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
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Creating
Healthy Neighborhoods
of Choice & Opportunity
The entire Pittsburgh region benefits when more neighborhoods are resilient, thriving and equitable.
Read Our
Stories of Impact
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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.
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...
The Financialization of Single-Family Housing in Pittsburgh
By: Matt Madia | Director of Real Estate, Neighborhood Allies Neighborhood Allies, in its role as convener of the affordable housing Preservation Working Group, and with the support of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, sought...
Equity in Action – How I Experienced Transformational Capacity Building
Steel Smiling is an Organization-in-Residence (OIR) at Neighborhood Allies. Through the OIR model, we are nurturing the organizational growth, capacity building and sustainability of Steel Smiling so that they can continue to serve...














