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Manor library uses Pgh. Foundation grant to fund 'Science Saturday'
Children and families will have a chance to explore microscopes, magnetism, electrical circuits, geology and more at the Manor Public Library's “Science Saturday.”
East Liberty's Kelly Strayhorn Theater awarded $200,000 in grants
A $150,000 grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation supports continued 2018 programming.
Pittsburgh Foundation launches $50,000 prize for women painters
The Pittsburgh Foundation has announced the launch of a new biennial award program designed to propel the careers of women artists.
Alarming statistics....Report shows Black unemployment at 16% in the city, 34% below poverty level
Last week, Allegheny Conference on Community Development President and CEO Stefani Pashman tossed out a rather startling bit of data to the audience at the African American Chamber of Commerce PowerBreakfast: “There are no zip codes (in Pittsburgh) where African Americans have the dominant income.”
Why does Pittsburgh have 90 neighborhoods?
Pasted to the wall of Department of City Planning is a large, colorful map of Pittsburgh. It’s divided into seven shades, denoting city planning sectors and parks, and a light red line squiggles throughout the jagged map.
Pittsburgh black elected officials say black-business community needs entrepreneurial reform
According to a 2017 report from the National Urban League, Pittsburgh ranks 65th in black-white income inequality for large metro communities. Within the city, predominantly black neighborhoods lack thriving business districts and other basic services found in other neighborhoods.
Pittsburgh Foundation announces $37 million bequest
The Pittsburgh Foundation is tackling issues of suburban poverty - particularly affecting youth and families around Sewickley - with a recent endowment of $37 million. Learn more from Jeanne Pearlman, senior VP for program and policy, and Sarah Heres, president of Quaker Valley School Board.
Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices.
They are the sons of wealth, brought up in families accustomed to power. They were raised to show and demand respect, and they were raised to lead.
Power to women in the arts, here and elsewhere
It was announced that a San Antonio couple, art collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, will begin its inaugural Bennett Prize, the largest prize offered solely to women painters (painting in the figurative realist style).
$50,000 prize aims to increase opportunities for female artists in male-dominated field
The Pittsburgh Foundation has established The Bennett Prize to recognize and encourage emerging women artists who paint in the figurative realist style.