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