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Financing a cure
Moved to act by a brother lost in childhood, financial advisor James “Jim” Beck embraces medical research philanthropy.
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Researching a rarity
Passed over by large research funders due to their small numbers, Sickle Cell Anemia patients are front-of-mind in a Pittsburgh Foundation grant to speed development of breakthrough therapies.
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A lasting legacy
Carol Massaro always expected that her family's philanthropy would speed research to cure Alzheimer's Disease.
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The fourth pathway
Pittsburgh Foundation donors are the early investors at Hillman Cancer Center where immunology research is producing new tools to fight cancer.
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Support Chabad of Poway
Funds raised will be prioritized to address those directly injured and impacted by the shooting in San Diego on Apr. 27, 2019.
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Paying it forward
How one family’s medical crisis led to an endowment for the trailblazing Supportive Care Program
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Small and Mighty: Steel Smiling
The Pittsburgh Foundation awarded a Small and Mighty grant of $10,000 in 2017 to Steel Smiling. Steel Smiling is a volunteer-run organization formed in early 2016 to provide African Americans in low-income neighborhoods with basic needs and referrals to quality, affordable mental health services.
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Small and Mighty: Recovery United Pittsburgh, Inc.
The Pittsburgh Foundation awarded a Small and Mighty grant of $15,000 to Recovery United Pittsburgh, Inc. in 2016. Overdose deaths in Allegheny County nearly double national averages, and our region has a shortage of residential options for those in recovery.
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Small and Mighty: Monumental Baptist Church Mission Ministries
The Pittsburgh Foundation awarded a Small and Mighty grant of $10,000 to Monumental Baptist Church Mission Ministries in 2019. For the past 15 years, the Monumental Baptist Church Mission food pantry has served underprivileged residents of the Hill District by providing them food and basic needs.
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Small and Mighty: Light of Kimberly Corporation
The Pittsburgh Foundation awarded a Small and Mighty grant of $15,000 to Light of Kimberly Corporation in 2018. Light of Kimberly was founded in 2016 by Kimberly Doubt, a social worker who, after fleeing an abusive situation, found herself without a reliable source of shelter and services for herself and six children.