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