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‘Tis The Season…To Support Local Nonprofits
The Richard King Mellon Foundation invites Southwestern Pennsylvanians to support their favorite local nonprofits during this important holiday season PITTSBURGH – (Nov. 27, 2024) –…
Richard King Mellon Foundation Announces Another Million-Dollar Social-Impact Pitch Competition
First-place prize will be $500,000. At least three prizes will be awarded, with total investments of up to $1.5 million The Foundation so far has…
Emerging Industries are Creating Great Jobs that do not Require…
Richard King Mellon Foundation is seeking to fund collaborative efforts to give local residents the skills they need to work in the region’s emerging industries…
Foundation Announces the Winners of its Latest Social-Impact Pitch Competition
Four winners receive combined $1.4 million in funding With these latest awards, the Foundation now has invested morethan $17 million in more than 50 social-mission…
Foundation Awards More Than $2.5 Million in Special Funding to…
PITTSBURGH (Feb. 26, 2024) – Pittsburgh’s Downtown performing-arts organizations are essential pillars in the region’s quality of life and its economy. But, like their counterparts across…
A New Steelers Field for Kids in Hazelwood Green
Pittsburgh Steelers announce new community field and youth-recreation complex at Hazelwood Green; state-of-the art facility, to be developed by Tishman Speyer, will serve young people…
Richard King Mellon Foundation Announces Disaster-Relief Assistance for Hawai’i after…
PITTSBURGH (Sept. 5, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced $1 million in grants to support recovery efforts on Maui after the tragic August…
Foundation Announces Another Million-Dollar Social-Impact Pitch Competition
Today’s tight capital markets make philanthropic investmentsin socially focused for-profit companies even more important PITTSBURGH (August 8, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced…
Catherine Walker Joins Richard King Mellon Foundation as Prosser Mellon…
Accomplished performer will advise Foundation on its arts-and-culture economic-development grantmaking PITTSBURGH (May 10, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced today that Catherine Walker –…
Two Foundations Collaborate Once Again to Offer Sabbaticals to Nonprofit…
Research shows that three-month leaves give veteran nonprofit executives restorative breaks, and create greater organizational capacity PITTSBURGH (March 8, 2023) – The McCune Foundation and…
Helping Today’s Workforce, and Tomorrow’s to Benefit from the New-Economy…
Two new Requests for Proposals issued today Foundation is prepared to award up to $4 million in grants for compelling proposals PITTSBURGH (February 15, 2023)…
Tackling the Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Children and Youth’s…
Two new Requests for Proposals issued today Foundation is prepared to award up to $2.5 million in grants for compelling proposals PITTSBURGH (February 15, 2023)…
Winners of 2nd Social-Impact Pitch Competition Announced
Four winners – one from each of the Foundation’s four Program Areas Resilient Lifescience wins $500,000 first prize PITTSBURGH (February 7, 2023) – The Richard…
Foundation Launches New Website and Announces It Will Move to…
Both initiatives to advance implementation of the Foundation’s Strategic Plan New visual identity honors Foundation’s 75-year history PITTSBURGH (January 25, 2023) – The Richard King…
Foundation Seeks Greater Focus on High Rates of School Absenteeism…
PITTSBURGH (September 20, 2022) - The Richard King Mellon Foundation is deploying its philanthropic funding to focus more attention on rising rates of school absenteeism, as…
Richard King Mellon Foundation Launches Another Million-Dollar Pitch Competition
PITTSBURGH (September 9, 2022) – Buoyed by the success last year of its first-ever social-impact pitch competition, the Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced it is…
ElevateBio & the University of Pittsburgh Announce Creation of Pitt…
PITTSBURGH (August 25, 2022) – ElevateBio, LLC (ElevateBio) and the University of Pittsburgh today announced that they have entered into a long-term strategic partnership to…
Richard King Mellon Foundation Proactively Funds Safety Net For Expected…
PITTSBURGH (April 25, 2022) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation is awarding nearly half a million dollars to four Pittsburgh social-service agencies, to help them prepare…