Creating
Healthy Neighborhoods
of Choice & Opportunity
The entire Pittsburgh region benefits when more neighborhoods are resilient, thriving and equitable.
Read Our
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 North Star Goal
Our North Star Goal
Our North Star Goal is to 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-to-moderate income Pittsburghers up the socio-economic ladder.
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Programs & Initiatives
Programs & Initiatives
Stories of Impact
Our holistic approach to achieving genuine impact addresses interconnected areas such as neighborhood development, economic mobility, mental health, and impact-driven partnerships. By aligning people, place, and investment, we work to move low-to-moderate income Pittsburghers up the socio-economic ladder.
Strengthening Financial Futures and Mental Health Support
Two new grants from The Pittsburgh Foundation will help residents across Allegheny County build financial stability and find trusted mental health support. The Foundation awarded $200,000 in operating support to Neighborhood Allies and $100,000...
The Gentrification Debates: Presley Gillespie Shares Pittsburgh’s Approach with Harvard Planning and Design Students
How can neighborhoods attract investment while helping longtime residents stay, thrive, and shape what comes next? On November 10, Neighborhood Allies President and CEO Presley Gillespie explored this question with Harvard University’s Graduate...
Comcast Investment Expands Digital Opportunity for Pittsburgh Small Businesses
Pittsburgh entrepreneurs need more than great ideas to succeed. A recent $25,000 investment from Comcast will allow Neighborhood Allies to expand access to the digital skills and tools that small business owners needed to grow their businesses....
Seven Years of Waiting. Then Neighborhood Allies Helped Get It Done.
For seven years, Manyell Akinfe-Reed and her family worked to purchase two City-owned lots next to property her family already owned and maintained on Meadow Street in Larimer. The process was supposed to take six months to a year. Instead,...
Mapping the Black Mental Health Ecosystem | Steel Smiling Launches Wellspring program
The Inspiration Wellspring: A source of continual supply. An original and bountiful source of something. An abundant pool of information or resources. This definition is the starting point from which Steel Smiling is embarking on a...
Fund My Future PGH | Giving young people the tools to grow into financially independent adults
Jazmiere Bates, Fund My Future PGH alum, recently won the $1,000 Fund My Future PGH scholarship to put towards her education at Lincoln University. Jazmiere has always been a confident young person with a go-getter attitude and stellar work ethic....
