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Priming the pump for social change
The Foundation's new Social Justice Fund brings community voice to the forefront.
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New social justice fund to combat racial, economic inequity
A new fund to boost support for social justice activists and advocates working in Pittsburgh has been launched at The Pittsburgh Foundation and has made eight grants, totaling $158,000 to local organizations. The goal of the Social Justice Fund is to reduce barriers to funding, increase engagement and influence of community members and challenge systems that perpetuate racial and economic inequity.
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Social Justice Fund awards grants to help eliminate racial and economic inequities
The Pittsburgh Foundation has created a new fund that will disperse money to nonprofits that address issues of economic and racial disparities. The foundation launched the Social Justice Fund last year with initial funding of $250,000. On Tuesday, it announced its first eight grant recipients, which together will receive a total $158,000.
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New Social Justice Fund to combat racial, economic inequity
A new fund to boost support for social justice activists and advocates working in Pittsburgh has been launched at The Pittsburgh Foundation and has made eight grants totaling $158,000 to local organizations.
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Pittsburgh Foundation approves $5.5 million in third-quarter grantmaking
More than half of the grants support medical research PITTSBURGH, Aug. 22, 2018 – In service to its mission of improving quality of life in the region, The Program & Policy Committee of The Pittsburgh Foundation Board of Directors has approved 26 grants totaling $5.5 million to a range of organizations that support a vibrant democracy, healthy communities and self-sufficient individuals and families.