Richard King Mellon Foundation

Toward ten-year support of the university's construction and launch of a facility at hazelwood green to catalyze economic development strategy focused on building facilities for manufacturing cell, gene, and antibody-based therapies to treat human diseases

Toward ten-year support of construction of a new building for sciences in oakland

Toward four-year support to establish a permanent manufacturing futures institute at hazelwood green

Toward ten-year support to construct a robotics innovation center at hazelwood green to accelerate robotics discovery and entreprenuership and to strengthen pittsburgh's economic future

To acquire multiple properties to assemble a short grass prairie ecosystem reserve in northcentral montana

To conduct research in infection biology and childhood asthma at UPMC childrens hospital and retain outstanding scientists in pittsburgh

Toward construction of a new medical tower to house a level II trauma center, neonatal intensive care unit, and intensive care facility

To expand operations with the creation of the state-of-the-art center for scientific excellence at the historic MLK reading and cultural center in the hill district

Toward support of operations

To build affordable housing

To advance regenerative organic agriculture research

To launch start-up and redevelopment activities of the meadville community revitalization corporation

Toward support of programs and services designed to help people move to more permanent housing

Toward support of operations

To support the production of an imax film and educational outreach to instill conservation values among children and adults with emphasis on the louisiana coastline, marshes, water, and birds

Toward the purchase of ambulances to enhance quality of care

Toward support of operations and to expand apprentice housing

To provide financial aid, employ expert faculty, and maintain the schools buildings and grounds

To support the economic revitalization of downtown johnstown

To improve water quality and ecosystem health in the chesapeake bay watershed

To engage in strategic conservation initiatives to conserve and sustain the land, water and cultural resources of the upper allegheny river basin

To protect habitats, restore populations of species of concern and improve water quality

To accelerate watershed restoration and remediate the impacts of abandoned mine lands

To help support research on brain injuries and toward the brain injury research symposium

Toward support of operations for the digital foundry

To partner with freedom house 2.0 to develop four ai coaching scenarios for practicing conflict resolution and job interviewing skills within virtual reality for the workplace

Toward the reinventing community approaches advanced manufacturing pilot program

To create a sector-based partnership with the manufacturing apprenticeship collaborative

To update and enhance the town hall

Toward support of the freshwater research institute

To improve training for volunteer fire fighters in westmoreland county

Toward support of project argyle

To support an employer-led coalition in southwestern pennsylvania that will collaborate to improve the mental health of the local workforce and broader community

To scale durable conservation of private lands in the central rocky mountain region while connecting habitat

To restore aquatic and forest habitat in central appalachia

To create a wildlife health reporting pipeline to facilitate spatial epidemiological analyses of chronic wasting disease for better informed management strategies

Toward continued support for business investment and job creation

To increase student attendance and improve students academic outcomes

To activate a new expanded park space and upgrade current park facilities

To complete four creative placemaking projects in allegheny and westmoreland counties

Toward support of operations and programs

To assist those impacted by hurricanes helene and milton

Toward support of operations

To redesign the museums backyard exhibit and to plan for a new outdoor campus experience

To attract, retain and engage young leaders in pittsburgh

To expand audiences and forge and strengthen regional partnerships

Toward production of the documentary, ken burns presents hiding in plain sight: adult mental illness

To support the caregivers documentary film

To complete 19 state highway road crossings in clarion, forest, elk and mckean counties

Toward support of operations

Toward production of an imax film that inspires audiences to engage in conservation of the american south

To remove roadblocks to employment, housing, and health for foster youth to transition successfully to independent living

To develop and implement a variety of environmental education programs

To develop and implement regional strategies for investing in conservation and the well-being of appalachian communities

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

Toward roof repairs

To develop branding and content to increase public engagement

To upgrade room furniture and flooring

For child and youth-serving programs

Toward support of operations

To support watershed restoration and best management practices to improve habitat and water quality in the chesapeake bay watershed

To continue attendance improvement initiatives in westmoreland county

For freedom house 2.0s emergency medical technician training and apprenticeship programs

Toward support of operations

To develop and pilot STEM virtual, augmented, and mixed reality training programs with residents in the mon valley

To implement the micro-society model in two pittsburgh schools

To support the build residency

To offer digital skills training to equip jobseekers with the knowledge and credentials necessary to strengthen employability and earning potential

To pilot a satellite classroom for un- and under-employed adults in the mon valley region

To offer workforce training to support the local entertainment industry talent pipeline

To pilot a micro-credential initiative in 21st century skills, hybrid additive manufacturing, and manufacturing robotics

Toward support of a growth strategy to serve more patients

To convert its advanced manufacturing curriculum to a digital format and expand services

To pilot research-based reading instruction to increase reading fluency

To strengthen gwens girls programming and evaluation

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations and strategic plan implementation

Toward support of operations

To implement projects which advance the growth of the outdoor recreation economy

To strengthen community engagement in urban areas, habitat stewardship programming, and outreach strategies through increased staff alignment

