The Elsie H. Hillman Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in southwestern Pennsylvania for all residents, with a focus on women, minorities, and young civic leaders.
Donor Name: Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
County: Selected Counties
City: Pittsburgh
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Details:
Priorities
- Arts and Culture
- Community and Economic Development
- Education and Workforce Development
- Energy and Environment
- Health and Medicine
Strategic Priorities
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation prioritizes investments that promote the well-being and increase the regional opportunities available to women, minorities, and LGBTQ+ residents. Current priorities are focused on programs that:
- Help all citizens, regardless of ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation, participate fully in the region’s improving quality of life and be as successful and happy as possible
- Promote equity and build bridges among Pittsburgh’s different populations – helping the region’s citizens to better understand each other’s needs, wants, goals, and dreams
- Facilitate community dialogue through arts and culture projects that explore issues of concern or note to the region
- Sow seeds for community revitalization through creating or supporting cultural gathering spaces in disadvantaged neighborhoods
- Promote a regional culture of health, focused on addressing social determinants of health and prevention initiatives for at-risk mothers and their children
- Engage young people from throughout the region and from diverse backgrounds in civic leadership and public affairs
- Provide opportunities to lend a timely and neighborly helping hand when that is what is most needed
Geographic Focus
The Foundation’s geographic focus is the ten counties in southwestern Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland.
Requirements
Applicant organizations must be classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and as public charities under Section 509(a) of that code. Organizations and government entities that are federally tax-exempt for other reasons can also apply for funding.
For more information, visit Elsie H. Hillman Foundation Grant.
