Stories
Health care with local roots
Nurses in Pittsburgh buck a consolidation move to preserve a long-running Southwestern Pennsylvania scholarship.
People and their stories are at the heart of community philanthropy. In this section, you’ll find stories about how our donors, grantees and partners are working to help our community move from surviving to thriving. PDFs of our printed publications — including Forum, which was published through spring of 2021, and our annual report to the community — are available in the publications section.
Nurses in Pittsburgh buck a consolidation move to preserve a long-running Southwestern Pennsylvania scholarship.
A beneficiary of The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County's scholarship program describes how awards help donors honor loved ones while making college more affordable.
A prestigious arts award managed at The Pittsburgh Foundation cites a South Carolina painter and sculptor for "presenting a special promise of future achievement." By the way, she's 83.
In response to the August 2019 mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the El Paso Community Foundation and The Dayton Foundation, are responding to meet community needs.
Carol Massaro always expected that her family's philanthropy would speed research to cure Alzheimer's Disease.
How one family’s medical crisis led to an endowment for the trailblazing Supportive Care Program
The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Jack Buncher Foundation team up to help nonprofits evolve.
When hurricanes struck Houston and Puerto Rico last year, Pittsburgh donors were philanthropic first responders.