For the trauma education and response program

To support the pennsylvania united against human trafficking project

To develop public-private partnerships that support early childhood education in allegheny and westmoreland counties

To build social capital and improve economic mobility for low-income youth through storytelling and experiential learning

To partner with niche.com to provide qualified high school seniors direct admission to pennsylvania western university

To validate and optimize predictive and causal inference models identifying risk and interventions to reduce infant mortality in westmoreland county

Toward support of operations

To design and implement educational and workforce development programs that build skills and career pathways in entertainment production

To provide rapid training opportunities to attract and upskill individuals for careers in advanced manufacturing and robotics

To expand the provision of math tutoring for middle school students in allegheny county

To assist in the completion of pre-development activities for a capital project

To conduct an evaluation of the emerging industries RFP grantees portfolio

To pilot a collaborative project to engage families in early learning opportunities

To accelerate outdoor recreation-based activation in maines moosehead and katahdin regions

For domestic violence programs serving allegheny and westmoreland counties to work together to maximize housing stability for survivors with children

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

To promote health forage fish populations and ecoystem-based fisheries management

To reconnect and restore coldwater habitat in the pennsylvania segments of the susquehanna and allegheny rivers as well as priority waters in the laurel highlands

To support development of a system of huts along the velomont trail

To advance the planning, design, and/or construction of select trail projects in geographic areas of mutual interest to further activate outdoor recreation

For a workforce development program for underserved teens and young adults in west newton

To establish a regional institute to empower organizations, professionals, and the workforce to advance outdoor recreation and conservation

Toward support of improving community environmental quality

To expand technical assistance capacity and buffer maintenance to improve and accelerate best management practices in the chesapeake bay watershed

To engage a third-party consultant to evaluate financial and business models to ensure success of the family forest carbon program

To improve aquatic habitat connectivity via engagement, partnerships, and dam removal implementation in western pennsylvania

Toward planning and activations for teen programming in downtown pittsburgh

To create a safe, healthy, educational and recreational space

To map tree of heaven using different aerial sensing modalities, offering a resource to foresters

To support the university hunting program

To strengthen and diversify the collegiate hunter recruitment, retention, and reactivation program

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

To name fort ligonier's art gallery, acquire art and artifacts, and expand programming

Toward development of weatherwood community park in hempfield township, westmoreland county

To strengthen education programs

To increase earned revenue through various programs

To reverse bird declines and preserve the integrity of ecosystems through forest management programs

To provide career readiness in advanced manufacturing

To create an asset map for mental health services

To implement boating experiences to foster aquatic conservation and outdoor recreation

Toward support of operations

To prepare adults traditionally under-represented in technology for high-growth careers in the industry

To develop a wood reuse program for fallen street trees

To provide coaching and support to minority-owned businesses in pittsburgh

To implement the sprout parent-education hybrid program with caregivers of preschool-age children in westmoreland county

To provide proven inputs for students, teachers, and schools to realize activities that support needed career readiness

Toward youth programs that enable comprehensive development in children ages three to 18 years old

Toward support of operations

Toward a mobile classroom equipped with computers and internet access

Toward support of operations

To build the capacity of the bureau of state parks and allegheny national forest to use prescribed fire for land management

Toward support of operations

To reconnect and restore coldwater habitat for native trout and salmon in the priority waters of new york, vermont, new hampshire, and maine

To support the africana initiative, focused on culturally specific art and education platforms

To undertake an integrated data analysis that advances ecological research and supports the development of educational resources at powdermill nature reserve

To convene nonprofit leaders in the economic mobility program

Toward support of operations

To explore the need for reading corps services in allegheny and westmoreland counties

To conduct an opportunity assessment and pilot various models of service delivery in allegheny and westmoreland counties

For an evidence-based program to help students develop self-awareness and classroom competencies

To improve technology and streamline operating processes

To protect habitat, water quality, and ecosystem health while promoting healthy outdoor recreational opportunities in allegheny and beaver counties

To pilot the spinal cord injury resource connector

To support the revitalization of latrobes downtown business corridor

To acquire ecologically important property in susquehanna township, cambria county

To build staffing capacity in pittsburgh and western pennsylvania

To support curriculum development and industry engagement

To scale community conservation partnership models along the appalachian trail in pennsylvania

To deliver and assess the effects of an ai-literacy curriculum provided collaboratively with STEM coding lab

To evaluate evolving opportunities for private investment in nature, biodiversity, water quality, and similar environmental outcomes

To host the 2024 eradicate hate global summit in pittsburgh

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations

To improve access to legion keener park and creekside trail

Toward support for enrichment programs for young people

To expand the thrive outside initiative to the pittsburgh region

To advance activation efforts and ecosystem health of hays woods park

To implement a strategy to secure quantums next era

To support operations and further sustainability practices in the pittsburgh region

To increase partnerships with low-income schools for students to develop college-ready, career-related, financial literacy, and leadership skills

Toward support of operations for watershed stewardship

Toward support of operations for habitat conservation

For early childhood education programs

Toward support of operations and equipment to advance the activation of conserved lands and the outdoor recreation economy in western maine

