npirain@rkmf.org, Author at Richard King Mellon Foundation

Emerging Industries are Creating Great Jobs that do not Require a College Degree; Now, Our Region Must Work Together to Make Sure People in the Pittsburgh Area Have the Skills They Need to Win Those Jobs

Posted on August 22, 2024 (August 22, 2024)

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 PITTSBURGH – (August 22, 2024) – One of the most hopeful signs in the Greater Pittsburgh economy is the emerging industries that are taking hold and beginning to surge here. […]

Foundation Announces the Winners of its Latest Social-Impact Pitch Competition

Posted on August 20, 2024 (August 20, 2024)

Four winners receive combined $1.4 million in funding With these latest awards, the Foundation now has invested morethan $17 million in 60 social-mission for-profit companies through itsSocial-Impact Investment Program PITTSBURGH (Aug. 20, 2024) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced the winners of its third Social-Impact Pitch Competition. “Each of these four Pittsburgh-area companies […]

Foundation Awards More Than $2.5 Million in Special Funding to Help Pittsburgh’s Downtown Performing-Arts Organizations to Overcome Daunting Challenges

Posted on February 26, 2024 (April 22, 2024)

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 the nation, Pittsburgh’s performing-arts organizations are under significant stress. The national crisis facing the performing arts has been documented by The New York Times and others. Attendance plummeted during the […]

A New Steelers Field for
Kids in Hazelwood Green

Posted on December 14, 2023 (December 14, 2023)

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 in Hazelwood and across the region Richard King Mellon Foundation awards $10 million for construction PITTSBURGH (Dec. 14, 2023) – The Pittsburgh Steelers today announced an historic expansion of their […]

Richard King Mellon Foundation Announces Disaster-Relief Assistance for Hawai’i after Maui Wildfire

Posted on September 5, 2023 (September 5, 2023)

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 8 wildfire there. At least 115 people were killed in the wildfires, and others still are missing. Historic Lāhainā in Western Maui largely was destroyed by the wildfire. “As the […]

Foundation Announces Another
Million-Dollar Social-Impact Pitch Competition

Posted on August 8, 2023 (September 6, 2023)

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 another $1 million social-impact Pitch Competition in its ongoing program to find and fund for-profit companies that prioritize positive social impact as well as profitability. “It is a challenging time […]

Catherine Walker Joins Richard King Mellon Foundation as Prosser Mellon Fellow

Posted on May 10, 2023 (May 15, 2023)

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 – an accomplished Broadway performer who studied at Carnegie Mellon University – has agreed to serve as the Foundation’s newest Prosser Mellon Fellow. In her role as a Fellow, Walker will […]

Two Foundations Collaborate
Once Again to Offer Sabbaticals
to Nonprofit Executives

Posted on March 8, 2023 (March 8, 2023)

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 the Richard King Mellon Foundation once again have joined forces to offer sabbaticals to local nonprofit executives. “Nonprofits perform essential and often heroic work in our communities, and strong leadership […]

Helping Today’s Workforce, and Tomorrow’s to Benefit from the
New-Economy Jobs

Posted on February 15, 2023 (February 15, 2023)

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) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today is issuing two new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to help more people in our region to benefit from the new-economy jobs that are […]

Tackling the Long-Term Impacts of
COVID-19 on Children and Youth’s
Lifetime Economic Mobility