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