Heinz and other individuals, including his son, United States (US) Senator from Pennsylvania John Heinz, and William Rea, began with Pittsburgh's first renovated former movie palace, Heinz Hall, (which was built as the former Loew's Penn Theater).
Other significant contributions included $25 million Thiel College, $12.5 million to Duquesne University, $10.6 million to the Pittsburgh Foundation, $5 million to the Boy Scouts, $5 million to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, $5 million to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, $5 million to Pittsburgh Symphony, $5 million to the Heinz History Center, $5 million to Chatham University, $5 million to the town of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and $2.5 million to the town of Conneaut Lake.
Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Steelers | Pittsburgh Pirates | National Trust | National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty | University of Pittsburgh | Cultural Revolution | Pittsburgh Penguins | Wellcome Trust | National Trust for Historic Preservation | Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards | Cultural heritage | Pittsburgh International Airport | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | National Trust of Australia | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | The Prince's Trust | Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Important Cultural Properties of Japan | BBC Trust | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Pittsburgh Hornets | Leverhulme Trust | Downtown Pittsburgh | cultural | Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust | Devon Wildlife Trust | Cultural Center of the Philippines | Cultural assimilation |
Festival sidebars for 2012 included Polish Cinema, Women Filmmakers and Coming-of-Age films and had major sponsorships from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, the Art Institute, Avis, and Kodak.