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Issue 1, 2017
THE MAGAZINE OF THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS Issue 1 2017 INSIDE ALMONO: THE STORY OF HOW A FORMER PITTSBURGH STEEL MILL BECOMES A MODEL OF A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY INSIDEISSUE 1 2017 FEATURE: 2 NEXT STAGE The beginning of a new year is a good time to take stock of where you’re going and where you’ve been. And the development of a former steel mill site called Almono into a sustainable community is a transformation story that’s still being told. Board of Directors The Heinz Endowments was formed from the Howard Heinz Endowment, established in 1941, and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment, established in 1986. It is the product of a deep family commitment André T. Heinz to community and the common good that began with H.J. Heinz, and that continues to this day. Chairman The Endowments is based in Pittsburgh, where we use our region as a laboratory for the development of solutions to challenges that are national in scope. Although the majority of our Teresa Heinz giving is concentrated within southwestern Pennsylvania, we work wherever necessary, including Chair Emeritus state wide and nationally, to fulfill our mission. James M. Walton That mission is to help our region thrive as a whole community—economically, ecologically, Vice Chairman Emeritus educationally and culturally—while advancing the state of knowledge and practice in the fields in which we work. Our fields of emphasis include philanthropy in general and the disciplines Christopher D. Heinz represented by our five grantmaking programs: Arts & Culture; Children, Youth & Families; John Heinz Community & Economic Development; Education; and Environment. -
The Leeding Edge Shaking Off Its Polluted Past, Pittsburgh Is Becoming a Center of Smart Design and Green Building
SUMMER 2002 The Magazine of The Heinz Endowments The LEEDing Edge Shaking off its polluted past, Pittsburgh is becoming a center of smart design and green building. INSIDE: Girls Count On Stage in East Liberty inside Founded more than four decades Our fields of emphasis include apart, the Howard Heinz Endowment, philanthropy in general and the established in 1941, and the Vira I. disciplines represented by our grant- Heinz Endowment, established in 1986, making programs: Arts & Culture; are the products of a deep family Children, Youth & Families; Economic commitment to community and the Opportunity; Education; and the common good that began with Environment. These five programs work H. J. Heinz and continues to this day. together on behalf of three shared The Heinz Endowments is based in organizational goals: enabling south- Pittsburgh, where we use our region western Pennsylvania to embrace and as a laboratory for the development realize a vision of itself as a premier of solutions to challenges that are place both to live and to work; making national in scope. Although the majority the region a center of quality learning of our giving is concentrated within and educational opportunity; and southwestern Pennsylvania, we work making diversity and inclusion defining wherever necessary, including statewide elements of the region’s character. and nationally, to fulfill our mission. That mission is to help our region thrive as a whole community — economically, ecologically, educationally and culturally— while advancing the state of knowledge and practice in the fields in which we work. h magazine is a publication of The Heinz Endowments. At the Endowments, we are committed to promoting learning in philanthropy and in the specific fields represented by our grantmaking programs. -