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“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project and The Allegheny Front both receive financial support from The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Heinz Endowments.

Gregg Behr, 43, of Ohio Township was recognized for his work with the Remake Learning Council and Remake Learning Network, both comprising leaders in business, philanthropy and education who work to improve learning through technology and other advances. “Over the past decade, Gregg Behr and The Grable Foundation have made Pittsburgh a national model for hands-on learning that combines science, art and technology,” said Maxwell King, president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

Across the United States, the employment rate of people with disabilities hovers around 30 percent. That's right, not the unemployment rate, but the employment rate. The unemployment rate is around 70 percent. And for youth, it's even more discouraging. Unlike their non-disabled peers, less than 1 in 5 young people with disabilities gain employment experience before high school graduation. In Pennsylvania, that began to change on May 17, when Gov. Tom Wolf signed a critically important bill into law. The legislation, tied to the #IWantToWork campaign, was sponsored by Rep.

For more than nine months, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania operated without a budget. The budget impasse left many health and human services nonprofit organizations financially vulnerable, with some forced to use extreme measures to continue operating, including drastically reducing crucial services for those in need. While Pennsylvania nonprofits employ more than 13.3% of the Commonwealth’s workforce, some nonprofits were forced to lay-off critical staff and reduce staff time during the impasse.