Stories
Family medicine: Miklos Family Trust Fund
Siblings and their scholarship fund support Pittsburgh’s future doctors.
StoryCorps: why we do what we do
The Pittsburgh Foundation partners with the renowned StoryCorps program to explore the past, present and future of Pittsburgh philanthropy.
Learning and earning
A summer internship program helps students build their résumés and get on track toward brighter futures.
Fighting blight in Mr. Rogers' neighborhood
The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County’s Revitalizing Westmoreland initiative has helped spur community development through moderate-scale, innovative projects.
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.
I start my journey so strong
Words Without Walls has helped those on society’s margins find their voices and tell their stories.
Music for the next generation
Paul and Charlotta Ross' fund helps children whose families are unable to afford the extra classes and musical training.
The power of storytelling
In response to the Pennsylvania budget impasse, a statewide coalition of community foundations and United Way organizations was created in order to demonstrate the funding community’s unified stance against budgetary abuse of the human services sector.
The difference that knowing can make
Financial Opportunity Centers help low- and moderate-income families build their assets while attaining financial stability and upward mobility.