by talia piazza | Mar 31, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
Quick-Train is offered at New Century Career’s (NCC) Training Innovation Center on the South Side and in the Allegheny County Jail. NCC recruits, enrolls, screens and trains job seekers- with a focus on young adults-for this time-shortened (250, 450 or 600 hours)...
by talia piazza | Mar 1, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
The Pittsburgh Chamber of Cooperatives (PCOC) is leading an inclusive and neighborhood based effort to provide more opportunities for residents and early stage businesses to explore the benefits of becoming cooperative businesses and to help them get established as...
by talia piazza | Jan 31, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
The Jobs First program provides Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh’s (RTP) with a reliable labor force while offering a paid skills-development opportunity to hard to employ community members. Last year, we awarded a $15,000 grant to RTP to fully develop the Jobs...
by talia piazza | Jan 6, 2017 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Homewood
The Homewood Community Farmers Market launched in June 2016 as a solution to Homewood and surrounding communities’ lack of access to healthy food choices. Last year, we awarded a grant to the Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-Op to establish a...
by talia piazza | Dec 1, 2016 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
In early 2016, we awarded a $15,000 Small & Simple grant to establish a social enterprise known as Kitchen of Grace, out of the Marshall-Shadeland restaurant, Cafe on the Corner. Kitchen of Grace’s mission is to act as a catalyst for peace and healing in the...
by talia piazza | Nov 1, 2016 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Millvale
In 2010, the Gardens of Millvale began much like any other community garden project—with a couple of overgrown, unkempt vacant lots, a group of dedicated volunteers, and the hope of creating a community asset that would bring neighbors together. Today, the Gardens of...
