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Artist Tina Williams Brewer and a group of Wilkinsburg residents are working on a history project. Instead of writing a book or mounting a museum exhibition, their undertaking involves piecing together a community quilt. The Wilkinsburg Untold Stories project combines old-fashioned craft, oral history and high-tech to tell stories about the Black experience in the Pittsburgh suburb, one 16-by-16-inch quilt square at a time. Brewer, a teaching artist for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, describes herself as a “diasporic storyteller.” She recently received $50,000 as The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award winner in the Established Artist category.

Check out this series from News One featuring Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grantees. First up is Blooming In The Whirlwind: Pittsburgh As A Black Cultural Mecca. Artists, scholars and philanthropic leaders reflect on Smoketown’s legacy and continuing tradition. The Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh program is managed by The Pittsburgh Foundation with funding from The Heinz Endowments. 

KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live is helping to kick off our annual Critical Needs Alert online fundraising campaign by profiling several of our regional nonprofits that benefit from your charitable giving. Today, get to know Healthy Start, Inc. Pittsburgh. And mark your calendars for the one-day campaign on Tuesday, Aug. 6. #ONEDAY

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Our Foundation was proud to have advocated for the passage of this legislation with our partners in Harrisburg to ensure that quality medical care can reach thousands more Pennsylvanians, easily and affordably. The law would not been possible without a statewide coalition of partners of both parties -- too many to list here -- but a special thanks to the bill's prime sponsor Sen. Elder Vogel, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, Senate Appropriate Committee, House Insurance Committee, House Appropriations Committee, along with Senate leadership, House leadership and Gov. Josh Shapiro for their partnership in this effort. The Foundation's Phil Koch, Michael Yonas and Maura Jacob, MPH, MSW thank all of you for your dedication and determination.

"SisTers PGH is thrilled to announce that The Stonewall Inn PGH, a dedicated space for Transgender individuals seeking gender-affirming care and support, is moving into Emerald City in downtown Pittsburgh. We also want to give a massive shout-out to The Pittsburgh Foundation, who contributed $50,000 to get this vital project off the ground! Thank you for seeing the value and impact of our work." - SisTers PGH Read more and all the best to our friends at SisTers PGH.

"More than 1.2 million children in Pennsylvania will qualify for the aid, state officials said. Also known as Summer EBT, the benefits of $120 per child will be transmitted electronically via a debit card, similar to the SNAP program, which is sometimes called food stamps...Most households that are eligible for the program will be enrolled automatically and will not have to do anything to apply. Families who are eligible already receive a benefit such as SNAP, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Medicaid, or if they applied for and were eligible for free or reduced-price school meals." - 90.5 WESA Learn more and take advantage of this important program.

The Small and Mighty grants program, an initiative of our Foundation that aims to increase support for small, community-based nonprofits, has awarded grants totaling $480,000 to 12 organizations, including seven first-time SAM grantees. The Small and Mighty program was created to support nonprofits with budgets of $600,000 or less and, with this cycle of grantmaking, has granted $3.3 million since its inception in 2016. Learn more about these fantastic organizations. cc: Aaron Donald 99 Solutions Foundation, Autism Urban Connections Inc., Brookline Teen Outreach Center, Future Kings Mentoring Inc., Greater Wilkinsburg Community Advancement Association, Hope for Tomorrow, Naomi's Place Transitional Housing Inc., OpenUp, Out of the End Inc., Ozanam, Inc., Shepherd Wellness Community (pictured), Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh. 

Our Foundation is an advocate and convener in Harrisburg around the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund (PHARE). PHARE provides grants to municipalities to build and repair homes and provide rental assistance to low-income families, among other things. The proposal has already seen broad bipartisan support. Learn more and support this difference-making legislation.

"Fiber artist Tina Williams Brewer and theater artist Adil Mansoor are this year’s winners of the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement awards for Pittsburgh-based artists. The winners were selected after a process that produced 225 nominations for 70 different artists from a panel of working artists and cultural professionals. Each will receive an unrestricted prize of $50,000." - 90.5 WESA The Carol R. Brown awards are sponsored and coordinated by our Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.