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PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 5, 2017 -- The Pittsburgh Foundation is accepting grant applications for The Dietrich Foundation Conneaut Lake, Pa. Fund. Selection of grantees will be made by the nine-member committee of The Dietrich Foundation and grant awards will be announced in May.

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. Since its inception in 2010, the program has invested about $4 million to support contemporary artists making art rooted in the black experience, past and present. It is the only grant-making program in the region explicitly dedicated to supporting the elimination of racial disparities within the larger arts sector.

Includes significantly improved scholarship search function PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16, 2016 – Showcasing a lively design, improved search functions and updated content, The Pittsburgh Foundation launched its new website at www.pittsburghfoundation.org. The Foundation’s goal is improving the site as its most powerful communications tool for storytelling about the work of our grantees, donors, professional advisors and staff.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 11, 2016 – Two Pittsburgh-based artists will receive this year’s Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards. A shared commitment of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, the awards recognize exemplary artistic achievement by an established artist and an emerging artist each year. The two recipients are each awarded $15,000.

As important as the $5.9 million raised this year is the culture of philanthropy that the events foster regionally among donors, nonprofits and the public. To date, Pittsburgh Foundation-sponsored Days of Giving have raised more than $43 million for regional nonprofits.

A new $2 million research effort at the University of Pittsburgh will oversee one of the most intensive investigative efforts in the country against amyloidosis and other diseases that lead to heart failure.

When added to the $1.2 million raised on the partially completed May 3 giving day, the $1.5 million in pledged matching funds, $200,000 in incentives and $60,000 in matching funds, this year’s giving days generated about $5.1 million for regional nonprofits. 

Kaufman philanthropy awards $1.8 million to faculty at four Pa. universities.

Make-up date set to help nonprofits recover from disrupted May 3 event

Support artist projects and organizations presenting and producing in the fields of dance, film, music and other disciplines.