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Pittsburgh native Mac Miller, born Malcolm McCormick, died a year ago this month. A fund set up in his name at The Pittsburgh Foundation has already started its grantmaking aimed at children in the arts and those dealing with substance abuse issues.

Remembering Mac Miller through vigils, memorials and more. Zach DiMartini, a fan from Shaler is organizing a vigil at Blue Slide Park in Squirrel Hill on Friday, Sept 6, 2019. 

The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, a supporting organization of the Pittsburgh Foundation, has awarded grants totaling $1.8 million in support of cutting-edge scientific research at Pennsylvania universities. Through its New Recipients focus area, the foundation awarded grants of $150,000 over two years to scientists making the transition to academia.  

After Owen died, the Sewickley family started the Owen Galluzzo Memorial Fund, housed through The Pittsburgh Foundation, meant to enrich the lives of medically fragile kids. The memorial fund contributes to two organizations that were an integral part of Owen’s life: the Arizona-based Beads of Courage, which provides children with beads for milestones in their medical journey, and Massachusetts-based Team Impact, which pairs children with serious illnesses with college sports teams.  

Innovative and interdisciplinary scientific research by early-career and established scientists at Pennsylvania universities has received a major boost by way of $1.8 million in new funding from The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, a supporting organization of The Pittsburgh Foundation. Out of $1.8 million awarded to Pennsylvania universities by the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, Bucknell professor Greg Pask received a two-year $150,00 grant for research on chemical communication in social insects.

Following the death of billionaire Henry L. Hillman in 2017, his namesake foundation received an infusion of $700 million and hinted that it wanted to raise its profile after decades operating under the quiet philanthropist who preferred to keep his donations private. Now the Henry L. Hillman Foundation is taking the first step toward engaging the community in its grantmaking — in a very public way. (Editor's note: 12 judges have been already been selected to assess proposals including Michael Yonas, our Foundation's director of research and special initiatives.)

The Pittsburgh Foundation announced Tuesday the funding of 47 grants to support regional nonprofits with a "wide range of life-improving missions."

The organization, dubbed ‘the heart of the Hill,’ faced major funding challenges for more than a decade. Some efforts to adapt backfired.

A life’s recounting in the subject’s own words.

Bobbi Watt Geer Geer will become the first woman to lead the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania . This follows the recent appointment of Lisa Schroeder as the first woman to lead The Pittsburgh Foundation. Also notable in recent days was the hiring of Mark Thomas, an African-American executive from New York City, to lead the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, a key economic development organization.