course conducted at the end of each program year was developed by the American College of Financial Services in Philadelphia to help financial advisors deepen their relationships with clients,...more
We have been blessed to receive funding from the Pittsburgh Foundation's Small and Mighty Grants Program, the POISE Foundation, Awesome Pittsburgh, and the Women and Girls Foundation, just to name a...more
This kind of advocacy is unusual for a community foundation, but part of a pattern for the Pittsburgh Foundation, as NPQ's Steve Dubb recently noted. It is worth noting that the Post-Gazette was...more
"They serve as powerful testaments to the community foundation model and the compact between donors and staff that ensures their intentions will be honored beyond their lifetimes." The gift...more
“Gifts of this magnitude are always very thoughtfully made. They serve as powerful testaments to the community foundation model and the compact between donors and staff that ensures their...more
The Pittsburgh Foundation on Wednesday announced a $37.1 million bequest, the second-largest in the community foundation's 73-year history. The donor, Raymond Schubart Suckling, died Sept. 29, 2014,...more
The foundation announced the gift Wednesday and said it is the second biggest gift in the community foundation's history. The largest was $50 million left by Charles Kaufman, also an engineer, who...more
Textbooks for Change, a London-based social enterprise that has obtained the B Corporation seal for positive social and environmental impact, is seeking investors that would be helping the company expand.