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Digital media innovator to lead PublicSource
Mila Sanina, deputy managing editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a digital media innovator, has been named the new executive director of PublicSource, the Pittsburgh investigative reporting website, the PublicSource Board of Directors announced Wednesday. PublicSource is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011. Supporters include The Pittsburgh Foundation.
Better Together Awards honorees celebrate black excellence and community building
What do you do when you see your community is in trouble? Do you stand up and fight for what’s right? [Article includes photos of Pittsburgh Foundation board member Evan Frasier.]
August Wilson Center gains momentum
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture is poised to make a comeback. Eighteen months after narrowly escaping foreclosure, the debt-free center is on track to finish 2016 in the black.
As superintendent debate continues, new board's agenda is stalled
Education activists such as Point Breeze parent Ali Patterson worry that taking foundation money could “reduce the power of an elected school board to hire and evaluate the superintendent.” “We’re really not doing anything behind the scenes,” countered Pittsburgh Foundation president and CEO Maxwell King. “People may perceive us to be meddling, but we’re active because we care so much about education.”
New Horizon Theater ends season with humor, heart in ‘The Old Settler’
“The Old Settler was funded in part by The Heinz Endowments, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Pittsburgh Foundation and Chris Moore Communications, Inc.
Donor-advised funds provide added means for charitable giving
The number of donor-advised funds at The Pittsburgh Foundation — Western Pennsylvania's largest community foundation — more than doubled from 445 in 2006 to 892 in 2015, and are valued at a combined $260 million, foundation records show. The funds range in value from just over $10,000 to more than $10 million.
Fundraiser aims to set Pittsburgh record for longest dinner table
Carol Kinkela is good friends with onetime Oakmont resident Carol Massaro, whose husband, Joe, died in 2015 after years of living with Alzheimer’s. All too familiar with the physical and emotional demands of caring for someone with the disease, Mrs. Massaro also is passionate about finding a cure. In 2014, with help from The Pittsburgh Foundation, she held her first fundraising event for the Joseph A. Massaro Alzheimer’s Research Fund.
Murrysville library program aims to 'STEM' summer slide
The Westmoreland County Federated Library System will use a $10,000 grant from the Pittsburgh-based Eden Hall Foundation to continue working with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Math and Science Collaborative in developing Storytime STEM-Packs, which integrate science, math and engineering concepts into children's stories, alongside hands-on activities that reinforce those ideas.
'The Wiz LIVE!' costumes to ease on down the road to Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-based FashionAFRICANA — which showcases the beauty and diversity of the African diaspora through fashion and the arts — will present “The Wiz Live!” costume display at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture on Sept. 23-Nov. 30. It will kick off with an Emerald City-themed opening reception in late September.
Center for Philanthropy to open
The Pittsburgh Foundation has announced that its Center for Philanthropy, which works to foster collaboration among individual donors, the foundation, and nonprofits in the region, has been given its own meeting space within the foundation's offices. The 11,000-square-foot space includes five rooms with LCD screens, improved wireless and wired connectivity, and walls that can be used as dry-erase boards.