Richard King Mellon Foundation

The University of Pittsburgh announced ElevateBio would be the “anchor tenant” for a planned $250 million facility in Hazelwood Green. The Massachusetts-based company signed a 30-year agreement to occupy around half of the space. The company will manufacture cell and gene therapies that can be shipped all over the world.

Many nonprofit executives are stressed out after two years of running their organizations during a pandemic. The Richard King Mellon Foundation and the McCune Foundation are hoping to help some local leaders take some much-needed time off by funding eight sabbaticals.

The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced the winners of its first Social-Impact Investment Pitch Competition on Wednesday. The foundation is awarding more than $1 million dollars to three for-profit companies that also have a social mission.

The University of Pittsburgh will build a biomanufacturing facility at Hazelwood Green thanks to a $100 million gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

The Richard King Mellon Foundation launched a new pitch competition last week. But the prizes won’t be going to non-profits—they’ll be going to businesses.

The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced on Wednesday that it has awarded more than $2.6 million in grants so far this year. The money will go to job-training and career-readiness programs that train people for what the foundation calls “new economy jobs,” like those in robotics and advanced manufacturing.

The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced Wednesday that it will partner with a Boston-based investment firm to pump $20 million into economically…

Pittsburgh-based biotech company CytoAgents is launching into phase one of clinical trials this month on a drug designed to treat people with COVID-19 who…

Even as Pittsburgh museums announce plans to reopen, performing-arts groups are still struggling to decide whether and how to resume live shows during the…

North Side Christian Health Center has set up a testing site for the coronavirus in the parking lot of its Deutschtown location. It's one of seven…