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Based on Census counts, Westmoreland County receives about $3.3 million annually through federally funded Community Development Block Grants. The funds are used for water, sewer and road infrastructure as well as sidewalks and parks, said Phil Koch, executive director of The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, a local grant-making organization. “There’s a danger that some folks may not be counted, and that is just not OK,” Koch said. “And we looked at, who are those people that may be at risk of not being counted? It’s vulnerable populations and vulnerable communities.”

A single misbehaving protein - called TDP-43 - is behind 97 percent of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases and 45 percent of frontotemporal dementia diagnoses. This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Additional support was provided by the LiveLikeLou Fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation, a gift from Barbara McCormick, Target ALS, the Frick Foundation for ALS Research, the ALS Association and the Life Extension Foundation.

In this webinar, Media Impact Funders board member Joy Thomas Moore and Maxwell King, president of The Pittsburgh Foundation, offer advice on how to prioritize early childhood care as a parent and stay present while doing it. 

The Pittsburgh Foundation and the East Liberty-based advocacy group New Voices for Reproductive Justice took a step toward closing the gap. At an event in the Strip District, the two civic organizations announced the launch of the Social Justice Rapid Response Fund, a new grantmaking program aimed at providing support for activists and civic organizations in underserved communities across Allegheny County.

In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Penn State Greater Allegheny takes this seriously, as does its community partners. Partnerships play a crucial role in growing and The Pittsburgh Foundation recently recognized the collaborative work Penn State Greater Allegheny is doing to address racism in the region. The campus, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $25,000 grant through the foundation’s organizing principle, 100 Percent Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh Foundation announced yesterday that former Riverlife chief Lisa Schroeder would succeed current CEO Max King. Schroeder will return from Baltimore where she's served as CEO of the Parks and People Foundation. (Lisa's interview is the first segment of the podcast.)

The Pittsburgh Foundation’s new president, Lisa M. Schroeder, is a Baltimore native but insists that she has two hometowns. And Pittsburgh is one of them.

Lisa M. Schroeder will be the first woman to lead one of the region's oldest and most powerful community philanthropies. The nonprofit executive joins the Pittsburgh Foundation from the Parks & People Foundation in Baltimore, where she served as the group's second-ever president and CEO. She is succeeding Max King, who has served as president of the Pittsburgh Foundation since 2014.

Lisa Schroeder will be the first woman to lead the foundation when when she assumes the job in June. She succeeds Maxwell King whose five-year contract with the foundation expires this summer. The foundation’s 17-member board approved Ms. Schroeder’s appointment Friday in a unanimous vote.

Lisa Schroeder, who had been president and CEO of Riverlife for 13 years, is returning to Pittsburgh as the first woman to lead one of the region’s largest foundations. The Pittsburgh Foundation on Monday confirmed Schroeder has been hired as the community foundation’s new president following an eight-month search. She will succeed Maxwell King, who is retiring at the end of the summer after a five-year term.