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.
$308,000 in Small and Mighty grants awarded to small organizations with big impact
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5, 2018 – The Small and Mighty grants program of The Pittsburgh Foundation will provide a total of $308,821 to 22 organizations with annual budgets under $600,000. The program is a direct outcome of the Foundation’s 100 Percent Pittsburgh organizing principle, which seeks to ensure that those among the 30 percent of Pittsburgh’s population living at or near the federal poverty line have access to opportunities in the region’s revitalized economy.
Community Foundation to oversee $300,000 clean vehicle fund
The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County (CFWC) has been chosen to oversee a $300,000 fund established under a Clean Air Act settlement with ArcelorMittal for air quality violations at the company’s Monessen coke plant. The Foundation will actively look to fund projects that improve air quality and reduce vehicle emissions in the communities most affected by the coke plant: Monessen, Donora, Caroll Township and Monongahela.
$60 million of region’s yearly charitable giving threatened
Pittsburgh Foundation, United Way, GPNP joint statement: Federal tax-cut bill will harm most charitable and most vulnerable
Nonprofit leader Fred Brown to head Forbes Funds
Homewood Children’s Village president cited as capacity builder, innovator
Dietrich Foundation Conneaut Lake Fund invites 2018 grant applications
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 awards will be announced in late April.
Dietrich Foundation Greenville Fund invites 2018 grant applications
The Pittsburgh Foundation is accepting grant applications for The Dietrich Foundation Greenville, Pa. Fund. Selection of grantees will be made by the nine-member committee of The Dietrich Foundation and awards will be announced in late April.
Advancing Black Arts awards nearly $288,000 to local artists
Films, musical and spoken word albums, photographs and sculptures are among 20 projects to receive funding from the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh program, which also includes grants for organizations’ operating costs. $287,860 was awarded this cycle.
Carol Brown Awards elevate local artists, honor national luminaries
The established artist award will go to costume designer Susan Tsu, whose works have graced stages all over the world. Visual artist Sarika Goulatia will receive the emerging artist award. The event includes public program with MacArthur Fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and local author, artist and educator Sandra Gould Ford.
Beyond the Wall: documentary charts struggle to rebuild lives after jail
Free screening on Nov. 13 at the August Wilson Center followed by Q & A
Two foundations send $100,000 in aid to Puerto Rico
Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Foundation grants to spur public giving