Creating
Healthy Neighborhoods
of Choice & Opportunity
The entire Pittsburgh region benefits when more neighborhoods are resilient, thriving and equitable.
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Stories of Impact

Creating
Healthy Neighborhoods
of Choice & Opportunity
The entire Pittsburgh region benefits when more neighborhoods are resilient, thriving and equitable.
Read Our
Stories of Impact
Our Commitment to Equity
Our Commitment to Equity
We center our work and investments to foster a more just, fair, and inclusive society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. We emphasize the importance of racial equity—the condition achieved when one’s identity no longer statistically predicts how one fares. Racial equity is a part of racial justice and thus we work to address root causes of inequities and not just their manifestations.
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Programs & Initiatives
Programs & Initiatives
Stories of Impact
Over the next ten years, we will expand our resources to Accelerate, Scale, and Sustain the work of our community partners to create healthy neighborhoods of opportunity and move 100,000 low-income Pittsburghers up the socio-economic ladder. When we think about challenges, it’s not the lack of resources, it’s the ‘opportunity gap.’ Neighborhood Allies is in the business of creating opportunity.
Steel Smiling Welcomes Jamilah Lahijuddin as a Program Coordinator
We are thrilled to welcome Jamilah to the Steel Smiling team as Steel's new Program Coordinator. Jamilah will support development and implementation of the Black Mental Health Ecosystem asset map project. In this role, she’ll be connecting directly...
Back to School: Our Grantee-Partners Help Local Youth Succeed, In and Out of the Classroom
Written by: Karen Lue, Senior Program Manager for Digital Inclusion and Innovation Fall and the beginning of a new school year can be a welcome but hectic time for families. New classroom settings, after-school activities, and homework bring busier...
Closing The Digital Divide, One Neighborhood at A Time: Reflections From My AmeriCorps Service In Pittsburgh
Written by: Ibrahim Emara As I conclude my 2 years of ACC AmeriCorps service with Neighborhood Allies, now is the time for reflection on what our Digital Inclusion and Innovation team built with partners across Pittsburgh, what we learned about...
Neighborhood Allies Helps Small Businesses Succeed: We invested $1.95M into 195 MWBEs in 2024
Written by: Demi Kolke, Director of Community Investments During any given month, there is something of note - a quirky holiday or strange pastime - to celebrate. However, now more than ever, we are collectively looking for ideas, people, and...
Bank of America Awards $25,000 Grant to Neighborhood Allies’ Real Estate Co-Powerment Series
We want to express our immense gratitude to Bank of America for their recent grant award to Neighborhood Allies! This funding will support the continued expansion and enhancement of the Real Estate Co-Powerment Series, a 7-week...
Steel Smiling Champion Raises $10,000 for the organization
This past May, Jennifer Mathias ran the Pittsburgh Marathon and raised money for Steel Smiling in the process. Jennifer has followed Steel Smiling’s journey for nearly its entire existence, even recalling the very first time she learned of the...
