Creating
Healthy Neighborhoods
of Choice & Opportunity
The entire Pittsburgh region benefits when more neighborhoods are resilient, thriving and equitable.
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Stories of Impact

Creating
Healthy Neighborhoods
of Choice & Opportunity
The entire Pittsburgh region benefits when more neighborhoods are resilient, thriving and equitable.
Read Our
Stories of Impact
Our Commitment to Equity
Our Commitment to Equity
We center our work and investments to foster a more just, fair, and inclusive society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. We emphasize the importance of racial equity—the condition achieved when one’s identity no longer statistically predicts how one fares. Racial equity is a part of racial justice and thus we work to address root causes of inequities and not just their manifestations.
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Programs & Initiatives
Programs & Initiatives
Stories of Impact
Over the next ten years, we will expand our resources to Accelerate, Scale, and Sustain the work of our community partners to create healthy neighborhoods of opportunity and move 100,000 low-income Pittsburghers up the socio-economic ladder. When we think about challenges, it’s not the lack of resources, it’s the ‘opportunity gap.’ Neighborhood Allies is in the business of creating opportunity.
Presley Gillespie to Speak on Recent FED Survey Related to Small Businesses and LMI Communities
Next week, Presley Gillespie, our President & CEO at Neighborhood Allies, will join Matt Klesta, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and Kurt Reiber, President and CEO, Freestore Foodbank to discuss the most recent Federal...
Staff Spotlight: Demi Kolke | How does Neighborhood Allies advance equity?
Neighborhood Allies centers equity in all that we do - in our programming, in our company culture, and in how we show up in the communities we serve. We want to share some of the work happening at Neighborhood Allies, both internally and...
Media Coverage | Ribbon cutting held for affordable housing in Homewood
By Liz Kilmer | WPXI Pittsburgh | Read the full story Image by Neighborhood Allies Mayor Ed Gainey was among the community leaders who attended a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate affordable housing units on Friday. Four three-bedroom apartments...
Media Coverage | An $800,000 investment is spurring the redevelopment of up to 69 affordable housing units in Homewood
By: Oliver Morrison | WESA 90.5 | July 12, 2024 | Read the full article Katie Blackley | 90.5 WESA An $800,000 investment by the nonprofit Neighborhood Allies is providing funding for a nonprofit developer to purchase 69 units for renovation...
The Triumphant Return of the Real Estate Co-Powerment Series
After a hiatus since 2022, the Real Estate Co-Powerment Series made a successful relaunch this summer, engaging 26 participants with an impressive 81% completion rate, as 21 students either attended all sessions or utilized recorded content to...
Neighborhood Allies Invests a total $105,000 into 7 RISE HIGH Grantee-Partners
We are thrilled to support these 7 RISE HIGH Grantee-Partners with $15,000 Growth Grants! During June, we had the pleasure to meet with each of our new partners to hold a special check presentation and learn more about their life-changing work!...
