The Pittsburgh Foundation

We would like to thank Hosanna House Inc. Chief Operating Officer Steve Hellner-Burris and Director of Hope Group Billy Cowherd for hosting our fall donor event at the beautiful Sherwood Event Center in Wilkinsburg last month. Our donors thoroughly enjoyed your hospitality and learned so much about your mission and impact in our community. We appreciate our friendship and common efforts to expand and improve affordable housing in our region as well as energizing our youth as they consider where their professional futures can thrive.

The nation’s 250th birthday is less than two years away, and the Fort Ligonier chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is ready for the major milestone. As its commitment to the America250 celebration campaign, the Ligonier-based DAR group has drawn public attention to the little-known Fort Preservation, a fortification near the Loyalhanna Creek that played a part in defense of the area against the British and their Native American allies during the Revolutionary War. The chapter’s fundraising efforts supplemented a $15,000 award from the Ligonier Valley Endowment of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

Job opportunity! Our Foundation is accepting applications for a grants coordinator to be responsible for the administration, execution and integrity of the Foundation’s grants processing, providing expert coordination and monitoring of the grants process from origination to the release of payment. Interested? Apply by Friday, Nov. 15.

Looking forward to seeing some friendly faces at the AiP (International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy) conference in a couple of weeks. David DelFiandra Leech Tishman, Shana Bielich, CFP? Coghill Investment Strategies, The Pittsburgh Foundation

The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, a supporting organization of our Foundation,?has announced $2 million in grants for faculty at Pennsylvania institutions conducting innovative, fundamental scientific research in the fields of biology, chemistry and physics. The Foundation provides research funding through three programs: New Investigator grants for independent, early-career scientists; New Initiative grants for new research collaborations between established investigators; and Integrated Research-Education Grants (IREG) for institutions to provide undergraduate students opportunities to engage with investigators in novel research.?Learn more below and congratulations to: New Investigator grant recipients * Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon University Department of Biological Sciences * J?rn Venderbos, Drexel University College of Engineering * Andrew Zahrt, University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Department * Priya Sivaramakrishnan, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute * Catherine Armbruster, Carnegie Mellon University Department of Biological Sciences * Grayson Sipe, Penn State Eberly College of Science New Initiative grant recipients * Chinedum Osuji, University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering * Arnold Mathijssen, University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering * Luisa Hiller, Carnegie Mellon University Mellon College of Science * Phil Campbell, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at CMU * Xi (Charlie) Ren, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at CMU * David Radice, Penn State Eberly College of Science * Romit Maulik, Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology Integrated Research-Education grant recipients * Asja Radja, Bryn Mawr College Department of Physics * Sarah Smith, Bucknell University Department of Chemistry Urania E. Stott fund grant recipient * Niharika Sravan, Drexel University College of Physics

Tony and Maureen Viglione carried a deep love of one another, their family and their communities. Learn about why their family started the Foundation 56 Fund that continues Tony and Maureen’s legacy of generosity and perseverance.

Congratulations to Foundation Board Vice Chair William Generett Jr., Esq., who will be honored today as one of the Pittsburgh Business Times’ C-Suite Award winners. The event, which will take place at Acrisure Stadium / PSSI Stadium LLC., will spotlight him and 23 other leaders “who are going above and beyond to make a difference not only in their respective companies and organizations, but also across the region.” Get to know Bill in this recent interview and join us in congratulating him on this wonderful honor.

We are a week away from the 2024 election and some Foundation-supported organizations have assembled guides to help educate voters for this important event. Dig into the issues with the links below and vote. ? Spotlight PA?(https://lnkd.in/eSWJhpx2) ? LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF GREATER PITTSBURGH (https://lwvpgh.org/) ? The Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP) (https://lnkd.in/epAs_36z)

Last month, our development and donor services team was proud to volunteer with Foundation grantee and longtime friends Global Links in Green Tree, sorting essential medical supplies that will help its partners provide health in communities who need them.?Thank you for the critical assistance you provide to our area on a daily basis.

So interesting and such important work being done by Nick G Liadis and Bird Lab. Mary Kate Ranii and our Program department were thrilled to take part in this work on a gorgeous day in Hays Woods.