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In July 2018, the Pittsburgh Foundation awarded its first round of grants through its newly created Social Justice Fund. The fund was co-designed in partnership with nine social justice leaders to support those working on social justice issues in the Pittsburgh region.

The Sally Kalson Courage in Journalism Award was announced Wednesday during a presentation about her life and career at the Heinz History Center. Ed Feinstein, the late Post-Gazette writer’s husband, announced that a $3,000 award would be made in an annual cycle to a deserving journalist in Western Pennsylvania. The fund will be seeded by grants of $12,500 each from the Pittsburgh Foundation -- where it will be housed -- and the Heinz Endowments.

A fund has been established that will award $3,000 in an annual cycle to a deserving journalist in Western Pennsylvania.

Rogers’ life is now the focus of a new Maxwell King biography -- aptly titled The Good Neighbor. Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR) sits down with King for a special preview of the book. 

“People who are closest to the center of the issue should be at the center of creating solutions," says Michelle McMurray, senior program officer at The Pittsburgh Foundation.

A new fund to boost support for social justice activists and advocates working in Pittsburgh has been launched at The Pittsburgh Foundation and has made eight grants, totaling $158,000 to local organizations. The goal of the Social Justice Fund is to reduce barriers to funding, increase engagement and influence of community members and challenge systems that perpetuate racial and economic inequity.

The Pittsburgh Foundation has created a new fund that will disperse money to nonprofits that address issues of economic and racial disparities. The foundation launched the Social Justice Fund last year with initial funding of $250,000. On Tuesday, it announced its first eight grant recipients, which together will receive a total $158,000.

The Senator John Heinz History Center in the Strip District will welcome author and Pittsburgh Foundation CEO Maxwell King to its neighborhood for the book launch of “The Good Neighbor: The Life and Works of Fred Rogers” (Adams Press), the first full-length biography of Mister Rogers at 7 p.m. Sept. 4.

The Investing in Professional Artists program -- the shared commitment of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments -- has awarded $215,000 to 15 Pittsburgh-based artists and organizations.

Thanks to $229,000 in grants, the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh initiative will be funding  a local comic book series, mixed media ceramic work, holistic healing guide, collection of short stories and many more projects.