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.
Foundations invest $169,000 in Pittsburgh-based professional artists
PITTSBURGH, June 12, 2019 – A book of photography of LGBTQ African migrants, a moveable installation of medicinal plants, and contemporary dance productions are among the latest projects to receive funding from Investing in Professional Artists, a shared program of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.
Dietrich Foundation grants to Conneaut Lake significantly increase in 2019
The Dietrich Foundation Conneaut Lake, PA Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded $23,213 to Conneaut Lake area organizations this year. This is awards are significant increase from last year’s slate of grants, which totaled about $7,900.
Five Greenville area organizations awarded grants by Dietrich Foundation
PITTSBURGH, May 29, 2019 – The Dietrich Foundation Greenville, PA Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation has awarded $34,349 to Greenville area organizations this year.
Inaugural grants from Mac Miller Fund benefit arts and recovery
Awards go to Hope Academy of Music and MusiCares®
#ONEDAY crowd-funding event raises record $1.67 million
190 nonprofits get generous matching in Critical Needs program
Pittsburgh Foundation approves $2.9 million in grants in the first quarter
PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2019 – The Program & Policy Committee of The Pittsburgh Foundation Board of Directors approved $2.9 million for 51 grants in the first-quarter grant-making cycle.
May 7 Critical Needs campaign backed by record incentives
PITTSBURGH, March 27, 2019 – With at least one-third of the regional population living at or on the verge of poverty and struggling to meet basic needs, The Pittsburgh Foundation is organizing a Critical Needs Alert online fundraising event this year with its largest-ever incentive pool of $788,000 to help bolster giving from the public.
Demarest Fund award goes to 83-year-old South Carolina artist
PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2019 – Aldwyth, a South Carolina-based visual artist, is the recipient of the annual award bestowed by the Eben Demarest Fund, a Pittsburgh Foundation fund.
Civic leader Lisa Schroeder named Foundation president
A record of turning nonprofits into transformative forces for community good
Foundation raises record-breaking $68 million in 2018
New revenue will increase grantmaking in the region