by Chelsea Contino | Sep 17, 2025 | Advance Equity, Announcements, Build Capacity, Front Page, Grantee Spotlight
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 schedules and...
by talia piazza | Oct 23, 2023 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Grantee Spotlight
Last month, we announced two new RISE HIGH Growth Grant Partners, Awaken Pittsburgh (AP) and Northside Partnership Project (NPP). With this funding and partnership, we are helping to build the capacity of these organizations to scale and deepen their work and...
by talia piazza | Oct 3, 2023 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Grantee Spotlight, Revitalize Neighborhoods, Uncategorized
On August 26th, the Lincoln Lemington Collaborative (the Collaborative), united with Neighborhood Allies, Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh (RTP), WAVE, Omicelo Construction Group, and other partners, held its first Community & Housing Resource Fair at Catalyst...
by Chelsea Contino | Jun 14, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Funder Spotlight, Grantee Spotlight
We are thrilled to announce that this partnership with DHS will support our Organization-in-Residence, Steel Smiling’s programming over the next two years! Steel Smiling moves towards its mission through programming, such as Beams to Bridges, which provides...
by Chelsea Contino | Jun 17, 2022 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Grantee Spotlight, Homewood, Path to Equity
Special Edition Juneteenth Blog Written by Director of Equity and Inclusion, Shad Henderson Before Juneteenth became a federal holiday and overly commercialized, there have been families, communities, and organizations commemorating the emancipation of enslaved...
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,...
