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The Small Arts Initiative recognizes the significant and ongoing contributions amateur and professional arts organizations, artist collectives and the artists with whom they work make to the Pittsburgh region. Individual artist collectives - and arts organizations with annual budgets of $300,000 or less - are invited to apply for Small Arts Initiative grants of $1,000 to $20,000 now through April 1, 2022.
More informationGlobal real estate developer and owner of Rockefeller Center in New York City and Mission Rock in San Francisco to lead transformation of 178-acre former urban brownfield into a neighborhood centered on innovation, sustainability and community connectedness.
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The Creative Development Awards, a new grantmaking program that funds regional artists whose current body of work shows great promise, has announced its inaugural cohort of grantees. Fourteen artists will share $351,000 in funding for upcoming projects, including year-long artist residencies at six major performance and education sites.
Read the press releaseThe Heinz Endowments seeks to help our region thrive as a whole and just community, and through that work to model solutions to major national and global challenges. We are based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where we concentrate on advancing a sustainable future for our community and planet, successful learning outcomes for young people and their families, and a culture of engaged creativity for all our citizens.
Learn MoreWith grantmaking that averages almost $70 million annually, The Heinz Endowments is among the leading foundations in the United States. The impact of our grants lies in the possibilities they create, the critical need they address and the transformative change they help to bring about. Every grant listed here is part of that mission.
Apply For A GrantWith deep sadness, members of the Heinz family and The Heinz Endowments extend heartfelt tribute to James ‘Jim’ M. Walton, following his passing on January 2, 2022. In October 2020, shortly before his 90th birthday, Mr. Walton retired from the Endowments Board as Vice Chairman Emeritus, after a tenure spanning more than 37 years.
Moment of Truth: Action is needed to address environmental crises before time runs out. This special environment-focused issue of h magazine opens with an essay by Heinz Endowments President Grant Oliphant that describes both the urgency of our current environmental challenges and the Endowments’ decades-long advocacy for cleaner and healthier air, water and communities.
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The FISA Foundation, The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation are sponsoring a series of webinars as part of a broader effort to address the intersection of race and disability. Please join us as we learn to face our history and move forward together in more just, fair and inclusive ways.
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