LA ROCHE COLLEGE
Pittsburgh - $96,070
For software-controlled simulator mannequins.
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITYBayer Center for Nonprofit Management
Pittsburgh - $65,000
For support of the technology initiative.
SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE Latrobe, PA - $229,000
For the Fred Rogers Oral History Project.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHGraduate School of Public and International Affairs
Pittsburgh - $37,200
For support of the Interactive, Intelligent, Spatial Information System (IISIS) project.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHOffice of Child Development
Pittsburgh - $2,500
Toward the 2007 Family Support Conference.
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
THE CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh - $150,000
Toward establishing The Center for Autism, specifically for training and ancillary expenses.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR BLIND CHILDREN Pittsburgh - $18,000
For two-year support of the Jane Holmes Legacy Council internships.
AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
ALLEGHENY COUNTY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Pittsburgh - $42,000
For library board training.
CORO CENTER FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP Pittsburgh - $10,000
For strategic planning.
PROVIDENCE CONNECTIONS, INC. Pittsburgh - $11,500
To support Providence Teen Program’s Educational Enhancement Initiative.
PROVIDENCE CONNECTIONS, INC. Pittsburgh - $4,000
For data retrieval.
SARAH HEINZ HOUSE Pittsburgh - $12,700
For technical assistance to develop a technology plan and install and implement new fund development software.
ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Pittsburgh - $60,000
For continued support of the Agenda Development Fund.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $1,000,000
Toward a new North Side neighborhood library.
CHILDREN’S HOME OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $250,000
Toward the expansion campaign.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $27,500
For a plan that looks at uses for the area around the old Carnegie Library building.
COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $25,000
For the Design Fund Program on Pittsburgh’s North Side.
FOUNDATION CENTER New York, NY - $10,000
To support new strategic direction and to mark 50th anniversary.
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $10,000
Continued support of the Computer Recycling Program.
GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh - $10,000
For support of participation in a Nationally Networked Web System.
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK Duquesne, PA - $100,000
Two-year support for the Capacity Building Project.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh - $1,000,000
To support the development of the exhibit Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation.
THE MATTRESS FACTORY Pittsburgh - $28,000
For support of an Economic Impact Study.
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST Pittsburgh - $20,000
Toward the development of Steel.
PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHP Pittsburgh - $25,000
To support development of WiFi technology for Pittsburgh downtown area.
PITTSBURGH VOYAGER Pittsburgh - $125,000
Toward the cost of the new green Pittsburgh Voyager vessel.
THREE RIVERS YOUTH Pittsburgh - $3,500
For a technology assessment.
WQED MULTIMEDIA Pittsburgh - $187,000
For support of Underground Pittsburgh.
The fund was established in 1909 by Henry C. Frick for the support of "sound education and useful training and other charitable purposes…tending to promote the same." He further suggested that "the fund be used in connection with the public schools and for the improvement of work done therein." He wished "To assure school children the kind of education which could fit them for useful and worthy citizenship; for making a living and saving part of their earnings; for realizing a good family life; and for learning to respect the beauty of things made with skilled and gifted hands."
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
Pittsburgh - $5,000
For support of the Family Festival of the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYPittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Pittsburgh - $5,000
To support a high school teacher workshop on modern molecular biology.
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYSchool of Architecture
Pittsburgh - $5,000
For support of the Architecture Explorations Fallingwater K-12 workshops.
CHATHAM COLLEGE Pittsburgh - $50,000
For two-year support of the Pittsburgh Teachers Institute.
CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL CHORUS Pittsburgh - $3,000
To underwrite production of educational guides and compact discs for the 2007 Spring Concert Student Matinee.
CONSERVATION CONSULTANTS Pittsburgh - $12,000
To develop and pilot teacher training and student materials on Renewable Energy Technology.
EDUCATION POLICY AND LEADERSHIP CENTER Harrisburg, PA - $25,000
For regional workshops to create improvements in Pennsylvania’s education finance system.
ENGINEERS’ SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh - $3,000
For support of the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for high school students.
ENGINEERS’ SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh - $3,000
For support of the 2007 Regional Future City Competition.
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT Allison Park, PA - $1,000
For Polish Hill Remembered produced by Hampton High School students.
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh - $5,000
To increase outreach to public schools through technology and website upgrades.
MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD Pittsburgh - $10,000
For the Third Grade Jazz Project.
MON VALLEY EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (MVEC) McKeesport, PA - $25,000
To support MVEC Strategic Repositioning.
PENNSYLVANIA RESOURCES COUNCIL Pittsburgh - $15,000
To develop and deliver environmental education workshops to pre-service elementary teachers at local colleges and universities.
PITTSBURGH ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN Pittsburgh - $2,000
To support the poster session for local preschool directors at the National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development Conference.
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE Pittsburgh - $9,500
For arts education curriculum materials for area teachers and students.
PITTSBURGH CHESS CLUB Pittsburgh – $5,000
For support of the 2006-2007 Chess for Pittsburgh Youth Program.
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S THEATER Pittsburgh - $5,000
To develop teacher guidebooks for the 21st International Children’s Festival and support attendance of disadvantaged schools.
PITTSBURGH MUSICAL THEATER Pittsburgh - $10,000
To support student matinees, educational programming and “pre-college players” for in-school productions.
PITTSBURGH OPERA Pittsburgh - $20,000
To support the student matinee for The Magic Flute.
PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER Pittsburgh - $5,000
To enable 100 underserved students in public high schools to attend The Glorious Ones as part of their English Literature curriculum.
QUANTUM THEATRE Pittsburgh - $5,000
For support of The Red Shoes educational program.
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $5,000
To improve delivery of reading tutoring to Pittsburgh Public School students.
SALTWORKS THEATRE COMPANY Pittsburgh - $7,000
To underwrite educational plays and materials for the Pittsburgh Public Schools in 2006-2007.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $20,000
For support of the Pittsburgh Obesity Prevention Initiative.
TEACHER EXCELLENCE CENTER Pittsburgh - $5,000
For support of Achievement First teacher workshop.
3 RIVERS CONNECT Pittsburgh - $25,000
For two-year support of the Classroom Excellence Initiative.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Institute of Politics Pittsburgh - $25,000
For the Human Capital Policy Initiative.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, School of Education Pittsburgh - $20,000
For three year support of the Western Pennsylvania Forum for School Superintendents.
WESTMORELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Greensburg, PA - $3,000
For support of the Visiting Artists Program.
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $5,000
For support of the 2007 Summer Institute for Teachers: Teaching Contemporary Global Issues.
McCREERY MEMORIAL FUND
The fund, established by Emilie McCreery in 1955 in honor of her parents, provides for small grants to be made for the purpose of "…furthering musical education and appreciation of music in young people of…Pittsburgh and vicinity."
CHATHAM BAROQUE
Pittsburgh - $5,000
To underwrite Peanut Butter & Jam sessions.
PITTSBURGH CIVIC LIGHT OPERA Pittsburgh - $15,000
To support start-up costs for in-school production and teaching materials for the new musical Evolution Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Pittsburgh – $5,000
To support talented young musicians concert.
RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $5,000
For outreach to elementary, middle and high school students.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh - $14,000
To support the Center for Musically Talented Extreme Strings.