The Pittsburgh Foundation’s new organizing principle, 100 Percent Pittsburgh, will provide access opportunities for the 30 percent of residents who have been left out of the region’s vibrant new economy. The Motivating Young Citizens Project goes to the core of this multiyear effort by teaching young people affected by gun violence to become courageous advocates for change in their communities.
Siblings and their scholarship fund support Pittsburgh’s future doctors.
The Pittsburgh Foundation partners with the renowned StoryCorps program to explore the past, present and future of Pittsburgh philanthropy.
A summer internship program helps students build their résumés and get on track toward brighter futures.
The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County’s Revitalizing Westmoreland initiative has helped spur community development through moderate-scale, innovative projects.
Through their seven funds, Kevin and Tracy Walsh have memorialized their friends and family members by donating to a broad spectrum of community issues.
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.
Words Without Walls has helped those on society’s margins find their voices and tell their stories.
Paul and Charlotta Ross' fund helps children whose families are unable to afford the extra classes and musical training.
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.
