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
RK Mellon Foundation launches $1 million competition for for-profit companies making social impact
“If you are an entrepreneur with a dream to change the world for the better, you should be in Pittsburgh.”
15 Jul 2021
R.K. Mellon Foundation awards largest grant in its history, $150 million, to support CMU science innovation
The grant will be split among three projects: a new science building on campus, a Robotics Innovation Center at Hazelwood Green, and expansion of the Manufacturing Futures Institute.
20 May 2021
Moonshot Museum nearing liftoff at Astrobotic on the North Side
The main attraction will be a large clean room with a window through which visitors can watch lunar rovers being built.
06 May 2021
National Negro Opera House — once the center of Black cultural life in Pittsburgh — receives $500K grant
The National Negro Opera Company — the country's first permanent African-American opera company — called it home, and its owner wants to turn it into a museum showcasing disadvantaged young artists of today.
14 Apr 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