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Pew was established by the merging of several charitable trusts that had been established between 1948 and 1979. The original trusts were created by J. Howard Pew, Mary Ethel Pew, Joseph N. Pew Jr., and Mabel Pew Myrin, the adult sons and daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew. [7]
Pew Fellowships is a funding program of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, established by the Pew Charitable Trusts in 1991, which offers direct support to individual Philadelphia-area artists across disciplines, annually awarding up to 12 unrestricted grants of $75,000. [7]
In 1948, Pew and his siblings founded The Pew Charitable Trusts, a group of philanthropic foundations that support social needs around the world. Among the foundation’s funded projects is the Pew Research Center , a nonpartisan opinion research group that focuses on issues of the press, public policy, and politics.
With his siblings, Pew was a co-founder of The Pew Charitable Trusts.J. Howard Pew also donated the funds for the J. Howard Pew Freedom Trust in 1957. [7] Pew provided early funding to support Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, working closely with Billy Graham and Harold Ockenga. [1]
Rebecca W. Rimel was the president and CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts. She was succeeded in that position on July 1, 2020 by Susan K. Urahn. Rimel joined the organization in 1983 as a health program manager, and became executive director five years later. She assumed the position of president and CEO in 1994. [1]
The Pew Charitable Trusts people (5 P) Pages in category "The Pew Charitable Trusts" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
After graduating in 1985, Torrey became a program officer at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia, an NGO working on the creation of artists' subsidized housing, and fundraising for local music organizations. [2] [7] During her time at Pew, she founded and led the Pew Artists Fellowship Program. [2]
It was founded in 1996 by the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. and The Pew Charitable Trusts. [1] In 1998, House Bill 2858, Act 174 designated VISIT PHILADELPHIA, then GPTMC, to serve as the official Regional Attractions Marketing Agency.