To support commerce platforms and business development in the pennsylvania wilds

To improve organizational design, internal communications, and data visualization

To create a clean energy sector-based partnership to build a talent pipeline connecting industry needs with student discovery, training, and education

To partner with carnegie mellon universitys school of drama to pilot behind the scenes

Toward services that increase students academic achievement

Toward operations to develop stormwater management projects and partnerships in the pittsburgh region

To design and pilot a sector-based partnership in advanced manufacturing

To build partnerships to create access to learning opportunities

To enhance, update, and maintain planning, prioritization, and decision support tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of conservation investments

To develop a program to teach mental fitness and resiliency skills to middle school students

To assess the feasibility of a co-working wet lab space in pittsburgh for life science startups

Toward operating support for ecological restoration of the youghiogheny river watershed

To establish a network of partners to restore water quality in the ohio river basin

To renovate an existing greenhouse and enhance high school agricultural and horticultural programs

Toward support of operations for mine land restoration in pennsylvania and the central appalachians

To protect property through fee simple acquisition, expanding bear run nature reserve in the laurel highlands

Toward support of operations

To attract arts patrons to downtown pittsburgh for its summer series

Toward construction and activation of 3.1 miles of natural surface trail as part of the east trail master plan

To promote birding and provide events and services for visiting birders

To create an implementation plan to achieve long-term infrastructural improvements along the great allegheny passage, and a strategic plan to drive the conservancys future accomplishments

To implement grizzly bear conflict prevention projects and improve management practices

Toward support of operations

To support and grow the businesses of makers and craft-based artists

Toward support of operations

To improve infrastructure at climbers run nature center

To address critical issues related to overabundant deer populations and the impact on environment, public health, agriculture, disease, and human communities

To design and capitalize an incentive program for maines forest landowners that supports better forest management

To develop a new strategic plan

To develop a plan for supporting entrepreneurial and housing needs to grow economic development in greensburg

To engage youth in hands-on conservation projects to improve public land in allegheny county

To build organizational capacity of area nonprofits and develop the next generation of nonprofit leaders

Toward support of operations

Toward support of the monessen beyond grad program

To support programming for the dick thornburgh forum

To hire a fundraising professional

To develop a framework which advances investment into projects that integrate nature into the urban environment

To provide training in STEM through robotics, financial literacy, health and wellness, and other life skills, enabling pathways to future education and career success

To teach computational thinking and computer programming to middle school students

Toward the acquisition of 69.2 acres of land in the indian creek valley

To access human resource research

To conduct market research and strategic and major gift planning

To increase access to addiction and behavioral health treatment for individuals

To build leadership capacity

Toward support of operations

To engage a design firm to develop a vision for downtown pittsburgh

To host a national convening of education leaders to prototype innovations for the future of learning

To provide a volunteer advocate/community counselor for vulnerable children in the allegheny county family court

Toward support of operations for mobile delivery services

To develop a plan to market current programming, attract film viewing audiences to downtown pittsburgh, and launch a new film competition

To create a plan for a new national historic trail and to install a new observation platform at douglas falls in blackwater falls state park

To develop plans for improved cheat river access and coordinate community outdoor programs

To partner with allegheny health network to provide a continuum of accessible healthcare and support services to people and animals in allegheny county

To build a riverfront trail, enhance park amenities, and connect to the armstrong trail system

To identify and evaluate sustainable capital projects for a prototype municipal lending program for local governments

To build trail development capacity in maines katahdin region

To hire a consultant to market and elevate the pennsylvania outdoor corps brand to build engagement

To increase outdoor accessibility while creating a healthier community that values conservation

Toward support of operations

Toward support of operations and project initiatives that restore water quality in the loyalhanna watershed

To assess workflow for efficiency and impact and build new channels to improve communication

To expand efforts to propagate freshwater mussels in western pennsylvania

To support the greater pittsburgh infant formula bank

To eradicate five non-native invasive plant species impacting migratory birds

To develop a center for hard-to-recycle materials in allegheny county

To plan and test a training program to equip staff to provide effective academic and social supports for out-of-school-time students

Toward support of operations

For a feasibility study to analyze trash trapping systems to clean pittsburghs rivers

To conduct a feasibility study for a temporary performing arts venue in pittsburgh

To plan and pilot a summer program for high school students

To support new and growing small businesses engaged in the outdoor recreation economy in the monongahela national forest region

To pilot new and updated business process controls for higher education institutions in western pennsylvania

To launch a large-scale green infrastructure initiative in pittsburgh using vacant lots to reduce flooding and improve water quality

To report on conservation and sustainability efforts in western pennsylvania, for radio and digital media, to bring about a more informed citizenry

To analyze the quality of life in downtown pittsburgh, benchmarking with comparable cities

To manage, measure, and track the impact of ecological restoration and conservation investments

To facilitate technical support for watershed partners

To embark upon a brand enhancement project

To retain an executive search firm to identify, vet, interview and evaluate high quality CEO candidates

To build affordable housing in downtown pittsburgh