The Shaler North Hills Library earned about $4,400 in grant money for its “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” program, courtesy of donations made through inclusion in The Pittsburgh Foundation's 2017 Wish Book. Bob's Discount Furniture also recently donated $1,000.
Pittsburgh TribLive
Continually adapting to changing circumstances, The Promise continues to lift up Pittsburgh’s young people.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When Rosalind Chow and Jeff Galak established their charitable fund in 2014, they became The Pittsburgh Foundation’s youngest donor couple. Chow and Galack met at Carnegie Mellon University where Chow was an assistant professor in Organizational Behavior and Theory, and Galack was interviewing for an assistant professor position in Marketing at the Tepper School of Business.
Delmont Councilman David Piper is making the most of his work on the borough's grants committee, seeking funding that could potentially go toward electrical upgrades and drainage work at the Shields Farm property where several major events take place each year. "The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County is making grants available from $2,000 to $40,000, and they don't require a formal plan as part of the application," Piper said.
Pittsburgh TribLive
When the creation of the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship was announced in 2006, it had two goals: to provide graduates of the city schools with money for a post-secondary education, and to attract middle-class families to Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Allegheny County’s Children, Youth and Families agency is among the most creative and effective in the country, thanks to a strong director and outside support.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Foundation stays the course of searching for the right value for the long term
Michael and Lateresa Blackwell utilize their restaurant's resources to fuel community revival and nonprofit vocational program in Brightwood. (Café on the Corner is one of the Foundation's Small and Mighty grantees.)
The North Side Chronicle
The Pittsburgh Promise program is one of the city’s greatest assets, an investment in education, workforce development and social mobility.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
