We would like extend a special thanks to Heinz Endowments for expanding their commitment to our organization and mission. In addition to the generous $150,000 invested in programs for the upcoming year, they have also provided an additional $25,000 toward a newly established endowment.
The Heinz Endowments supports efforts to make southwestern Pennsylvania a premier place to live and work, a center of learning and educational excellence, and a home to diversity and inclusion. Committed to helping its region thrive as a whole community-economically, ecologically, educationally and culturally-the foundation works within Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the nation to develop solutions to challenges that are national and even international in scope. One of the largest and most innovative independent philanthropic foundations in the country, the Endowments awarded more than $84 million in grants in 2007.