Stories
Day of Giving redux
Nearly $6 million was raised for nonprofits in Allegheny, Westmoreland and Butler counties over the two Day of Giving events held this year.
A smart(phone) solution to a big problem
Funded by Foundation donor Terry Serafini, a new, smartphone-friendly website, BigBurgh.com, immediately connects someone facing a housing crisis to needed services.
Family medicine: Miklos Family Trust Fund
Siblings and their scholarship fund support Pittsburgh’s future doctors.
Naming rights
Through their seven funds, Kevin and Tracy Walsh have memorialized their friends and family members by donating to a broad spectrum of community issues.
The essential element of philanthropy
Last year, Cambridge, Massachusetts, residents Richard and Priscilla Hunt bestowed $15 million to The Pittsburgh Foundation, the philanthropy’s largest-ever gift from living donors.
Music for the next generation
Paul and Charlotta Ross' fund helps children whose families are unable to afford the extra classes and musical training.
Front-porch philanthropy
Financial advisor Sam Spanos believes that excess wealth is truly best used for making memories and for giving to worthy causes.
Next-generation giving
A young couple decided to give back to their adopted home—and to encourage the “New Pittsburgh” to do the same.
