The Pittsburgh Foundation's Critical Needs program has committed to match donations made to eight designated organizations supporting the victims of the Tree of Life shooting. The Critical Needs program, which raises money through crowdfunding, has raised almost $4 million over the past five years, is now offering support to Squirrel Hill.
Pittsburgh Business Times
The Pittsburgh Foundation has launched an online giving event to benefit eight organizations that are helping victims of the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. The crowdfunding appeal, #LoveIsStronger, runs through Sunday and can be accessed at the website, www.pittsburghgives.org. The foundation will match donations dollar for dollar up to $150,000.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Charities include injured officers and Jewish congregations at Tree of Life
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 23 from 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: MassMutual Pittsburgh Ice Rink at PPG Place, Third Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 By invitation only
Organizations of all kinds have issued statements since the shooting expressing their solidarity for HIAS and Jewish communities. “Hate-fueled violence has once again been let loose on an American community — our community — and we are all devastated at the loss of life and physical injuries,” Pittsburgh Foundation Board Chair Dr. Edie Shapira and President Maxwell King said in a statement.
NonProfit Times
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m. WHERE: The Pittsburgh Foundation By invitation only
On Oct. 27, 2018, Richard Gottfried, 65, died in the attack on Tree of Life Synagogue, home to three Jewish congregations.
The Joseph Bullick Scholarship Fund was established at The Pittsburgh Foundation to benefit students in the North Allegheny School District which he served for so many years in memory of two important women in his life. One of those women was Kathleen Fitzpatrick, who gave Joe a stable home from ages four to 10 after being shuffled between several foster homes. It is also in memory of Joe’s mother, Elizabeth Evans, who cared for him after her marriage to George Bullick in October 1941 until her untimely death of pneumonia on Nov. 27, 1941.
Our university-foundation partnership continues to grow. Going forward we’re committed to reaching a larger audience in order to illuminate the inestimable value of First Amendment freedoms. Here’s what we plan to do. (Co-authored by Foundation President Max King and Duquesne University President Ken Gormley.)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In this time of tragedy, our community comes together to help and heal
