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

Center for Victims

Support to implement the Expect Respect and Coaching Boys Into Men programs to prevent domestic and sexual violence

June 11, 2014

$40,000.00

Blackburn Center

Continued support for an initiative to prevent domestic and sexual violence by addressing root causes

June 11, 2014

$55,750.00

Best Buddies Pennsylvania

To foster friendships among middle school, high school, and college students with and without intellectual disabilities

June 11, 2014

$15,000.00

Allegheny County Department of Human Services

Support for Improving Batterer Intervention Program services in Allegheny County

June 11, 2014

$75,000.00

United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania

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

February 12, 2014

$50,000.00

Steeltown Entertainment Project

Support to pilot a workforce development program that trains transition age youth with and without disabilities in film production

February 12, 2014

$15,000.00

THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc.

General operating support for services to female offenders who are in the residential alternative to incarceration program

February 12, 2014

$50,000.00

Northside Coalition for Fair Housing

Support to provide targeted services and support to single, low-income women and their children to prevent homelessness

February 12, 2014

$25,000.00

Gwen’s Girls, Inc.

Operating support for the Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania, a network of providers, funders and community leaders who are dedicated to improving the lives of girls

February 12, 2014

$30,000.00 over 24 months

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

February 12, 2014

$40,000.00 over 24 months

Autism Connection of PA

To improve early screening for autism in minority populations and to develop a training video on personal care and hygiene

February 12, 2014

$40,000.00

Attack Theatre, Inc.

Support for an initiative that engages Deaf students through a series of inclusive, accessible arts education programs

February 12, 2014

$12,000.00

Arc of Washington County

Continued support to provide comprehensive sexuality education for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

February 12, 2014

$20,000.00

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Pennsylvania

Continued support for an initiative to improve and standardize reproductive healthcare for women who are incarcerated

February 12, 2014

$30,000.00

Women’s Center of Beaver County

Support for exploring non-shelter-based models for assisting victims of domestic violence

October 9, 2013

$28,000.00

Victim Outreach Intervention Center

Support for strategic planning to strengthen services to victims of domestic and sexual violence

October 9, 2013

$20,000.00

University of Pittsburgh Office of Institutional Advancement

To develop an employment program to train disabled veterans in fabrication of assistive technology

October 9, 2013

$25,000.00

TrueChild

Support for the development and pilot testing of a curriculum on gender transformation to empower girls of color

October 9, 2013

$25,000.00

Strong Women, Strong Girls

General operating support for this after school mentoring and skill-building program that pairs college-age women with elementary school girls to promote mutual empowerment

October 9, 2013

$35,000.00 over 24 months

STANDING FIRM at NCJW, Pittsburgh Section

Support for STANDING FIRM: The Business Case to End Partner Violence

October 9, 2013

$110,000.00 over 24 months

South Hills Interfaith Movement

Support for domestic violence prevention and response among refugee families

October 9, 2013

$60,000.00 over 24 months

Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania, Inc.

Support for adolescent peer to peer sexuality education to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections

October 9, 2013

$25,000.00

Pittsburgh Promise

Support to increase participation in the Pittsburgh Promise by Pittsburgh Public School students with disabilities

October 9, 2013

$40,000.00 over 24 months

Pittsburgh Ballet Theater

To support the nation's first autism-friendly performance of the Nutcracker

October 9, 2013

$12,500.00

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.