Supporters
Our Sponsors
Sembène – The Film & Arts Festival is made possible by the generous support from the following
The Pittsburgh Foundation
www.pittsburghfoundation.org
Funding for Sembène – The Film & Arts Foundation was provided by the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation.
In 2006, the Foundation and its Supporting Organizations awarded more than $36.8 milloin in grants to a vast array of nonprofit organizations, students through scholarships, and medical researchers, based on donor interests and specific purposes of individual funds.
Since 1945, The Pittsburgh Foundation has been connecting its generous donors with the critical needs of our community. Donors who have established funds through the Foundation can support virtually any area of charitable interest in Pittsburgh, or anywhere in the United States. Because the Foundation is a public charity, donors benefit from significant tax advantages.
Endowment funds held by the Foundation range from $10,000 to $40 million, created by individuals and organizations with a passion for Pittsburgh and a deep commitment to their community. More than 1,000 individuals, families and organizations have established funds at The Pittsburgh Foundation, which exists in perpetuity – growing each year – to provide an ever-increasing resource to benefit the community.
www.pacouncilonthearts.org
www.heinz.org
The Heinz Endowments supports efforts to make southwestern Pennsylvania a premier place to live and work, a center of learning and educational excellence, and a home to diversity and inclusion.
Committed to helping its region thrive as a whole community–economically, ecologically, educationally and culturally – the foundation works within Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the nation to develop solutions to challenges that are national and even international in scope. One of the largest and most innovative independent philanthropic foundations in the country, the Endowments awarded more than $75 million in grants in 2008.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
www.pacouncilonthearts.org
Our website development, branding and graphic design was made possible through a Technical Assistance and Professional Development grant the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
The Film & Arts Festival was also supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
