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...

Jordan Swartz Joins Neighborhood Allies as Social Impact Designer

by Chelsea Contino | Apr 20, 2022 | Announcements, Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

Join us in welcoming Jordan to the Neighborhood Allies team! Our newly launched Social Impact Design Program builds the capacity of both designers and the community by providing project management and schematic design support. By increasing the flow of public and...

The Value and Role of A Nonprofit Network: The Deep Work of The Partnership Network

by talia piazza | Apr 7, 2022 | Announcements, Build Capacity, Front Page

For decades, historical neighborhood structures across the City of Pittsburgh have led to the creation of hundreds of community-serving nonprofits of various size, scope and geographic focus. All of these organizations were established with the foundational goal of...

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...