Author: Rob Howard

PITTSBURGH – Three philanthropic foundations and Highmark are helping Homewood maker Day Owl to transform its Homewood headquarters to quickly produce high-quality, medical-grade plastic face shields, to better protect southwestern PA health-care providers from COVID-19.  Day Owl founder and CEO Ian Rosenberger said the first face shields will come off the line today. Highmark has […]

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PITTSBURGH (April 13, 2020) – The trustees of the Richard King Mellon Foundation today approved $15 million to jump-start its three COVID-19 response strategies:  Foundation Director Sam Reiman had announced the Foundation’s three-pronged effort March 27, soliciting proposals for immediate consideration.  “The response was remarkable – an emblem of both the gravity of this moment, […]

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PITTSBURGH (June 25, 2019) – The Board of Trustees of the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the R. K. Mellon Family Foundation today announced the beginning of the next generation of leadership for the philanthropies, among the largest foundations in America and western Pennsylvania’s top grantmaking foundation.  After serving as a Trustee for both Foundations […]

Read More… from Richard A. Mellon Succeeds Seward Prosser Mellon as Board Chairman and CEO of Richard King Mellon Foundation and R.K. Mellon Family Foundation