PRESS RELEASE | 100 Small Businesses Owned by Women and People of Color in Allegheny County to Each Receive a $10,000 Grant from Comcast RISE, Totaling $1 Million

by Chelsea Contino | May 12, 2022 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Comcast RISE to support 13,000 small businesses owned by women and people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American owners, among others, by end of 2022 PITTSBURGH – May 12, 2022 – Comcast today announced it will award $1 million in...

Fund My Future PGH Secures $90,000 Grant from National Foundation

by talia piazza | Mar 22, 2022 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Foster Economic Opportunity, Uncategorized

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Annie E. Casey Foundation for their generous $90,000 grant that will help Neighborhood Allies foster Economic Opportunity through Fund My Future PGH throughout 2022. In 2022, we will expand Fund My Future PGH’s...

Media Coverage | Steel Smiling secures largest grant in organization’s history

by talia piazza | Mar 17, 2022 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Build Capacity, Front Page, Media Coverage

By Jordyn Hronec  | Pittsburgh Business Times | Mar 16, 2022 | Read the full article Steel Smiling, an organization-in-residence at Neighborhood Allies that is dedicated to connecting communities with mental health support, announced that it has...

Media Coverage | The Rise of DIY Investment Playbooks

by talia piazza | Mar 11, 2022 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

By: Bruce Katz and Avanti Krovi | March 11, 2022 | Read the full article Following the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan a year ago almost to the day, the Nowak Lab and New Localism Associates created an “Investment Playbook” tool to help cities...

Media Coverage | Presley Gillespie and Bruce Katz: ARP money should go where it’s needed most

by talia piazza | Mar 7, 2022 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

PRESLEY GILLESPIE AND BRUCE KATZ | Friday, March 4, 2022 | Read the full article The American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden March 11, represents a critical commitment to rebuilding the communities harmed by the covid-19 pandemic and...

Neighborhood Allies launches the Equitable Recovery Playbook to activate and direct dollars into communities that need it most

by talia piazza | Feb 25, 2022 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Front Page, Hill District, Homewood, Revitalize Neighborhoods

The American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, represents a critical commitment to rebuilding the communities harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic and is an unprecedented investment in our economy. $1.9 trillion in federal dollars...