Colcom Foundation

Colcom Foundation is a charitable organization established in 1996 by Cordelia Scaife May.

The foundation's website[1] indicates principal funding interests reflect a concern for quality of life.

Grants have supported projects such as the planters throughout Downtown Pittsburgh,[2] recycling hard-to-dispose waste,[3] conservation of Sycamore Island in the Allegheny River,[4] matching funds to activate Pittsburgh’s downtown streets in the Paris to Pittsburgh Project,[5] water quality studies in the Monongahela River,[6] revolving loan fund enabling land trusts to rapidly consummate vital land conservancy projects,[7][8] Marcellus Environmental Fund to assess and address risks of shale drilling,[9][10] Mt. Washington land conservation,[11] Tribute to Children monument honoring Mister Rogers,[12][13][14] Kids Zone at the Three Rivers Regatta,[15] support for the G-20 in Pittsburgh,[16] completing a bridge for bicyclists on the Great Allegheny Passage near Pittsburgh,[17] curatorial salaries for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History,[18] and matching funds to renovate the fountain at historic Point State Park.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Colcom Foundation – Index". Colcomfdn.org. http://www.colcomfdn.org. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  2. ^ [ https://www.wpconline.org/231/downtown-planters]
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Resources Council – Collections for Hard-to-Dispose Items". Prc.org. http://www.prc.org/community_collections.html. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  4. ^ "Sycamore Island". Allegheny Land Trust. January 28, 2008. http://www.alleghenylandtrust.org/properties/sycamore/overview/index.html. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  5. ^ "Paris to Pittsburgh". Downtownpittsburgh.com. http://www.downtownpittsburgh.com/doing-business/paris-to-pittsburgh. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  6. ^ "Carnegie Mellon's Jean VanBriesen leads research team on Monongahela River". Eurekalert.org. August 6, 2009. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/cmu-cmj080609.php. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  7. ^ "Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | WPC Introduces Colcom Revolving Fund for Local Land Trusts". Paconserve.org. December 29, 2009. http://www.paconserve.org/news/view/101. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  8. ^ "Colcom Foundation fund to provide loans for land conservation". Postgazette.com. December 30, 2009. http://www.postgazette.com/pg/09364/1024431-454.stm. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  9. ^ Pittsburgh Business Times by Anya Litvak (December 20, 2010). "Colcom Foundation launches Marcellus fund – Pittsburgh Business Times". Bizjournals.com. http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2010/12/20/colcom-foundation-marcellus-fund.html. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  10. ^ "Grant to educate public on Marcellus Shale issues". Postgazette.com. December 22, 2010. http://www.postgazette.com/pg/10356/1112434-455.stm. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  11. ^ "Mount Washington park continues expansion". Postgazette.com. November 29, 2010. http://www.postgazette.com/pg/10333/1106847-53.stm. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  12. ^ Wednesday, March 26, 2008 (March 26, 2008). "$4M Colcom Foundation grant to support overlook on Pittsburgh's North Shore". Popcitymedia.com. http://www.popcitymedia.com/devnews/colcom0326.aspx. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  13. ^ "Fred Rogers – A Tribute to Children". Fci.org. http://www.fci.org/children/8-20-09-images. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ^ [2]
  16. ^ [ https://https://www.pittsburghg20.org/Articles/081009.aspx]
  17. ^ [3]
  18. ^ "Carnegie Online". Carnegiemuseums.org. http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmag/bk_issue/2006/spring/newsworthy.html. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  19. ^ Turnbull, Jessica (October 15, 2009). "Pittsburgh News, Sports, and Events – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review". Pittsburghlive.com. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_648022.html. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 

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