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The experiences of Black women, girls and femmes with mental health will be the focus PITTSBURGH, PA, May 24, 2022 – The first person to be awarded the Exposure Tongue River Artist/Activist Residency, a program of The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Exposure Artists Program, is Jasmine Green.

Awards given at the PHFA’s Housing Forum earlier this month Pittsburgh, May 23, 2022 – The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency recognized three affordable housing leaders earlier this month during its Housing Forum conference at the Hilton Harrisburg. Honored with the agency’s prestigious Housing Pioneer Award were:

Pittsburgh area donors follow history of giving more in tough times.

PITTSBURGH, PA, APRIL 18, 2022 - Rising women painters are invited to apply for the third iteration of The Bennett Prize. Its $50,000 grand prize is the largest offered solely to women figurative realist painters.

Because of the massive numbers and the complexity of providing humanitarian aid around a war zone, The Pittsburgh Foundation is partnering with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania on United Way Worldwide’s #UnitedForUkraine campaign, a multinational effort to direct much-needed donations to United Way organizations in the countries welcoming Ukrainians fleeing the horrors of war.

The Exposure Artist Program, a new arts funding initiative at The Pittsburgh Foundation, has awarded its first round of grants. The 12 awards total $215,000 and include support for individual artists and collectives, transformative justice grants to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) artists working at the intersection of art and activism, and to artists who have never received foundation funding before.

Residents and others with a stake in the quality of day-to-day operations of city government will have a clearer understanding of its functions, strengths and challenges with the publication of the City Government Guidebook, now online at Pittsburghgovguide.org.

Today, the Foundation is announcing its first Exposure Artist Fellowship awardees: director and filmmaker Chris Ivey, who will work in co-fellowship with staff of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater; visual artist Shikeith, who will work in co-fellowship with the Carnegie Museum of Art; and illustrator-filmmaker Ana Armengod, who will pursue a self-curated fellowship.

Thirty-six organizations have received grants from The Small and Mighty grants program, a special initiative of The Pittsburgh Foundation for nonprofits with budgets of $600,000 or less. The latest round of grants totaling $569,000 benefit small, community-based organizations, many of which are led by and serve Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC).

For their reporting, Hammill and Idia were named winners of the 2021 Sally Kalson Courage in Journalism award by a committee of advisors. This is the second time the award has been made and the first time that two journalists will share the honor.