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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.

According to a recent Pittsburgh Foundation study, “about 72% of families living below the poverty line are headed by single women raising children.” And working hard and long, which many do, does not guarantee security. A single mom can work more than 40 hours a week at multiple jobs and still not get above the federal poverty level.

Lisa Schroeder, incoming president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, gave the graduation address. 

Back when she was a newspaper photographer – before and even after she won a Pulitzer Prize – one of Martha Rial's tasks was shooting for the publications' big community-news sections. Those were the pages that noted and celebrated the contributions of volunteers and others who made their towns better places to live.

The 29-year-old from Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood is one of 15 artists chosen to receive grant money from “Investing in Professional Artists,” a shared program of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments. 

Two local foundations have awarded a total of $169,000 in grants to 15 local artists so they can produce new work.

The Heinz Endowments has made a $1 million donation to the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program.