2006 - 2007 Grants
| New Grants | |
| Achieva | $10,000 for 1st year |
| Expand respite support services to South Pittsburgh families who are caring for a member with cognitive disabilities. | |
| Adagio Health | $28,405 for 1st year |
| Increase the number of women in South Pittsburgh who are screened for breast and cervical cancer through outreach to increase awareness of exams, HPV vaccines, and other free services. | |
| Alliance for Male Empowerment Network (AMEN) | $20,000 |
| Build capacity of the organization through consulting assistance for a business plan, accounting system and grantseeking. | |
| American Red Cross | $10,000 |
| Enhance ability of frail older adults to live safely on their own through use of a subsidized personal emergency response service. | |
| Beginning With Books | $35,000 for 1st year |
| Expand delivery of comprehensive literacy programs and interventions to children, parents, educators, and child care practitioners in South Pittsburgh. | |
| Boy Scouts of America | $10,000 for 1st year |
| Increase positive opportunities for youth development through scouting programs in St. Clair Village and neighborhood schools led by staff. | |
| Brashear Association | $5,000 |
| Assist with special food distribution to local residents during the holiday season. | |
| CASA | $30,000 |
| Provide high-quality specialized court advocacy for 25 South Pittsburgh children experiencing extreme, chronic neglect or abuse in their families and provide targeted recruitment for South Pittsburgh volunteers. | |
| Center for Creative Play | $5,000 |
| Increase access to an accessible and developmentally appropriate play environment for low-income local families raising children with disabilities through local partnerships. | |
| Child Watch of Pittsburgh | $15,000 |
| Install videoconferencing equipment in South Side Family Court locations in order to provide remote testimony from children & expert witnesses to dependency, delinquency, and custody court hearings. | |
| Children’s Sickle Cell Foundation | $43,500 |
| Enhance services to families and community through expanded staffing, Board and staff development, and office operations. | |
| CORO Center | $25,000 |
| Use deliberative polling process to provide information, gather feedback and build capacity for leadership response on key issues for the Hilltop South Pittsburgh area. | |
| Every Child | $20,000 for 1st year |
| Promote healthy pregnancy behaviors, support positive parenting interaction and build sustainability through community volunteers. | |
| Foundation Center | $1,000 |
| Support expansion of center’s services and resources for the nonprofit community. | |
| Friends of the Riverfront | $4,500 |
| Upgrade Community Bike Program bicycles and lockers in order to keep participants safe and comfortable while promoting healthy lifestyles, riverfront awareness, trail usage and community vitality among South Pittsburgh participants. | |
| Grantmakers in Health | $2,500 |
| Support success and effectiveness of GIH in serving both organizational and programmatic needs of the health grantmaking community. | |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $50,000 |
| Increase the capacity of local food pantries and on-site feeding programs to meet the needs of local individuals and families through lines of credit at the food bank, and an additional monthly produce to the people delivery. | |
| Healthy Home Resources | $38,000 for 1st year |
| Create safer home environments and improve the health of children with asthma by increasing skills and knowledge of 100 local families through providing in-home consultations on environmental risk factors for the disease in their homes. | |
| Kingsley Association/Nurture Clubs | $28,000 |
| Support program expansion of local healing space workshops and seminars to assist survivors of abusive relationships using the creative arts. | |
| Lydia’s Place | $15,000 |
| Pilot a resource and referral system in South Side communities for families caring for the children of jailed inmates. | |
| Mercy Behavioral Health | $25,000 |
| Engage and educate 80 local youth ages 9-18 through a six-week summer camp that provides fun activities, abstinence, healthy lifestyle education, and support in partnership with One Vision One Life and Treasure Girls. | |
| Minority & Women Educational Labor Agency (MWELA) | $15,000 |
| Increase training and employment opportunities in building trades for minorities and women in low-income communities in South Pittsburgh through pre-apprenticeship program. | |
| Mt. Washington CDC/Youthplaces | $50,000 for 1st year |
| Increase positive assets for Mt. Washington teens with creation of year-round programs at Ream Recreation Center through partnership with Youthplaces and the City. | |
| Multiple Sclerosis Service Society | $15,000 |
| Support the provision of instructional exercise, emotional support, and assessments to local patients with multiple sclerosis who are homebound or have transportation barriers. | |
| One Vision One Life | $70,000 |
| Employ local staff who will be active in their community to reduce targeted violence and reach at risk young people with services. | |
| Presbyterian Church of Mt. Washington | $7,250 |
| Tutor at-risk children in public school to achieve success in reaching grade level in reading and to help children learn academic skills through art. | |
| Saltworks Theatre | $10,000 |
| Change student attitudes with school-based performances of interactive prevention plays addressing social issues and risky behaviors including bullying and substance abuse. | |
| St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center | $12,665 |
| Support capital improvements which will enable the Center’s continued commitment to effectively host recovery groups, neighborhood meetings, and nonprofit training events. | |
| Student Conservation Association | $27,000 |
| Partner with Youthplaces to provide meaningful conservation-related internships for 10 local youth from Beltzhoover and St. Clair Village. | |
| Urban Youth Action | $47,000 |
| Create 25 additional slots for a comprehensive after-school employment program for local teens and expand school-based services to Arlington A.L. Academy. | |
| Voices Against Violence/Youthplaces | $50,000 |
| Provide 60 local children a quality summer program and promote a safe environment through mentoring, academic achievement, cultural exposure, physical activity, and life skills education. | |
| Youthplaces | $12,000 |
| Reduce violence among young people and build skills through development of an entrepreneurial landscaping work project based in the neighborhood. | |
| Youth Works | $50,000 |
| Partner with local groups to provide year-round career preparation and support services and provide training and intern opportunities for local youth. | |
Brashear Center