Digital Inclusion

Digital Inclusion Program (2019-2025)

Impact, Learning, and Legacy

From 2019 through 2025, Neighborhood Allies led a comprehensive Digital Inclusion initiative to help bridge the digital divide across Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods.

This page serves as the official archival home of that work.

While the program concluded in 2025, its impact and lessons continue to inform our broader economic mobility strategies and regional digital equity efforts.

What impact and success looks like:

Over 13,700 total supports delivered since 2019: 

  • 5,700+ training and educational programming enrollments 
  • 5,453 internet access supports 
  • 2,155 devices distributed 
  • Over 400 small businesses supported 

Read our full Digital Inclusion Impact Report, which documents six years of implementation, outcomes, and field insights.

The report captures:

  • Measurable results across access, digital skills, and economic mobility
  • Community and partner impact
  • Key lessons for future digital equity investments

[ Download the Executive Summary of the Report ]

What the Work Advanced

The initiative focused on three interconnected areas:

  • Access – Devices, connectivity, and infrastructure
  • Capability – Digital literacy and business technology support
  • Economic Mobility – Aligning digital access with long-term opportunity

This work was delivered in partnership with community-based organizations, anchor institutions, and public-sector leaders.

Stories of Impact

Media Coverage | Gerardo Interiano and Presley Gillespie: Coming together to bridge the digital divide

Media Coverage | Gerardo Interiano and Presley Gillespie: Coming together to bridge the digital divide

The digital divide needs to be addressed as a three-legged stool: ...
Media Coverage | Beyond the Laptops challenge benefiting Pittsburgh Public Schools students

Media Coverage | Beyond the Laptops challenge benefiting Pittsburgh Public Schools students

WPXI reports on the Beyond The Laptops Initiative.
Media Coverage | Pittsburgh Tech companies help pay for laptops for 7,000 city students

Media Coverage | Pittsburgh Tech companies help pay for laptops for 7,000 city students

Pittsburgh’s technology sector is pulling together to provide ...
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