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

Women’s Law Project

Support to improve Title IX compliance in public school athletics throughout southwestern Pennsylvania

October 10, 2012

$92,000.00 over 36 months

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

Support to expand the Center for Patients with Special Needs to serve more children with disabilities

October 10, 2012

$250,000.00 over 60 months

United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Support for the policy advocacy component of the 21 and Able campaign, designed to improve the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities

October 10, 2012

$40,000.00

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape

Support for implementation of Coaching Boys into Men and other primary prevention activities

October 10, 2012

$120,000.00 over 36 months

Pathways Foundation of SWPA

General operating support for Your Child's Place, a pediatric extended day care facility for medically fragile children

October 10, 2012

$25,000.00

Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania

Support to implement skill based empowerment programs for middle school girls in Allegheny County

October 10, 2012

$40,000.00

Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc.

Continued support for the Nurse Family Partnership, a home visitation program focused on improving the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income first-time mothers and their children

October 10, 2012

$40,000.00

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 10, 2012

$50,000.00

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Allegheny County

To provide advocacy for children with disabilities who have been abused or neglected

October 10, 2012

$37,500.00 over 36 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

October 10, 2012

$45,000.00

Carnegie Mellon University

To implement Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS) curriculum to teach girls negotiation skills in several Allegheny County middle and high schools

October 10, 2012

$80,000.00 over 36 months

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Pennsylvania

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

October 10, 2012

$30,000.00

accessAbilities, Inc.

General operating support for services to help people with disabilities lead dignified independent lives in the community

October 10, 2012

$50,000.00

Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children

Support for an urban trail on campus to help blind students learn to navigate safely and independently

June 13, 2012

$10,000.00 over 24 months

Volunteers of America Pennsylvania

General operating support for the Working Order Program, which provides business development and marketing support for entrepreneurs with disabilities

June 13, 2012

$20,000.00

University of Pittsburgh Office of Research

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

June 13, 2012

$74,036.64

Sisters Place, Inc.

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

June 13, 2012

$25,000.00

Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group

To support advocacy for sustainable funding for accessible public transportation

June 13, 2012

$15,000.00

Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force

Continued support for implementation of the Girlfriends Project, providing HIV awareness and prevention information to African-American women

June 13, 2012

$90,000.00 over 24 months

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute

Continued support for the expansion of Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX!), an empowerment program for adolescent girls in rural southwestern Pennsylvania schools

June 13, 2012

$43,269.48 over 24 months

Healthcare Council of Western Pennsylvania

Support to incorporate disability issues into a regional health literacy initiative

June 13, 2012

$18,000.00 over 24 months

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Continued support to promote inclusion and accessibility in arts and cultural organizations

June 13, 2012

$34,915.00

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

June 13, 2012

$15,000.00

The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh

General operating support to foster community inclusion and lasting friendships by providing social opportunities for children and young adults with disabilities to enjoy the company of teenage volunteers

June 13, 2012

$12,000.00

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.