Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

{{Short description|Pittsburgh area non-profit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce | logo = | type = | founded = ({{start date and age|1874|12|05}}) | founder = | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | origins = | key_people = | region_served = Pittsburgh metropolitan area | focus = Business advocacy & federation | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_employees = | owner = | website = [http://www.greaterpittsburghchamberofcommerce.com GreaterPittsburghChamberofCommerce.com] | tax_exempt = | dissolved = | footnotes = }}

The '''Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce''' is a Pittsburgh area non-profit that promotes business and community development throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania. Since 1999, it has had status under 501(c)(6) Business Leagues; in 2024, it claimed total revenue of $1,759,530, total expenses of $1,759,530, total assets of $319,007, and total giving of $30,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce |url=https://app.candid.org/profile/7280451/greater-pittsburgh-chamber-of-commerce-25-0399620 |website=candid. |publisher=Candid.org |access-date=22 March 2026}}</ref>

Founded on December 5, 1874 the chamber received its charter on July 8, 1876 due to the state's passage of a new constitution during 1874-75.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;idno=00acd3036m;rgn=full%20text;didno=00acd3036m;view=image;seq=7;node=00acd3036m%3A1;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset;|title=Historic Pittsburgh General Text Collection|work=pitt.edu|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> From 1874 until 1904 the chamber had offices at the Germania Bank Building in Downtown Pittsburgh. On June 20, 1904 it relocated to the Oliver Building. March 14, 1906 offices moved to the Keenan Building at Liberty Avenue and Seventh Street. On July 8, 1916 construction started on the Chamber of Commerce Building and opened May 1, 1917 with a membership of 3,000. By 1918 membership had exceeded 5,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext&cc=pitttext&idno=00acd3036m&node=00acd3036m%3A1&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=22|title=Historic Pittsburgh General Text Collection|work=pitt.edu|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2000, the chamber partnered with the Allegheny Conference, the Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, a partnership that was extended in 2003 with a joint venture that merged memberships and leadership of all four organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterpittsburghchamberofcommerce.com/AboutUs.php|title=Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce - About Us|work=greaterpittsburghchamberofcommerce.com|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nthRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6762%2C2187315|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> ==National politics== The chamber hosted President Grant on December 13, 1879,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1879/12/14/archives/gen-grant-in-pittsburg-the-usual-courtesies-of-speeches-receptions.html|title=GEN. GRANT IN PITTSBURG. - THE USUAL COURTESIES OF SPEECHES, RECEPTIONS, AND A PROCESSION. - Front Page - NYTimes.com|date=14 December 1879|work=The New York Times|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> President Howard Taft on October 31, 1911<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/11/01/archives/taft-defends-act-to-control-trusts-replies-at-pittsburgh-dinner-to.html|title=TAFT DEFENDS ACT TO CONTROL TRUSTS - Replies at Pittsburgh Dinner to Littleton's Plea for Repeal of Sherman Law. - Front Page - NYTimes.com|date=1 November 1911|work=The New York Times|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> and Treasury Secretary John Connally on January 31, 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gsxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5916%2C20800|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> During the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the chamber was led by Barbara McNees, who was appointed as the executive director in 1996 and continued in that capacity until her retirement on August 15, 2013.<ref>Heuck, Douglas. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/91797071/?terms=%22%27Barbara%20McNees%22 Vision of excellence: Leaders call for courage and cooperation during this 'critical time' in the region's history]." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', May 18, 1997, pp. H3-H4 (subscription required).</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.greaterpittsburghchamberofcommerce.com Official site] *[http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext&cc=pitttext&idno=00acd3036m&node=00acd3036m%3A1&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=3 50th Anniversary Book] {{Pittsburgh}} {{Authority control}}

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