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 | How a Pitt program in the Hill District is closing the digital divide in Pittsburgh
By: Pitt Wire | January 12, 2023 | Read the full article With support from Neighborhood Allies' Digital Inclusion program, Hill CEC’s Digital Inclusion Studio offers programs across the lifespan, including Information Technology 101 for high...
Media Coverage | Presley Gillespie: Equity and inclusion in action in Pittsburgh
PRESLEY GILLESPIE | Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 | Published by: Trib Live | Read the full article Camerin “Camo” Nesbit’s “Homewood is Black Joy” mural at 531 N. Homewood Ave. was created as part of the Homewood is Home Positive Image...
$100K Grant from Dollar Bank will launch Neighborhood Allies’ Emerging Developer Program
Pittsburgh and surrounding regions have seen a significant increase in development projects,especially in historically Black and minority communities. However, the number of minority developers,especially Black developers, remains low. This is...
Money Talks Program Is a Financial Game Changer for Local Black Women
By: Sarah Dieleman Perry, Director of Economic Opportunity at Neighborhood Allies If you’re looking for it, you can find a lot of data on what’s known as the “racial wealth gap.” According to the Federal Reserve, a typical (median) white family in...
Neighborhood Allies Announces 2023 Executive Committee Members!
Please join us in welcoming and thanking our 2023 Board Officers! We are delighted to call you our allies! Sallyann Kluz has been re-appointed as our Chairperson, Carolina Pais-Barreto Thor has been re-appointed as our Vice Chairperson, Jonathan...
Neighborhood Allies is a Founding Member of Creative Reaction Lab’s Institute of Equitable Design and Justice
In 2019, Pittsburgh was ranked the eighth most gentrified city in the United States. Black and Brown residents being left out of the design and community development process is a major contributing factor to this reality. As a result of this data...

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