Spring 2008
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| Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh’s Building the Future campaign ends with $161 million in funds raised and an impressive list of completed projects that are already making a difference. |
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 “This campaign isn’t about goals we hope to realize sometime far off in the distance,” he said to a gathering of 150 friends and supporters. “Our goals are here and now.”  The project goals he spoke about were as far-flung as a marsh wastewater system, one that both conserves water and teaches kids the science of green technologies (part of a larger Powdermill Nature Reserve expansion); new, multi-purpose classrooms in Carnegie Museums’ Oakland facility; the state of the art in planetarium technology at Carnegie Science Center; and the world’s premier dinosaur exhibit, Dinosaurs in Their Time. Disparate, yes. But while each project is vastly different in size and scope, Hillenbrand notes, “no one project is less important to Carnegie Museums’ mission to engage people of all ages in exploration of all kinds through art and science.” On February 7, 2008, a little over a year after the public announcement of the campaign, Carnegie Museums announced it more than met its monetary goal of $150 million; it surpassed it, with $161 million in total gifts. The campaign goes on record as the largest in Carnegie Museums’ 113-year history. “We couldn’t be more pleased with the campaign’s outcome and the great good our museums will be able to do with the funds raised,” says Hillenbrand. Just as important as the campaign total, notes Campaign Chair Lee Foster, is that, “in every sense of the word, this was a true community campaign”—with donations coming from 6,900 individuals and organizations. “The Pittsburgh region really embraced the campaign as its own, and took genuine ownership in the future of the four Carnegie Museums.” Foster was joined by an impressive group of community leaders in spearheading the campaign’s fundraising efforts: Jack Barbour, Ray Betler, Bob Bozzone, Suzy Broadhurst (chair of the Carnegie Museums Board of Trustees), Judy Davenport, Toto Fisher, Bill Hunt, Sean Sebastian, Janie Thompson, Hugh Van der Veer, Pete Veeder, Jim Wilkinson, and Margot Woodwell. “To these dedicated volunteers, and to the thousands of donors who believed in our vision for the future, we owe our most sincere thanks,” Hillenbrand says. “Because of them, our museums have never been better positioned to make a difference, in the region and the world.” 
THOSE WHO GAVE
Nearly 6,900 individuals and organizations gave to the Building the Future campaign—“a true community campaign,” says Lee Foster, chair of the campaign. Following are the names of those who gave at extraordinary levels. (A complete listing of campaign donors will appear in a special supplement of the summer issue of Carnegie magazine.)$10 million and above
$5 million - $9,999,999
$1 million - $4,999,999
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Also in this issue:
Traveling Warhol · The Art of Being Human · The Explorers Club · Seeing Stars · Director's Note · NewsWorthy · Now Showing · Face Time: Matt Wrbican · Science & Nature: A Scoop Full · Artistic License: Animal Attraction · First Person: Full Body Experience · Then & Now: The museum as classroom
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