Advancing Economic Mobility in Times of Uncertainty
2025 Impact Report
Building the Conditions for Economic Mobility
Neighborhood Allies’ latest strategic plan reflects our aspirations and values as we look to the future of Neighborhood Allies’
efforts to lead reinvestment in Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods—equitably, effectively, and efficiently—ensuring that we foster neighborhoods of opportunity and socioeconomic mobility in service of our most vulnerable populations and those most at risk of systemic isolation and exclusion from economic opportunities.
Advancing Economic Mobility in Times of Uncertainty
2025 Impact Report
Building the Conditions for Economic Mobility
Neighborhood Allies’ latest strategic plan reflects our aspirations and values as we look to the future of Neighborhood Allies’ efforts to lead reinvestment in Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods—equitably, effectively, and efficiently—ensuring that we foster neighborhoods of opportunity and socioeconomic mobility in service of our most vulnerable populations and those most at risk of systemic isolation and exclusion from economic opportunities.
Progress on our several Strategic plan goals:
Leveraged towards equitable real estate projects
Financial Empowerment Center counseling sessions delivered
Digital Upskilling sessions delivered
Social Impact Design workshops hosted
Financial Education support Technical Assistance Hours provided
Capacity Building as a Core Engine of Impact
Capacity building emerged in 2025 as one of the clearest indicators of Neighborhood Allies’ impact, strengthening the conditions that make economic mobility and wealth-building possible.
Neighborhood Allies delivered 2,828 hours of custom advisory services, more than three times the annual goal, with 1,339 hours of that specifically spent on real estate and neighborhood development support, reflecting strong and growing demand from partners working to move projects forward.
Capacity building is a primary way Neighborhood Allies delivers impact, ensuring that community partners have not just resources, but the ability to deploy them effectively and participate more fully in wealth-building opportunities.
This work is helping community-based developers and entrepreneurs access capital, advance projects, and build ownership in their neighborhoods, creating pathways to long-term asset-building and economic mobility. The projects highlighted throughout this report reflect a broader pattern across our work, where capacity building and strategic support translate into real ownership, revitalization, and wealth-building at the neighborhood level.
Neighborhood Allies
429 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1900
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412.471.3727
www.neighborhoodallies.org info@neighborhoodallies.org