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
2. ^ [ https://www.wpconline.org/231/downtown-planters]
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16. ^ [ https://https://www.pittsburghg20.org/Articles/081009.aspx]
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External links

• Colcom Foundation