Heinz Endowments Archives - NEXTpittsburgh

Heinz Endowments awards $2.3 million ‘initial wave’ in emergency grants

Additional funding is in the pipeline, and the Endowments “is continuing to monitor developments closely and will move quickly to help organizations operating in the front lines of this crisis."

08 Apr 2020

Everyone needs to do their part in the largest improv act this community has ever experienced

It seems to be part of our DNA. When the chips are down and there is a challenge to be faced, we work together, writes Grant Oliphant.

18 Mar 2020

COVID-19: A test of community. A message from the Heinz Endowments

"We are in this thing together and in finding ways to embrace our collective responsibility and accountability to each other."

12 Mar 2020

Heinz Endowments launches Pittsburgh Readiness Institute to prepare high school seniors for careers

The Heinz Endowments is investing $700,000 in a six-week summer pilot program, with the aim of having a year-round program to train students across Allegheny County by 2022.

10 Feb 2020

Local writers to be honored at Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards

It is one of the few programs in the region providing philanthropic support to artists across all disciplines, from costume and set design to music and theater.

05 Dec 2019

Grant Oliphant on his new thriller ‘Ring of Years’

The Heinz Endowments president spoke with NEXTpittsburgh about his new novel's 20-year journey to the local independent publisher Exciting Press.

29 May 2019

The long-shuttered Roxian Theatre announces lineup for grand opening in May

The theater's reopening coincides with further redevelopment of the McKees Rocks business district.

20 Feb 2019

#MeTooPA launches for free counseling and legal advice for those experiencing sexual harassment

Free, anonymous counseling and legal advice for those facing sexual harassment and assault at work or school.

21 Jan 2019

Alisha Wormsley will manage new artwork-in-residency program, the result of the ‘There are Black People in the Future’ controversy

Wormsley's project gained national attention last spring when a billboard carrying the phrase was removed in East Liberty.

14 Jan 2019

630 Pittsburgh students are now online thanks to the 1Million Project

Students in 33 states have gained internet access through this national initiative.

26 Oct 2018

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