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The mission of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation is to support
organizations that strive to improve the quality of
life.
The trustees of this family foundation meet semi-annually
to make grants to nonprofit organizations engaged primarily
in Arts and Culture, Environment, Health, Human Services,
Community Development, and Youth Violence Prevention.
While the Foundation also supports Education, preference
is given to educational institutions of particular interest
to individual trustees.
The geographic focus of the Foundation's giving is Southwestern
Pennsylvania (primarily in Pittsburgh) and New England
(mainly the Boston area), although organizations of
particular interest to individual Trustees may be located
anywhere throughout the United States.
The trustees maintain their historic interest in the
Hunt
Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Established by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy A. Hunt in 1961, the Institute is a unique
facility for scholarly research in selective aspects
of botanical history and art.
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation was established in 1966 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the will of Roy Arthur Hunt.
Its predecessor, the Hunt Foundation, was founded in
1951. These two foundations officially merged in 1994.
Currently, the trustees include one surviving son of
the founder, his eleven grandchildren, and nine members
of the next generation.
The Next Generation Fund was established in 1999, sharing
the mission of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation. Grantmaking
decisions for this Fund are made by the great-grandchildren
of the founder.
The Foundation is a member of two regional associations of grantmakers: Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania and Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts.
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