PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE IN THIS ISSUE 4 SPARKING CREATIVITY AND DIVERSITY IN PITTSBURGH’S ART SCENE The Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards and Advancing Black Arts are leaders in building and supporting diversity. 8  WOMEN OF PURPOSE An endowed scholarship fund at The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County supports scholarships from a historic women’s organization. 10 NO PLACE LIKE HOME Foundation support builds strategies to provide services and support to seniors. 14  JUSTICE FOR ALL Among the many Foundation scholarship programs are several specifically for law students. 7  Staff Profile: Jamillia Kamara 13  Staff Profile: Amy Razem 16  Donor Profile: John and Betsy Baun 18  Advisor Profile: Heather Stumpf ON THE COVER Artist Sarika Goulatia in front of one of her large-scale art installations at her Pittsburgh studio. D AILY JOURNALISM IS THE FIRST ROUGH DRAFT OF HISTORY.” That memorable line, a favorite of Washington Post Publisher Phil Graham in the 1950s and ’60s, has been dusted off and polished to a high gloss by Meryl Streep in “The Post.” She plays Katharine Graham, who took over running the newspaper after her husband’s death. In 1971, Graham put everything on the line defending First Amendment press freedom against government attempts to control publi- cation of the Pentagon Papers. And then she went on to become one of the great journalists of her time, finally winning a Pulitzer Prize for her autobiography. Nearly 50 years later, seismic technological changes have roiled the busi- ness of gathering and disseminating the news, and our divisive, tribal culture has splintered the very definition of truth. The work of daily journalism is more complex, and the pace is exceptional, requiring journalists to tweet, blog and post before they even submit their copy to editors. The result is a lot of clutter in the historical drafting. News without factual underpinning, breathless writing on every political, economic and diplomatic up-and-down without even enough time to fully report — these things are more chatter than solid drafts of history. Compelling stories that explain our time will survive. The best of daily journalism seeks to fulfill this crucial explanatory role, and often the settings for the most important explanatory stories are in our cities and regions, not in Washington or state capitals. As a newspaper editor–turned–philanthropic leader, I see critically important charges here for community foundations: We need to identify the real history being made in the places we serve; we need to support that work; and we need to assist in the drafting of the first accounts of it. If this issue of Forum is any guide, local communities empowered by thoughtful, strategic philanthropy are creating the conditions in which historical achievements can happen. The cover story focuses on two foundation-directed awards programs supporting individual artists. The strategic bet — a wise one, I think — is that rewarding creative leaps and promoting diverse art forms will lead some of these artists to make history. Our coverage of Westmoreland County includes a report on a college scholarship program encouraging students to take on leadership roles. The fund was started 100 years ago by a group of women who didn’t even have the right to vote but who recognized their power to change the historical narrative. Another scholarship story profiles two law school students who plan to use their law degrees to pursue social-justice work after graduation, and perhaps make some legal history. From our own back yard in Pittsburgh to the nation’s front yard in Washington, we in community philanthropy need to lead with the question, “What is the real history that is being made?” And then we must ensure that the story drafting is as honest, inclusive and thoughtful as those in the future will depend on it to be. Maxwell King | president & CEO “