News Releases
We update this section often with current news about The Pittsburgh Foundation. For more information, please contact Matt Minczeski, at 412-391-5151 or minczeskim@pghfdn.org.
New Downtown headquarters for The Pittsburgh Foundation to serve as regional convening hub
Donors, grantees and stakeholders to utilize new space to accelerate solutions to challenges facing southwestern Pennsylvania.
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh awards $1.2 Million to artists and arts groups
Grants will provide general operating and project support.
#ONEDAY Critical Needs Alert raises $1.6M to support southwestern Pennsylvania nonprofits
Donations amplified by $550,000 incentive pool from foundations and donors
$100,000 in Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards go to two Pittsburgh-region artists
Tina Williams Brewer, Adil Mansoor are recipients of awards supported by The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Heinz EndowmentsPITTSBURGH, June 27, 2024 – Visual artist Tina Williams Brewer and theatrical director Adil Mansoor are this year’s winners of the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards. Selected from a field of 225 nominations, Brewer and Mansoor will each receive an unrestricted $50,000 prize.
Call for Entries Opens: $50,000 Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Painters
PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 15, 2024 -- Aspiring women painters are invited to apply for The Bennett Prize. It's $50,000 prize is the largest offered solely to women figurative realist painters.
$1.8 million for science research goes to Pa. universities
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 27, 2024 – Detecting Earth-like planets orbiting stars and learning how bacteria initiate or exit biofilm communities are two research projects receiving a 2023 grant from The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation. A total of $1.8 million has been awarded for innovative, interdisciplinary scientific research at Pennsylvania universities. Grants are awarded in two categories: New Investigator research and New Initiative research.
County Executive candidates respond to child poverty, food insecurity and housing stability briefings from human services leaders
PITTSBURGH, April 11, 2023 – It is likely that the next Allegheny County executive will enter office with a deeper understanding of issues and solutions for key human services challenges thanks to a forum with nonprofit leaders working on the front lines each day.
$2 million awarded for scientific research at Pa. universities
Supported projects include an effort to model the impact of dark matter on the era when the first stars and galaxies formed, and an investigation into the role of genetic background on evolution. PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 17, 2023 – The Charles E.
10 finalists announced for $50,000 Bennett Prize 3.0 for women figurative realist painters
Today 10 women from across the country who paint in the figurative realist style were named finalists for the $50,000 Bennett Prize, the third iteration of the largest art award ever offered solely to women figurative realist painters. The winner and, for the first time, a $10,000 runner-up award, will be named in 2023.
Mac Miller Fund grants will connect youth to the arts
A total of $135,000 for 10 local arts and community-building programs