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.
Media Coverage | Neighborhood Allies invests $250,000 into new grocery store in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
Photo Credit: JIM HARRIS/PBT | Abdullah Salem is the owner of Salem's Market. By: Patty Tascarella | Pittsburgh Business Times | Read the full article Neighborhood Allies on Monday announced that it has invested $250,000 through its Neighborhood...
Neighborhood Allies Welcomes Ashley McLean, as Senior Program Manager for Economic Opportunity
Please join us in welcoming Ashley to the Neighborhood Allies Team! We are delighted to welcome Ashley McLean, who will be joining us as Senior Program Manager for Economic Opportunity. In this position she will be working with our Economic...
New and Improved Real Estate Co-Powerment Series To Help Emerging Developers and Communities Thrive
At the end of January, we announced that we were taking our long-standing partnership with Omicelo Cares to the next level by combining and integrating the successful programming of Omicelo Cares into Neighborhood Allies’ portfolio of services. As...
Renowned Community Development Expert, Presley Gillespie, will lecture at the Biden School of Public Policy & Administration, Community Development Institute
Presley Gillespie, our President & CEO at Neighborhood Allies, has been invited to give a lecture to practitioners from around the country at the Mid-Atlantic Community Development Institute on April 29, 2024. A national-recognized...
Reflecting On AmeriCorps Week 2024
Looking back on the recent AmeriCorps Week celebrations around the country, our very own AmeriCorps member Ibrahim wrote this reflection. Check it out! Written by: Ibrahim Emara, ACC AmeriCorps Member serving at Neighborhood Allies Last week...
Media Coverage | Cost of rent is hitting record levels, including in Pittsburgh, but not enough low-cost units are available
By: Jordan Anderson | Pittsburgh Post Gazette | February 10, 2024 | Read the full story Keeping up with the cost of housing has never been more unaffordable. For half of renters nationwide, it’s outright unobtainable, says one new report from...
