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| April 28, 2008
Alcoa Foundation Announces Three Strategic Partnerships: ''Partners for Pittsburgh's Future''
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today that Alcoa Foundation is partnering
with three major Pittsburgh organizations—the
August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh, and The Children’s Institute—as
part of its ongoing strategic investment to build positive community
resources in the Pittsburgh region. Over the last five years, Alcoa
Foundation has invested approximately $11 million in
Pittsburgh/Allegheny County, bringing its total investment in
Pennsylvania to more than $15 million in grants to not-for-profit
organizations.
“We’re pleased to ‘partner
for Pittsburgh’s future’
with these three stellar organizations,” said
Julie Caponi, Alcoa vice president of audit and location manager for the
Alcoa Corporate Center. “Alcoa has been a
leading corporate citizen in the Pittsburgh area for over 100 years, and
a major source of community investments through Alcoa Foundation. It’s
especially timely to announce these key partnerships in the year of
Pittsburgh’s 250th
anniversary.”
The partner organizations and their funded projects are as follows:
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The August Wilson Center for
African American Culture will receive $600,000 to fund exhibits in
the new state-of-the-art facility being built in downtown Pittsburgh.
Alcoa Foundation is the title sponsor of Past as Present, a
permanent exhibition that will use interactive multi-dimensional
techniques to engage visitors in understanding and appreciating the
art, culture, and history of African Americans from Western
Pennsylvania. The grant also funds the Center’s
first touring exhibition—Rhapsody in
Black and White: The Photographs of Charles “Teenie”
Harris—which pays homage to the
celebrated African American photographer whose photographs captured
life in Pittsburgh’s African American
community over five decades of the 20th
century.
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
will use a $400,000 grant to improve children's areas in several
facilities as part of its Libraries
for LIFE Capital Campaign, the first campaign in the Library’s
history designated to revitalize neighborhood libraries. Monies will
also support construction and renovation activities for two new
branches, one on Pittsburgh’s North Side
and one in the Hill District, representing the first newly constructed
libraries in the organization’s 113-year
history. Since 2001, six neighborhood locations and the first floor of
the Main Library in Oakland have been renovated, providing handicapped
accessibility, climate control systems, and state-of-the art
technology. The Alcoa Foundation grant will help to strengthen the
trend of increased visitor and circulation numbers.
- The Children’s
Institute of Pittsburgh will receive $200,000 to explore a novel
means of investigating the influence of environmental factors in
autism, as part of its Campaign
for an Amazing Future. To that end, this grant will be used to
evaluate the feasibility of developing an experimental room with
reduced toxins and exposures—an
Environmental Pediatric Room. The Alcoa Foundation funding will assist
The Children’s Institute as it strives to
continue to meet the changing needs of the community and its children.
“Each of these organizations is a perfect fit
with the mission of Alcoa Foundation, which is to improve the quality of
life in Alcoa communities,” said Velma
Monteiro-Tribble, chief operating officer and assistant treasurer of
Alcoa Foundation. “A key focus for us is
building business and community partnerships and we’re
proud to be affiliated with such fine organizations. We anticipate that
our partnership will grow over time as we collectively work to
strengthen communities in our city and region and benefit our fellow
citizens.”
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary
aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, through its active
and growing participation in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa
serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction,
commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design,
engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to
customers. In addition to aluminum products and components including
flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also
markets Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems,
precision and investment castings, and building systems. The company has
97,000 employees in 34 countries and has been named one of the top most
sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.
About Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa Foundation is a separately constituted nonprofit U.S. corporate
foundation with assets of approximately $504 million. Its mission is to
actively invest in the quality of life in Alcoa communities worldwide.
Throughout its history, the Foundation has been a source of positive
community change and enhancement, with over $465 million invested since
1952. To learn more about Alcoa Foundation, visit www.alcoa.com
under Community.
About August Wilson Center for African American Culture
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture preserves,
presents and interprets the art, culture and history of African
Americans in western Pennsylvania and people of African descent
throughout the world. The Center realizes its mission through visual and
performing arts presentations as well as historical, education and
public programs. A $35.9 million Capital Campaign is underway to build a
new multidisciplinary cultural center in Pittsburgh’s
downtown, scheduled to open in spring 2009. The Center’s
two-story, green building will house exhibition galleries, a 479-seat
theater for performances in all disciplines, an education center, a café
and gift shop, and multipurpose spaces for community programs and
events. More information is available at www.AugustWilsonCenter.org.
About Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Established as a public trust in 1895, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
serves the citizens of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County with a
distinguished history of leadership among the country’s
great public libraries. Through its 19 neighborhood locations, including
Main Library and the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped,
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the region’s
most visited asset. Each year the Library provides more than 8,000 free
programs, classes and other learning and training opportunities that are
tailored to meet the dynamic and diverse needs of people living in
Western Pennsylvania. Visit www.carnegielibrary.org
for more information.
About The Children’s Institute
The Children’s Institute is an independent,
licensed nonprofit organization that provides a comprehensive approach
to pediatric rehabilitation: The Hospital, The Day School and Project
STAR. The Hospital includes an 82-bed inpatient unit and numerous
outpatient rehabilitation services for children and young adults. The
Day School is an Approved Private School for children ages 2 to 21 with
neurological impairments, including autism. Project STAR promotes the
right of all children, especially those with physical, emotional and
intellectual disabilities, to grow in a safe, nurturing, lasting family.
For more information, go to www.amazingkids.org.
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