by talia piazza | Jul 29, 2016 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Wilkinsburg
Last spring we awarded $65,000 to Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) to support a two-pronged approach to support Wilkinsburg-based businesses and to attract new businesses to Wilkinsburg. By: Marlee Gallagher, Wilkinsburg Community Development...
by talia piazza | Jun 24, 2016 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Homewood
Last year, we awarded $75,000 to our allies at Operation Better Block, Inc. (OBB) to support their Cluster Planning Placemaking project, focusing on Cluster Four and making visible and impactful change in accordance with the resident’s wants and needs. The...
by talia piazza | Jun 2, 2016 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Wilkinsburg
Last spring we awarded $75,000 to Hosanna House Inc. to support their “Bring It To Light” placemaking project with the ultimate goal of connecting the services Hosanna House offers at their facility on Wallace Avenue to the community’s main artery,...
by talia piazza | May 3, 2016 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Hill District
Last spring, we awarded $50,000 to FOCUS Pittsburgh to support the planning and pilot phase of their Trauma Informed Community Development (TICD) Initiative. Check out this great video to learn more about this innovative pilot program and the progress being made....
by talia piazza | Jan 7, 2016 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight
One of the core challenges facing Pittsburgh and Southwestern PA is the striking racial disparity between under- and unemployed blacks and whites. According to the report on “Inclusion in the Workforce” (published by Sustainable Pittsburgh), during 2001-2005, 44% of...
by talia piazza | Apr 30, 2015 | Community News, Grantee Spotlight, Stories
The Trade Institute of Pittsburgh (TIP) expands its space and capacity! Watch this brief video highlighting the expansion and the great work that TIP is doing. The overarching goal of our Catalytic Grants are to support innovative, collaborative and inspiring ideas...
