The Pittsburgh Foundation (PA)



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.


Web Address

www.pittsburghfoundation.org/

Social Media Links

Twitter - @PittsburghFdn


Assets and Giving for Pittsburgh Foundation

Assets

2018 - 1,069,725,707
2017 - 1,142,879,653
2016 - 1,037,372,287
Domestic Grants

2018 - 50,210,273
2017 - 44,616,545


    

Recent News from Pittsburgh Foundation


Community Foundation Update (6/06/15)
Foundation: Fresno Regional Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, San Antonio Area Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cape Cod Foundation, Forbes Funds, Pittsburgh Foundation

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has announced that the Big Lift, its nationally recognized initiative to ensure that all children in the...more

Westmoreland Foundation Picks New Director
Foundation: Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, Pittsburgh Foundation

The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County tapped a Chicago native with an education background to be its next executive...more

Community Foundation of Westmoreland County selects executive director
Foundation: Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, Pittsburgh Foundation

Officials of the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County hope he'll bring that same vigor to southwestern Pennsylvania as the new...more

Community Foundation Update (5/23/15)
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Fresno Regional Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Heinz Endowments, Minneapolis Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation

Community Foundation Update (5/23/15). California. The Santa Barbara Foundation has announced that its women's fund has awarded grants...more

Heinz Endowments looks to smart urban planning for Pittsburgh moment
Foundation: Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Foundation

... toward smart urban planning to seize upon an “amazing moment” in Pittsburgh's development, foundation president Grant Oliphant said...more

Pittsburgh Foundation joins chorus urging stricter payday loan rules
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation

But afterwards, “We all went our separate ways,” said Emmett Carson, chief executive of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in Mountain...more

Ever onward, Pittsburgh: Neil Alexander showed that charitable giving is more than check writing
Foundation: Pittsburgh Foundation

The Pittsburgh Foundation set out Dec. 8 to do the sort of philanthropic work that a community foundation is supposed to do during the...more

Give Local America Aims to Multiply Success of Community Giving Days
Foundation: Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, Seattle Foundation

Priscilla Enriquez, chief giving officer at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, talks with reporter Rob Stewart of KVIE, a local PBS...more

Individual gifts double at Pittsburgh Foundation, set new record
Foundation: Pittsburgh Foundation

Maxwell King became president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation in last September as the community foundation was on its way to a...more

Indiana County Endowment names officers
Foundation: Pittsburgh Foundation

ICE is a component fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation (TPF), the 14th-largest community foundation in the United States. All donations to ICE are...more



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