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Germaine Williams, a senior program officer for arts and culture with the Pittsburgh Foundation, is the new chief executive officer of Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.  

Unity Township lawyer Vincent J. Quatrini Jr., and former board chair of The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, has been named to a task force to assist Pennsylvania Attorney General-elect Josh Shapiro in personnel matters and planning. 

Fans of PublicSource may not know that there may never have been a PublicSource without the Knight Foundation. Knight helped to launch PublicSource in 2011 by matching funds provided by The Pittsburgh Foundation. Knight’s continued commitment to public-service journalism for the Pittsburgh region is exemplary.

A new program aims at rewarding Pittsburgh employers who hire Pittsburgh Promise scholarship recipients. Councilman Corey O'Connor announced the program on Monday. Businesses that hire Pittsburgh Promise alumni would be eligible for grants ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. The Pittsburgh Promise is a supporting organization of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

The Pittsburgh Promise college scholarship board voted Tuesday to extend scholarship eligibility to the Wilkinsburg students who began attending a city high school, Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12, last fall. The Pittsburgh Public Schools accepted about 200 students from Wilkinsburg, which closed its high school after 110 years. The Pittsburgh Promise is a supporting organization of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

The Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grants program, a partnership of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, has awarded nearly $308,000 in grants to 18 artists and arts organizations.

Wilkinsburg seniors attending Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12 now have a chance to be part of the “Promise family.” The Pittsburgh Promise board voted unanimously Tuesday to make Wilkinsburg students attending the Homewood school eligible for its scholarship. The Pittsburgh Promise is a supporting organization of The Pittsburgh Foundation. 

McAuley Ministries awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to 11 nonprofits that support affordable housing, after-school programs, health and wellness and other initiatives in the city’s Hill District, Uptown and West Oakland neighborhoods. Among the largest was $75,000 in collaboration with The Pittsburgh Foundation, for three years of funding for the Jail Collaborative which helps prisoners transition to the community.

As Pennsylvania investors take stock in their overall financial picture at the end of the year, consider donor-advised funds -- which allow you to make contributions to the charity while becoming eligible to take an immediate tax deduction -- through public charities, including The Pittsburgh Foundation.

It’s that time of year again — when giving becomes more important than ever. “We are with family. We are with friends, and we are reminded of all the things that we have and that we’re able to share, and I think that that triggers people to want to in turn share with those who don’t have the same resources,” said Jennie Zioncheck with the Center For Philanthropy.