Grants Awarded

FISA Foundation funds nonprofit organizations providing services in southwestern Pennsylvania, limited to the following counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bulter, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland. All grants benefit women, girls or people with disabilities.

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Grants Awarded

Grant DescriptionProgram AreaAmount

City Mission – Living Stones, Inc.

Support for the emergency shelter for homeless women

June 13, 2018

$50,000.00 over 24 months

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Support for the expansion and optimization of Out Loud, the Andy Warhol Museum's inclusive audio guide to make exhibits accessible to people who are blind

June 13, 2018

$25,000.00

Women’s Law Project

Support to strengthen gender equity in the areas of sexual harassment and athletics in southwestern PA schools

February 14, 2018

$40,000.00

Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania

Continued support for GirlGov, a program that empowers high school girls through advocacy education, girl-led grantmaking, and interactions with legislators

February 14, 2018

$30,000.00

United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Support for the 21 and Able initiative, designed to improve the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities

February 14, 2018

$50,000.00

STANDING FIRM at Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

Operating support for STANDING FIRM: The Business Case to End Partner Violence

February 14, 2018

$50,000.00

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Continued support for domestic violence prevention efforts in southwestern Pennsylvania

February 14, 2018

$26,061.01

HEARTH

Support for transitional housing services for homeless women

February 14, 2018

$25,000.00

Girls Hope of Pittsburgh

General operating support for a residential program for girls who have academic and leadership potential but have been held back by adverse family conditions

February 14, 2018

$15,000.00

East Suburban Citizen Advocacy

Operating support to promote advocacy and inclusion for people with disabilities

February 14, 2018

$50,000.00 over 24 months

Consumer Health Coalition

Support for Health Committee for People with Disabilities and its consumer-led agenda to identify and eliminate barriers to quality, affordable health care

February 14, 2018

$65,000.00

Autism Connection of PA

General operating support to provide information, referral and advocacy for individuals with autism and their families

February 14, 2018

$30,000.00

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Pennsylvania

Support for addressing disproportionate police contact for girls of color and students with disabilities

February 14, 2018

$100,000.00 over 24 months

Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

Continued support for the Black Female Leadership Development Institute

October 11, 2017

$30,000.00

United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Continued support for the #IWantToWork campaign, advocating for policy change to increase employment of young adults with disabilities

October 11, 2017

$10,000.00

United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania

To support partnership in Southwest PA Says No More, a regional effort to prevent domestic and sexual violence

October 11, 2017

$175,000.00

Sisters Place, Inc.

General operating support for services to assist homeless mothers to become self-sufficient

October 11, 2017

$30,000.00

East End Cooperative Ministry

Support for Points of Healthy Youth Sustainability, Engagement, and Development (PHYSED), an intervention program for at-risk middle and high school girls in Pittsburgh's East End

October 11, 2017

$60,000.00

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit

Support for strengthening nursing education in care for people with disabilities

October 11, 2017

$25,000.00

The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center

Continued support for Child's Way, a program to provide childcare for medically fragile infants and children with disabilities

October 11, 2017

$20,000.00

Bethlehem Haven

General operating support for services to homeless women

October 11, 2017

$40,000.00

ACTION-Housing, Inc.

Support for the second year of a three year pilot of the Housing Connector to assist people with disabilities to find independent, accessible housing

October 11, 2017

$45,000.00

ACHIEVA

General operating support for advocacy to improve access to health care and dental care for people with disabilities

October 11, 2017

$30,000.00

Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children

Support for construction of a pedestrian bridge to connect two campus buildings

June 14, 2017

$10,000.00

Grantee Spotlights

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Autism Urban Connections

Autism Urban Connections is the first and only African American, minority, family focused Autism nonprofit in Pennsylvania. 

Black Women's Policy Center

Pittsburgh is often lauded as among the most livable cities in the country. While this may be true for some, it is certainly not the case for Black women.

STANDING FIRM

FISA’s support helped to launch and scale STANDING FIRM’s efforts to engage employers to Recognize the warning signs of abuse, Respond with support, and Refer employees to get free and confidential help through community-based services.

Gwen's Girls and the Black Girls Equity Alliance

For the last twenty years, Gwen’s Girls has focused on empowering girls and young women to have productive lives through holistic, gender-specific programs, education, and experiences.

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Pennsylvania Health Law Project

As PHLP uncovers individuals’ barriers to healthcare, it uses this information as it monitors and analyzes proposed policy changes and legislation. PHLP then works with its clients and other advocates to push for policy and program changes to improve access to healthcare for people with disabilities, and other low-income populations. .

FISA Foundation is so proud of our grantees and partners who are working to improve the lives of women, girls and people with disabilities every day.