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

Duquesne University Nonprofit Leadership Institute

For an initiative of the Boards-by-Design Program focused on placing individuals with disabilities on nonprofit boards of directors

October 11, 2006

$20,000.00

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America

For the Girls Connect Program, providing workshops for girls with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and their mothers

October 11, 2006

$7,415.00

Consumer Health Coalition

Continued support for a consumer-led agenda to identify and eliminate barriers to quality, affordable health care for people with disabilities

October 11, 2006

$98,000.00 over 24 months

The Center that C.A.R.E.S.

To support young women and girls at-risk of or engaged in violence through the One Vision One Life Program

October 11, 2006

$42,765.00

Center for Theater Arts

Support for musical theater classes and performances for adults with disabilities

October 11, 2006

$9,007.00

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Pennsylvania

To clarify legal guidelines and treatment standards and provide trainings for hospital personnel and advocates who care for minors following a sexual assault

October 11, 2006

$30,000.00

Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children

To update equipment used to teach young people with vision impairments to prepare food independently

June 14, 2006

$10,000.00

The Washington County Community Foundation

To support publication of a report and conference in conjunction with the Women of Philanthropy Education and Development Campaign

June 14, 2006

$10,000.00

Ward Home, Inc.

To support the start-up of a new Supervised Independent Living facility for teen mothers

June 14, 2006

$20,000.00

Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc.

To expand an after-school mentoring and skill-building program that pairs college-age women with elementary school girls to promote empowerment and self-esteem

June 14, 2006

$40,000.00

Slippery Rock University Foundation, Inc.

Support for the community service learning component of the Adaptive Physical Education Program, which provides physical activity to individuals with disabilities

June 14, 2006

$116,471.00 over 24 months

Sisters Place, Inc.

To sponsor a challenge appeal to increase the number of donors to this agency that provides housing for homeless women and their children

June 14, 2006

$30,000.00

Pressley Ridge Foundation

For training and clinical supervision to introduce trauma sensitive and coercive-free care to the staff at Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf, as part of a best practices model to significantly reduce the use of restraints

June 14, 2006

$35,000.00

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Towards replacement of the infrared hearing system at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts to improve access for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing

June 14, 2006

$35,000.00

Pennsylvania Health Law Project

To educate consumers with disabilities and the professionals who work with them about the new Medicare Prescription Drug Program

June 14, 2006

$50,000.00

Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Foundation

For enhancement of the Medical Home Project, educating southwestern Pennsylvania physician practices about how to coordinate health care and human services for patients with disabilities transitioning from pediatric to adult care

June 14, 2006

$25,000.00

Mars Home for Youth

For an agency initiative to improve the gender responsiveness of residential services for girls

June 14, 2006

$15,000.00

Ivy Charitable Endowment of Pittsburgh, Inc. / Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Continuing support for On Track and Camp AKA, providing mentoring, tutoring, and enrichment activities for girls in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh

June 14, 2006

$9,000.00

Heritage Health Foundation, Inc.

Support for Team Educators for Child Safety, a coalition of agencies focused on disability prevention through the use of appropriate car seats

June 14, 2006

$10,000.00

Circle C Youth and Family Services

For renovations and facility improvements at the Oasis Group Home for adolescent females

June 14, 2006

$20,000.00

The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime

To improve access to services for people who become disabled as a result of victimization

June 14, 2006

$24,170.00

Center for Creative Play

To promote inclusive socialization and increase access to respite services for families of children with disabilities by providing scholarships for those with limited incomes

June 14, 2006

$25,000.00

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

For equipment and renovations at the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to help with the conversion from analog to digital talking books

June 14, 2006

$62,500.00

Apraxia Kids

To produce an instructional DVD to empower families to maximize speech potential in children with speech apraxia by incorporating speech practice into everyday life

June 14, 2006

$35,000.00

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.