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Foundation Announces Another
Million-Dollar Social-Impact Pitch Competition

Posted on August 8, 2023 (September 6, 2023) by [email protected]

Today’s tight capital markets make philanthropic investmentsin socially focused for-profit companies even more important PITTSBURGH (August 8, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced another $1 million social-impact Pitch Competition in its ongoing program to find and fund for-profit companies that prioritize positive social impact as well as profitability. “It is a challenging time […]

Catherine Walker Joins Richard King Mellon Foundation as Prosser Mellon Fellow

Posted on May 10, 2023 (May 15, 2023) by [email protected]

Accomplished performer will advise Foundation on its arts-and-culture economic-development grantmaking PITTSBURGH (May 10, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced today that Catherine Walker – an accomplished Broadway performer who studied at Carnegie Mellon University – has agreed to serve as the Foundation’s newest Prosser Mellon Fellow. In her role as a Fellow, Walker will […]

Two Foundations Collaborate
Once Again to Offer Sabbaticals
to Nonprofit Executives

Posted on March 8, 2023 (March 8, 2023) by [email protected]

Research shows that three-month leaves give veteran nonprofit executives restorative breaks, and create greater organizational capacity PITTSBURGH (March 8, 2023) – The McCune Foundation and the Richard King Mellon Foundation once again have joined forces to offer sabbaticals to local nonprofit executives. “Nonprofits perform essential and often heroic work in our communities, and strong leadership […]

Helping Today’s Workforce, and Tomorrow’s to Benefit from the
New-Economy Jobs

Posted on February 15, 2023 (February 15, 2023) by [email protected]

Two new Requests for Proposals issued today Foundation is prepared to award up to $4 million in grants for compelling proposals PITTSBURGH (February 15, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today is issuing two new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to help more people in our region to benefit from the new-economy jobs that are […]

Tackling the Long-Term Impacts of
COVID-19 on Children and Youth’s
Lifetime Economic Mobility

Posted on February 15, 2023 (February 15, 2023) by [email protected]

Two new Requests for Proposals issued today Foundation is prepared to award up to $2.5 million in grants for compelling proposals PITTSBURGH (February 15, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation is prepared to award up to $2.5 million in grants to nonprofits and public-sector organizations with bold ideas to remedy learning loss from the […]

Winners of 2nd Social-Impact Pitch Competition Announced

Posted on February 7, 2023 (July 31, 2023) by [email protected]

Four winners – one from each of the Foundation’s four Program Areas Resilient Lifescience wins $500,000 first prize PITTSBURGH (February 7, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced the winners of its second Social-Impact Investment Pitch Competition – its latest effort to invest in for-profit companies with social missions that have the potential […]

Foundation Launches New Website and Announces It Will Move to New Offices Later This Year

Posted on January 25, 2023 (February 15, 2023) by Rob Howard

Both initiatives to advance implementation of the Foundation’s Strategic Plan New visual identity honors Foundation’s 75-year history PITTSBURGH (January 25, 2023) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation today launched a revamped website to make it easier for its partners to interact with the Foundation digitally. And the Foundation announced it will move to new offices […]

Foundation Seeks Greater Focus on High Rates of School Absenteeism as a Neglected Factor in Rising Crime Rates & Other Social Ills

Posted on September 23, 2022 (February 15, 2023) by Rob Howard

PITTSBURGH (September 20, 2022) – The Richard King Mellon Foundation is deploying its philanthropic funding to focus more attention on rising rates of school absenteeism, as a potentially important way to reduce rising crime rates and other social ills, and to increase lifetime opportunities for young people. “The data suggests that school closures due to COVID-19 […]

Richard King Mellon Foundation Launches Another Million-Dollar Pitch Competition

Posted on September 9, 2022 (February 15, 2023) by Rob Howard

PITTSBURGH (September 9, 2022) – Buoyed by the success last year of its first-ever social-impact pitch competition, the Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced it is launching another. The Foundation is inviting socially minded for-profit companies with bold ideas to compete for at least $1 million in Foundation investments. “We know there are many more […]

ElevateBio & the University of Pittsburgh Announce Creation of Pitt BioForge BioManufacturing Center at Hazelwood Green to Accelerate Cell & Gene Therapy Innovation

Posted on August 30, 2022 (February 15, 2023) by Rob Howard

PITTSBURGH (August 25, 2022) – ElevateBio, LLC (ElevateBio) and the University of Pittsburgh today announced that they have entered into a long-term strategic partnership to accelerate the development of highly innovative cell and gene therapies. Through this agreement, ElevateBio will locate one of its next BaseCamp process development and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing facilities […]