The Pittsburgh Foundation

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Small and Mighty: Brothers and Sisters Emerging (BASE)

The Pittsburgh Foundation's Small and Mighty grants program has awarded a total of $30,000 to Brother and Sisters Emerging (BASE) in 2018 and 2019. BASE began as a youth football and cheerleading program and has now grown to a full-year program that includes an after-school program, summer camps and mentoring. BASE primarily serves African American young people in East End neighborhoods and has aimed to provide employment readiness and academic success for participants since 2008.

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Small and Mighty: Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry

The Pittsburgh Foundation, through its Small and Mighty initiative, awarded $6,760 in 2018 to Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry. Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry, founded in 1966, is a non-denominational nonprofit for individuals and families across northern Allegheny and southern Butler counties.

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Sisters Place, Inc. provides families with supportive housing

Single women raising children are among the vulnerable populations prioritized by The Pittsburgh Foundation's 100 Percent Pittsburgh organizing principle. Sister's Place, Inc. is a local nonprofit that helps single-parent families find supportive housing as they move toward self sufficiency. Many families who come to Sisters Place say they have never slept in a real bed before. The organization provides families with a fully furnished housing unit, including food and personal care items.

In The News

Local arts in brief: S.C. artist Aldwyth receives $20,000 grant

Aldwyth, a South Carolina-based visual artist based on Hilton Head, is the recipient of the annual award bestowed by the Eben Demarest Fund, a Pittsburgh Foundation fund. Aldwyth, who makes large murals, assemblage sculptures and more, received the 2015 South Carolina Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts, and her work was exhibited at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in 2009. Aldwyth said she will use the $20,000 grant that comes with the award to hire workshop assistants to help finish a series of three collages.

The Post and Courier (S.C.)

Event

Investment performance call

The Investment Performance Update Call for fund holders invested in the Legacy Fund features Executive Vice President Yvonne Maher and Vice President of Finance and Investments Jonathan Brelsford will be joined by Cori Trautvetter and David Thompson of Pavilion Advisory Group Inc., the consulting and advisory firm hired to work with the Foundation on overseeing the Legacy fund’s perpetual, intermediate and grantmaking components.

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