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Leandra Nealer with her parents, Deborah and Douglas Nealer, who support and encourage her as she navigates being the first in her family to attend college.
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A legacy of opportunity

A scholarship designed to help first-generation college students pursue their passions.

The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Michelle McMurray (far left) participates in a group strategy discussion with Lucinda Wade from Coraopolis Youth Creations, Aviva Lubowsky from the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Tamara Whiting from SisterFriend, and Tiffany Huff-Strothers, board member of Coraopolis Youth Creations.
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Advocacy for all

Foundation public policy initiatives are leading to change in our communities.

Jonathan Brelsford, Senior Vice President of Finance and Investments at the Foundation.
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Super markets

2017 was a year of surprisingly strong investment returns.

Celeste Scott’s personal experiences with eviction fuel her work as an affordable housing organizer with Pittsburgh United.
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Evictions noticed

The Foundation leads a regional initiative to reduce the numbers of people forced from their homes.

Mother Isamar holds baby Saniel, 9 months, as husband Samuel mixes cement at their makeshift home, under reconstruction after being mostly destroyed by Hurricane Maria.
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Place-based philanthropy is not place bound

When hurricanes struck Houston and Puerto Rico last year, Pittsburgh donors were philanthropic first responders.

Members of The Buncher Change Agents convening at The Pittsburgh Foundation in July for a session on human-centered design. From left to right: Kerri Clauser, Bible Center Church; Rev. Paul Abernathy, Focus North America; and Kelly Protho and Ashley Corum, both of the Macedonia Family and the Community Enrichment Center. Human-centered design aims to develop solutions to issues, such as harassment, by involving people in every step of development.
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The transformers

The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Jack Buncher Foundation team up to help nonprofits evolve.

A skyward look at the Pennsylvania State Capitol’s 272-foot, 52 million-pound dome, inspired by Michelangelo’s design for St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
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Driving policy change for social good

The Pittsburgh Foundation takes a stand on issues affecting the most vulnerable.

Assistant professor of otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Dr. Umamaheswar Duvvuri calls flexible robotic system–aided procedures “the next revolution in surgical advancements.”
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Engineering a cure

Medical researchers and donors come together to develop ways to fight a dreaded disease.

The crowd at a Oct. 31 march against hatred and violence in response to the Oct. 27 mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue.
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First we bind the wounds, then we...

ON A BRISK AND RAIN-DRIZZLED SATURDAY in Pittsburgh last fall, the sketchy details of yet another mass shooting in an American city buzzed on cell phone news feeds and blared over televisions and car radios. For those trying to sort through the early reporting, it was agonizingly familiar — a gunman steeped in white supremacist ideology had gone on a bloody rampage. 

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