by talia piazza | Sep 29, 2021 | Build Capacity, Grantee Spotlight, Homewood
Last week we joined The Trade Institute of Pittsburgh (TIP) to celebrate the renovation of the duplex that will provide quality, safe and stable transitional housing to their students and recent graduates while they complete training and seek employment. Last year,...
by talia piazza | Sep 9, 2021 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Community News, Wilkinsburg
As talks of a potential merger between Wilkinsburg Borough and the City of Pittsburgh grew, Neighborhood Allies became interested in increasing the level of true and impactful community engagement around this topic. We hope that by providing the resources to engage...
by Chelsea Contino | Aug 25, 2021 | Build Capacity
Nonprofit leaders are at a high risk of burnout and mental health impacts, a serious concern which was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. Even before the pandemic began, the need to create a program that helped community development organizations strengthen the...
by talia piazza | Aug 13, 2021 | Build Capacity
The Organization-in-Residence initiative is an innovative pilot program co-created by Neighborhood Allies and Steel Smiling. The intention of the program is two fold–to incubate a nascent and growing, Black-led organization to eventually launch as an independent...
by Chelsea Contino | Apr 7, 2021 | Build Capacity
Created, led, and managed by high school students from Taylor Allderdice High School, The Children of Steel is a completely FREE online tutoring service for elementary students in grades K-5. When Taylor Allderdice High School student, Jennifer Lin, began...
by Chelsea Contino | Apr 5, 2021 | Build Capacity, Grantee Spotlight
While COVID-19 caused many of our 2020 Love My Neighbor! grantees to postpone their community projects, some grantees were able to pivot their work to adapt to or even directly address the pandemic. We want to highlight all of the great projects that did take place in...
