News Releases

The Pittsburgh Foundation Names Maxwell King President and CEOFormer Board Member, Foundation Community Leader and Journalist Returns to Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 11, 2014 --  A consortium of foundations, led by The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, today for the first time announced its detailed plans for saving the August Wilson Center, preserving its role as a preeminent  hub for African American arts and culture.

Researchers at Six Pennsylvania Universities Awarded Nearly $2 Million for Scientific Studies by The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Charles E. Kaufman FundPITTSBURGH, Pa., July 24, 2014 -- The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, part of The Pittsburgh Foundation, today announced its 2014 grants – amounting to $1.95 million – to support cutting-edge scientific research at institutions across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

  PITTSBURGH, June 24, 2014  --  The Talent City initiative has developed an expanded process to assist the City of Pittsburgh and engage wide public participation in the search for Pittsburgh’s new Chief of Police. Talent City will partner with The Art of Democracy and Carnegie Mellon University’s Program for Deliberative Democracy to convene a series of public forums to provide residents with the opportunity to be involved in the process of selecting a new Chief of Police.

Kate Dewey, Executive Director of The Forbes Funds, asks the question Are you misisng the mark by neglecting huge opportunites in the nonprofit market from the July 2014 Smart Business.

Innovative Trade Education Program for City School Students to Start Sept. 2014Pittsburgh Promise, Pittsburgh Public Schools Take Steps to Prepare Workforce Early Scholarships Fund Workforce Certifications, Up to 24 Post-Secondary Education Credits,Drivers’ Education and PA License by High School Graduation

Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Program awards twenty-two grantsMore than $320,000 to support arts and culture programs PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 21, 2014 – The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments awarded over $320,000 in grants to twenty-two individual artists and organizations from the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Program.

2014 Day of Giving – Final ResultsGreater Pittsburgh Food Bank tops in donations and moneyPITTSBURGH, Pa., May 15, 2014 – Over 13,000 donors –made contributions during The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Day of Giving last week. The total raised for charitable organizations in Allegheny, Westmoreland and Butler counties was $5,727,000.

Initiative exceeds $35 million since inception

Pittsburgh event to be part of major national initiative