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.
Guest Blog | RISE HIGH: A Journey of Advocacy, Growth, and Change
Authored by: DeOndra Parker DeOndra is the Senior Program Manager of Fund Development & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Neighborhood Allies. Get to know her a little better in this Get To Know Your Allies segment. RISE HIGH: Resilient and...
We’re Hiring! Apply to be our Senior Manager of Data, Strategy, and Evaluation
Position: Senior Manager of Data, Strategy, and Evaluation Status: Full-Time Reports to: Senior Director of Knowledge Management and Communications Work Location: Hybrid OVERVIEW: Neighborhood Allies is a leading community and economic...
Media Coverage | Cultivating Economic Stability Across Pittsburgh : Neighborhood Allies | Nasdaq
nasdaq.com | By Brittany Greene |Read the full article In 2024, Neighborhood Allies received a $60k grant from the Nasdaq Foundation to support our Money Talks program. Recently, our organization and the work we are doing to advance economic...
Neighborhood Allies supports the De’Avry Thomas Community Center with $15,000 “first in” investment, jumpstarting the revitalization of a youth community center in Penn Hills
After his family was devastated by gun violence in 2013, pre-teen Kahlil Darden began to dream about changing his community for the better. Now, years later, his organization Young Black Motivated Kings & Queens (YBMKQ) brings together...
Building Capacity for Equity in Architecture: Neighborhood Allies’ Partnership with NOMA Pittsburgh
As staff at Neighborhood Allies, we know that the most impactful community-serving work is not carried out in a vacuum – so, we collaborate with others at every turn. We strive to make connections that bloom into trusted partnerships...
From Gray Space to Green Space: CEA Breaks Ground on Community Plaza
Rashad D. Byrdsong, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Community Empowerment Association (CEA), has dreamed of turning the parking lot beside his building into a community gathering and event space for quite some time. Last month, after...

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