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Community Foundation of Westmoreland County officials saw how two prior foundation grants were used with money from the all-volunteer New Kensington/Arnold Social in the Park group to replace pavilions at New Kensington's Memorial Park as well as a revamped tot lot playground at Arnold's Roosevelt Park.   

It costs $22,000 to train a dog. Several Pittsburgh groups and businesses, like the Pittsburgh Foundation and PNC Bank have joined in the effort. There is already full funding for another three dogs that will be paired with local veterans in the fall.

“It's a big deal,” said Kate Dewey, president of The Forbes Funds, the nonprofit consulting arm of The Pittsburgh Foundation. “The intent is to be able to not only create some more transparency but accountability.”

I escaped a civil war in Lebanon, and I don’t want to see one start here.  

The Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grants program, a partnership between The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, has awarded $204,480 in grants to support artist projects and organizations presenting and producing in the fields of dance, film, music and other disciplines.

“Tracey has outstanding credentials as a lawyer and deep connections to the regional community. What I appreciate most about her is her level-headedness,” said Maxwell King, president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation.  

The late Larry Werner, who played a crucial role advising many corporations in crisis situations and who, at Equibank and Ketchum Public Relations, shepherded the careers of dozens of PR practitioners, is being remembered through a new Light the Way 5K run/walk, scheduled for July 29 on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The evening event will raise funds to help cancer patients make ends meet. Werner established plans for a charity, Larry’s Legacy Fund at the Pittsburgh Foundation, shortly before his 2014 passing from cancer. 

Pittsburgh is on the fast track to a 21st-century renaissance. “Most of our foundations have bylaws that mandate they do most of their giving here in Pittsburgh,” says Bill Flanagan, chief corporate relations officer for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. “We get the full benefit of an incredible concentration of assets.”

 “There’s so much great work happening here,” says Germaine Williams, senior program officer for arts and education at The Pittsburgh Foundation. “To be able to support the level of activity that’s happening—and it’s African-American artists and it’s African artists and artists from around the world coming to Pittsburgh—is a great thing.” 

The foundation-backed Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh program is doling out about $205,000 in grants to 13 artists and arts groups for projects spanning dance, film, music, multimedia and other mediums.