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