The Pittsburgh Foundation

Stories

First we bind the wounds, then we...

ON A BRISK AND RAIN-DRIZZLED SATURDAY in Pittsburgh last fall, the sketchy details of yet another mass shooting in an American city buzzed on cell phone news feeds and blared over televisions and car radios. For those trying to sort through the early reporting, it was agonizingly familiar — a gunman steeped in white supremacist ideology had gone on a bloody rampage. 

Community Matters

Overcoming adversity in 2018

In a year strained by man-made and natural calamities, Pittsburghers confronted, overcame and uplifted. They doubled down in giving their time and treasure to those in need. The impulse for that extra effort is explained in the simple response of longtime Pittsburgh Foundation donor Joann Klein: “When it comes down to it, we just have to help as many people as we can in this world.”

By Edith Shapira and Maxwell King

Stories

Charitable Giving Card

Consider sharing a Charitable Giving Card with family, friends or business associates who may redeem them, directing the charity to benefit.

News Release

Tony Award-winning artistic director Oskar Eustis to speak Dec. 10

Continuing the tradition of elevating artists in Pittsburgh through the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards, legendary artistic director and producer Oskar Eustis will engage in a moderated discussion about the role and responsibility of artists in society. The conversation will be moderated by The Heinz Endowments President Grant Oliphant and will include questions from the audience.

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