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A crowdfunding event to benefit victims and others affected by the shootings at the Tree of Life synagogue has raised $556,000. The Pittsburgh Foundation provided a dollar-for-dollar match for the four-day appeal called #LoveIsStronger.

For this family business, giving back and demonstrating corporate responsibility are among its traditions. The company turned to The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Center for Philanthropy for guidance.

Pittsburgh's Rust Belt recovery is the result of a decades-long effort to create new high-tech industry in the city. A key vehicle for leading and investing in the Pittsburgh area's economic rebuilding were the community's major philanthropies, led by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Heinz Endowments, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Pittsburgh Foundation.

Several local companies have stepped up to donate money to the Tree of Life community in the wake of last week's tragic shooting at the Squirrel Hill synagogue. As previously reported, the Pittsburgh Foundation is also working hard to help raise funds. The foundation's Critical Needs program has committed to match donations made to eight designated organizations, up to $150,000.

The Pittsburgh Foundation's Critical Needs program has committed to match donations made to eight designated organizations supporting the victims of the Tree of Life shooting. The Critical Needs program, which raises money through crowdfunding, has raised almost $4 million over the past five years, is now offering support to Squirrel Hill.

The Pittsburgh Foundation's Critical Needs program has committed to match donations made to eight designated organizations supporting the victims of the Tree of Life shooting. The Critical Needs program, which raises money through crowdfunding, has raised almost $4 million over the past five years, is now offering support to Squirrel Hill.

The Pittsburgh Foundation has launched an online giving event to benefit eight organizations that are helping victims of the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. The crowdfunding appeal, #LoveIsStronger, runs through Sunday and can be accessed at the website, www.pittsburghgives.org. The foundation will match donations dollar for dollar up to $150,000.

Organizations of all kinds have issued statements since the shooting expressing their solidarity for HIAS and Jewish communities. “Hate-fueled violence has once again been let loose on an American community — our community — and we are all devastated at the loss of life and physical injuries,” Pittsburgh Foundation Board Chair Dr. Edie Shapira and President Maxwell King said in a statement.

Our university-foundation partnership continues to grow. Going forward we’re committed to reaching a larger audience in order to illuminate the inestimable value of First Amendment freedoms. Here’s what we plan to do. (Co-authored by Foundation President Max King and Duquesne University President Ken Gormley.)

Gen. Michael Hayden, a Duquesne alum and the former director of both the CIA and NSA, was one of many distinguished speakers who took part in the first National Conference on the First Amendment hosted on Duquesne’s campus on Oct. 21 and 22. The two-day conference, held by the Pittsburgh Foundation and Duquesne, featured some of the leading voices in the nation on the issue of free speech.