Laurel Foundation is a private foundation based in

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, United States. It was established in 1951 by the late

Cordelia Scaife May Cordelia Scaife May (September 24, 1928 – January 26, 2005) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area political donor and philanthropist. An heiress to the Mellon-Scaife family fortune, she was one of the wealthiest women in the United States. Her p ...

. The foundation's website lists its principal funding areas as "arts and culture, environment and conservation, vocational education, and community development/beautification".Laurel Foundation
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* * Paid for in part by the Laurel Foundation. *

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