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The fourth pathway
Pittsburgh Foundation donors are the early investors at Hillman Cancer Center where immunology research is producing new tools to fight cancer.
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Support Chabad of Poway
Funds raised will be prioritized to address those directly injured and impacted by the shooting in San Diego on Apr. 27, 2019.
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First $50,000 Bennett Prize goes to Tampa artist Aneka Ingold
Prestigious prize raises profile of women figurative realist painters
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Paying it forward
How one family’s medical crisis led to an endowment for the trailblazing Supportive Care Program
In The News
Bennett Prize Announcement – I’m going!
John Dalton reports: "Just a quick little announcement to let you know I will be at the award ceremony for the announcement of the winner of the Bennett Prize in Muskegon on May 2nd. So if you were thinking of coming along to support the ten finalists and the ten honorable mentions and to support the whole initiative in general, well now you have another reason. I’ll be there."
Gently Does It, a podcast by John Dalton
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Pittsburgh Gives #ONEDAY Event
Video: Our foundation's Executive Vice President Yvonne Maher and Chief Advancement Officer of Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank Traci Weatherford-Brown discuss our May 7 Critical Needs Event on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live.
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Next-gen giving: Foundations inculcate giving spirit in millennials
The Pittsburgh and Westmoreland County foundations have tapped into a fertile source of funds and goodwill that charities in other places should leverage as well. Communities always have unmet needs, and some of these can be addressed one modest donation at a time.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Why do women give back more than men?
Kelly Uranker, director of the Center for Philanthropy at the Pittsburgh Foundation, also sees these statistics proven true in her foundation’s volunteer pool, particularly regarding the working woman. Statistics show 27.2% of employed people volunteer versus 23.3% of unemployed. “We see women taking significant roles in our programs,” Uranker says. “The women who are participating are primarily full-time working women, mothers or not, who come into this with a lifetime of working and prior volunteering experiences.”
Pennsylvania Business Central
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Small and Mighty: Steel Smiling
The Pittsburgh Foundation awarded a Small and Mighty grant of $10,000 in 2017 to Steel Smiling. Steel Smiling is a volunteer-run organization formed in early 2016 to provide African Americans in low-income neighborhoods with basic needs and referrals to quality, affordable mental health services.
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Small and Mighty: Recovery United Pittsburgh, Inc.
The Pittsburgh Foundation awarded a Small and Mighty grant of $15,000 to Recovery United Pittsburgh, Inc. in 2016. Overdose deaths in Allegheny County nearly double national averages, and our region has a shortage of residential options for those in recovery.