News Release Archive

News Release Jan. 7, 2021

Foundation awards $351,000 in Small and Mighty Grants

PITTSBURGH, PA, JAN. 7, 2021 –The Small and Mighty grants program, a special initiative of The Pittsburgh Foundation, has made 22 new grants totaling $351,100. Small and Mighty is meant to increase the Foundation’s grantmaking to small, community-based organizations. Grantees have budgets of $600,000 or less and work to address poverty and inequity by meeting basic needs in areas such as physical and mental health, food, shelter, child care and education.

News Release Dec. 21, 2020

Dietrich Foundation Greenville Fund invites grant applications

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21, 2020 -  The Pittsburgh Foundation is accepting grant applications for The Dietrich Foundation Greenville, Pa. Fund. Selection of grantees will be made by the nine-member committee of The Dietrich Foundation and awards will be announced in early summer.    

News Release Dec. 21, 2020

Dietrich Foundation Conneaut Lake Fund invites grant applications

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21, 2020- The Pittsburgh Foundation is accepting grant applications for The Dietrich Foundation Conneaut Lake, Pa. Fund. Selection of grantees will be made by the nine-member committee of The Dietrich Foundation and awards will be announced in early summer.

News Release Dec. 2, 2020

$1.74 million to further racial justice in Pittsburgh

Operating grants awarded to 24 organizations

PITTSBURGH, PA, DEC. 2, 2020 –The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded $1.74 million from its Grantmaking for Racial Justice Fund to 24 organizations and collectives that are led by and serve people of color.

News Release Dec. 1, 2020

Westmoreland philanthropy head moves to Pittsburgh Foundation

Phil Koch to lead policy, community impact for wider region

News Release Nov. 30, 2020

10 finalists announced for $50,000 Bennett Prize for women figurative realist painters

PITTSBURGH, Pa. Nov. 30, 2020 – Today 10 women from across the country who paint in the figurative realist style were named finalists for the $50,000 Bennett Prize, the largest art award ever offered solely to women figurative realist painters, and now in its second round of awards.

News Release Nov. 24, 2020

The Pittsburgh Foundation to rapidly disburse $1.62 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds

The Pittsburgh Foundation has been named by Allegheny County to oversee efforts to distribute $1.62 million in rapid relief grants to 28 nonprofits in response to the human services needs presented by COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Relief Fund distributes CARES Act funding to nonprofits in Allegheny County.

News Release Nov. 9, 2020

Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh announces $456,000 in grants

Projects funded by this joint program of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments include a documentary about Black American women, an artist residency at Guardians of Sound to work with the Hip Hop Orchestra Music Instruction project, a series of cookout events to cultivate Black joy and a three-month visiting playwright fellowship that honors the legacy of August Wilson.

News Release Oct. 15, 2020

Billions of dollars in COVID-19 losses hit Pa. nonprofits

Statewide survey most comprehensive to date on lost revenue and extra costs

News Release Sept. 21, 2020

A New Grantmaking Fund for Racial Justice

The Pittsburgh Foundation is building upon its longstanding commitment to racial justice by establishing the $1.5 million Grantmaking for Racial Justice Fund to provide grants quickly to organizations that are led by and serve people of color.