Richard King Mellon Foundation Archives

Warhol Museum gets $25 million from foundations to create The Pop District on the North Shore

The $60 million project, which is expected to take 10 years to complete, includes a performance venue to accommodate 800 to 1,000 people.

20 May 2022

Pittsburgh prepares to welcome Ukrainian refugees with help from RK Mellon Foundation

Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Catholic Charities, Hello Neighbor and Holy Family Institute received a total of $499,000.

29 Apr 2022

What do Pittsburgh nonprofit leaders plan to do with their foundation-sponsored sabbaticals?

The Richard King Mellon Foundation and the McCune Foundation awarded three-month sabbaticals to eight Pittsburgh nonprofit executive directors.

06 Apr 2022

Café Momentum’s restaurant and culinary training center for youth opening Downtown

With support from the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and Richard King Mellon Foundation, the former Wolfie’s Pub will be transformed.

14 Feb 2022

16 socially responsible companies win RK Mellon Foundation grants

The top three winners of the Social-Impact Pitch Competition are Fabric Health, Gus Gear and Module.

26 Jan 2022

Bobby Zappala and Kevin L. Jenkins join RK Mellon Foundation

The two largest grants in 2021 were the biggest in the Foundation history's -- $150 million to CMU and $100 million to the University of Pittsburgh.

16 Dec 2021

R.K. Mellon Foundation donates $100 million to Pitt to create life sciences BioForge at Hazelwood Green

The biggest single-project gift in the foundation's history is expected to create hundreds of highly skilled jobs.

17 Nov 2021

R.K. Mellon Foundation and Arctaris commit $20 million to Opportunity Zones in distressed communities

“Private investment is the fuel of prosperity,” says R.K. Mellon Foundation Director Sam Reiman.

10 Mar 2021

R.K. Mellon Foundation announces plan to award $1.2 billion in the next 10 years. Needs your ideas

The largest foundation in Southwestern PA plans to spend more than $1.2 billion in the next decade to bolster prosperity and opportunity in the region and beyond.

28 Jan 2021

ETC: A connected mistletoe? Yep, and lots more news in this roundup column

We created ETC. for quick news stories to keep you up to date fast.

10 Dec 2020

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