Record public support in record time
$900,000 goes to organizations assisting homeless
Donations in response to shift in Federal funding
PITTSBURGH, PA, Dec. 9, 2014 – The Pittsburgh Foundation Critical Needs Alert program to aid individuals and families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity set new records in amount and time as the public responded with contributions of $450,000 through its PittsburghGives donation portal.
Update on the August Wilson Center
With the signing of financial and legal documents on Nov. 5 that completed the sale of the August Wilson Center, The Pittsburgh Foundation’s board and staff are celebrating the return to the public of a building freed from debt that now has the potential to distinguish the region as home to one of the most important institutions in the country dedicated to African American art and culture.
Foundation outlines August Wilson Center revival plan
PITTSBURGH, PA, Dec. 4, 2014 – With the sale of the building completed, the foundations group that has been leading a year-long effort to save the August Wilson Center from permanent closure, or from re-opening in a way that runs counter to its original intent, has announced a re-structuring plan that will allow it to begin a productive second life as soon as possible.
Pittsburgh Critical Need: Help for the Homeless
Pittsburgh Foundation program to double donations
PITTSBURGH, PA, Dec. 4, 2014 – The Pittsburgh Foundation is leading a second community Critical Needs Alert program to aid individuals and families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity this holiday season, and is asking the public to make contributions through its PittsburghGives donation portal.
$150,000 awarded for revitalization projects
in seven Westmoreland County cities
GREENSBURG, PA, Dec. 3, 2014. The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County (CFWC) awarded $150,000 in grants to nine projects in the first cycle of a three-year initiative intended to revitalize seven communities in Westmoreland County.
Below is the 2015 media kit for the Critical Alert: Homelessness.
The .zip file at the top contains all the images listed here.
Two local Artists Receive Carol R. Brown Achievement Award
PITTSBURGH, PA, Nov. 19, 2014 – A panel of artists and arts organization leaders has announced this year’s winners of the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards, one recognized as an emerging artist with potential for significant future work, and a second artist, already established, to be cited for a body of critically acclaimed work.
The Pittsburgh Promise Issues 2014 Report to the Community
at Pittsburgh’s New Energy Innovation Center in the Hill District
Arts Day of Giving delivers nearly $1.5 million
for region’s arts and culture organizations
PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 3, 2014 – Nearly $1.5 million was pumped into the Pittsburgh region’s arts community in one 18-hour period yesterday, validating the fundraising power of the second Arts Day of Giving. A total of 8,208 individual donations received a nearly 25 percent match through the program, referred to, artistically, as artDOG, yesterday.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., September 18, 2014 – The Pittsburgh Foundation has appointed Douglas Root Vice President of Communications. He joins the staff with an extensive background in local philanthropy and government service, as well as daily newspaper journalism, magazine and book writing.
