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.
Neighborhood Allies Helps Small Businesses Succeed: We invested $1.95M into 195 MWBEs in 2024
Written by: Demi Kolke, Director of Community Investments During any given month, there is something of note - a quirky holiday or strange pastime - to celebrate. However, now more than ever, we are collectively looking for ideas, people, and...
Bank of America Awards $25,000 Grant to Neighborhood Allies’ Real Estate Co-Powerment Series
We want to express our immense gratitude to Bank of America for their recent grant award to Neighborhood Allies! This funding will support the continued expansion and enhancement of the Real Estate Co-Powerment Series, a 7-week...
Steel Smiling Champion Raises $10,000 for the organization
This past May, Jennifer Mathias ran the Pittsburgh Marathon and raised money for Steel Smiling in the process. Jennifer has followed Steel Smiling’s journey for nearly its entire existence, even recalling the very first time she learned of the...
Neighborhood Allies’ Investments and Technical Assistance Help Secure PHARE Funding for Local Developers
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) recently awarded a total of $73 million in PHARE (Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement) grants to housing initiatives across the state--including several transformative...
Neighborhood Allies Invests a total of $75,000 to Five RISE HIGH Grantee Partners
We are thrilled to invest in five RISE HIGH Grantee-Partners with $15,000 Growth Grants and a commitment to continued partnership that fuels long-term, community-defined impact! Throughout July we had the pleasure of meeting with each of our...
Neighborhood Allies Featured as a National Case Study in Community Wealth Building
Neighborhood Allies was recently featured in a national case study by ThinkTennessee, a nonpartisan policy think tank working to build a stronger, more equitable future in the state of Tennessee. The study lifts up our approach to advancing...
