RECENT GRANTS
EDUCATION
Bidwell Cultural and Training Center, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA $30,000
Awareness-building project to increase enrollment and placement outcomes
Community College of Allegheny County Educational Foundation Pittsburgh, PA $25,000
Promoting the Trades initiative to promote career opportunities in the trades to high school students in western Pennsylvania through the CCAC Trade Show; and to purchase equipment for the plumbing certification program
Community Foundation of Fayette County Uniontown, PA $20,000
To help defray expenses associated with hosting the 20th annual Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Conference at Fallingwater on September 17 - 21, 2008
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council Pittsburgh, PA $15,000
Adult Basic Education program to help men and women in our community gain the reading, math, and writing skills they need to get better jobs, support their children in school, and become involved in the community
JA Worldwide Pittsburgh, PA $30,000
Pittsburgh’s Future…NOW! – an educational program of Junior Achievement of Western PA to help middle school students research the local job market by interacting with local business and industry
Keystone Oaks School District Pittsburgh, PA $10,000
Project Succeed program offering high school dropouts the opportunity to earn a diploma
New Century Careers Pittsburgh, PA $30,000
Advancement of its Manufacturing 2000 (M2K) Training program to prepare more people for the manufacturing workforce and to build long-term stability for its efforts
New Sun Rising Pittsburgh, PA $10,000
Millvale Library project to expand the existing library to a permanent location with full-scale library services for adults, teens, and children
Regional Environmental Education Center Corporation Pittsburgh, PA $10,000
General operating support to enhance the public relations and development functions of this organization that provides environmental programming to children and adults throughout southwestern Pennsylvania
Union Project Pittsburgh, PA $30,000
Ceramics@UP social enterprise to train low-income individuals in the art of ceramics and pottery and employ them in a sustainable business
Urban Farming Initiative
dba: Grow Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA $20,000
Food Systems Training program to build the infrastructure necessary to support long-term growth in the local food production industry
West Penn Allegheny Health
System, Inc.
dba: Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA $30,000
Allegheny Women's Biotechnology Workforce Collaborative, an apprenticeship program for the training of biotechnology/life sciences laboratory technicians focusing assistance on disadvantaged women