Creating
Healthy Neighborhoods
of Choice & Opportunity
The entire Pittsburgh region benefits when more neighborhoods are resilient, thriving and equitable.
Read Our
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 North Star Goal
Our North Star Goal
Our North Star Goal is to 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-to-moderate income Pittsburghers up the socio-economic ladder.
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Programs & Initiatives
Programs & Initiatives
Stories of Impact
Our holistic approach to achieving genuine impact addresses interconnected areas such as neighborhood development, economic mobility, mental health, and impact-driven partnerships. By aligning people, place, and investment, we work to move low-to-moderate income Pittsburghers up the socio-economic ladder.
$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...
First ‘Money Talks’ Cohort Completed!| 50 Black women come together to learn about saving and investing
Our Money Talks program is a virtual community made up of Black women of various backgrounds and life stages who meet regularly to engage, share with each other, and learn from experts about saving and investing. The program's ultimate goal is to...
Neighborhood Allies Embeds Disability Awareness and Inclusion in Economic Opportunity Work, Co-leads National Disability Institute’s Pittsburgh Coalition
Over the past seven years, Neighborhood Allies has developed focus and expertise in Economic Opportunity and addressing racial wealth equity. We continue to expand, providing more services to greater segments of the population. In recent years, we...
