PITTSBURGH, Dec. 27, 2015 – Dr. Richard and Priscilla Hunt have established a $15 million fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation, making the donation the largest of its kind by a living donor in the philanthropy’s 70-year history.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 22, 2015 –Congress has approved and President Obama has signed the PATH Act making the Individual Retirement Account Charitable Rollover and two other charitable giving incentives permanent law.
The tax package did not expand the permanency to donor advised funds, but giving the Charitable Rollover that designation is a tremendous victory for community foundation philanthropy and for our individual donors. The Pittsburgh Foundation's staff members were very involved in advocacy efforts to bring about passage.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11, 2015 – Leaders from across the Pittsburgh region’s business, religious, cultural, nonprofit and foundation sectors today decried the harm done to the state’s most vulnerable residents and many facets of its economy due to a nearly six-month stall in the passage of Pennsylvania’s budget.
The Pittsburgh Foundation raises $1 million in four hours
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8, 2015 – The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Critical Needs Alert campaign raised more than $1 million for area housing agencies today — a record in both dollars raised and duration — with contributions from the public surpassing $500,000 in just four hours.
The Pittsburgh Foundation to launch third annual holiday giving campaign
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2015 – Bucking national trends, homelessness is on the rise in Pennsylvania, with more than 15,000 people experiencing housing instability in the past year. With service providers facing increased demand, and with many of them hampered by the state budget impasse, The Pittsburgh Foundation is repeating its lead role from last year’s Critical Needs campaign for the homeless, which raised nearly $1 million for service providers.
Leaders to document damage from state budget war; Call for permanent reform of budget process to protect human services
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 11, 2015 — With the Pennsylvania budget standoff now dragging into its fifth month, The Pittsburgh Foundation and the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania are calling upon human services nonprofits and residents connected to them to join in #PApeoplecount.
Theater director, documentary filmmaker are winners of the 2015 Carol. R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2, 2015 – Two Pittsburgh-based artists will receive this year’s Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards. The awards, a shared commitment of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments to invest in local artists, recognize exemplary artistic achievement and the promise of maintaining that level of excellence in future work. Two recipients — an established artist and an emerging artist – are each awarded $15,000.
Military-grade dog crates will keep K-9 officers safe on the job
(PITTSBURGH, PA) October 20, 2015… The K-9 Unit of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is safer and better equipped thanks to the donation of 23 military dog crates funded by the Officer Rocco K-9 Memorial Fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation. The crate purchase was made possible by a special donation to the Fund by business owner, animal lover and philanthropist Scott Noxon of Robinson Township.
GREENSBURG, Pa., Sept. 1, 2015 - The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County (CFWC) will award a second round of Revitalizing Westmoreland grants totaling $150,000 for community projects in seven communities in Westmoreland County.
Pittsburgh Foundation Sets $300,000 Fund for Mission-Centered Artworks
August Wilson Center Programming, Booking, Facility Preparation Underway
