Pittsburgh Promise Delivers on $15 Million Fundraising Goal

July 7, 2009, Pittsburgh — All year long, people walked up to Pittsburgh Foundation President and CEO Grant Oliphant and asked, "Are you going to make it?"

Mr. Oliphant was able to give a definitive answer yesterday, saying the Pittsburgh Promise college scholarship program exceeded its $15 million fundraising goal for the year despite the recession and the "worst fundraising environment in a generation."