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Phil Koch to lead policy, community impact for wider region

PITTSBURGH, Pa. Nov. 30, 2020 – Today 10 women from across the country who paint in the figurative realist style were named finalists for the $50,000 Bennett Prize, the largest art award ever offered solely to women figurative realist painters, and now in its second round of awards.

ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø has been named by Allegheny County to oversee efforts to distribute $1.62 million in rapid relief grants to 28 nonprofits in response to the human services needs presented by COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Relief Fund distributes CARES Act funding to nonprofits in Allegheny County.

Projects funded by this joint program of ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø and The Heinz Endowments include a documentary about Black American women, an artist residency at Guardians of Sound to work with the Hip Hop Orchestra Music Instruction project, a series of cookout events to cultivate Black joy and a three-month visiting playwright fellowship that honors the legacy of August Wilson.

Statewide survey most comprehensive to date on lost revenue and extra costs

ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø is building upon its longstanding commitment to racial justice by establishing the $1.5 million Grantmaking for Racial Justice Fund to provide grants quickly to organizations that are led by and serve people of color.  

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10, 2020 – Nonprofits providing basic needs benefited from record public giving to the #ONEDAY Critical Needs Alert online giving event on Aug. 19. Organized by ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø, the event raised a total of $1.85 million for nonprofits in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties that provide food, housing, physical and mental health care, child care and transportation – directly to vulnerable populations.

The Covid-19 Arts Working Group (CAWG), a collaboration of 15 foundations and a private donor in the ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø metro area, announces the Arts | Equity | Reimagined Fund, in response to the unprecedented and ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the region’s arts and cultural sector.

The Dietrich Foundation Greenville, PA Fund of ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø has awarded $45,940 to Greenville area organizations this year.

The Dietrich Foundation Conneaut Lake, PA Fund of ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø has awarded $23,100 to Conneaut Lake area organizations this year.