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.
Thermo Fisher Scientific invests $1 million in The Pittsburgh Promise
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has made a $1 million commitment to The Pittsburgh Promise Scholarship Fund.
Edith Shapira elected
Edith Shapira elected first woman board chair of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Kate Dewey named new eead of Forbes Funds
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 4, 2012 – The Pittsburgh Foundation today announced that Kate Dewey has been appointed new president of the Forbes Funds, an affiliate organization of the Foundation. She will take up her position on January 1, 2013.
First annual Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards celebrated at Cultural District’s O’Reilly Theater
Artist John Peña and Poet Toi Derricotte to be Honored at Free Event Open to the Public
Day of Giving raises over $8.4 million for local nonprofits
Takes online giving to over $21 million in three years
The Pittsburgh Promise issues 2012 report to the community
Study Reports Retention Rates of Promise Scholars Higher vs.
University of Pittsburgh receives two $1 million gifts for endowed chairs from The Pittsburgh Foundation
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6, 2012 – The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded two $1 million gifts to the University of Pittsburgh to establish two endowed chairs supporting groundbreaking cancer research and personalized medicine. The Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Chair in Innovative Cancer Research and The Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Chair in Personalized Medicine are significant gifts that reflect an important, long-standing partnership between the Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh set for largest ever 2-week graduation ceremony
Pittsburgh Set for Largest Ever Two-Week Graduation Celebration ‘Celebrating Pittsburgh’s Promise’ • May 31 – June 15 Pep rallies, community service projects, conference and recruiting fair, Graduation ceremonies, dance-a-thon,
Neil Alexander: a story of strength in the face of tragedy
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 15, 2012 – On a sunny Pittsburgh afternoon in June last year, Neil Alexander received the kind of news we all dread. The progressive muscle-twitching he had experienced for the previous 18 months was diagnosed as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the devastating and incurable condition better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.