Grants Awarded
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Grants Awarded
| Grant Description | Program Area | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Association of Professors of Gynecology and ObstetricsFor the development of two parallel online interdisciplinary educational curricula that will improve health care for women with disabilities - a self management program for patients and a training program for health professionals | $100,000.00 over 24 months | |
Alice Paul HouseFor a collaboration with the Child Advocacy Center to break cycles of domestic violence in families reporting child abuse | $36,000.00 | |
Womansplace Inc.General operating support for shelter and counseling programs for victims of domestic violence | $20,000.00 | |
The Washington Health System FoundationFor evaluation and expansion of ECHO (Educating Children for Healthy Outcomes), an intensive one-on-one early intervention program that reaches out to young girls who are at risk for early childbearing | $35,000.00 | |
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental MedicineFor a portable anesthesia machine that will enable them to expand services in the dental clinic dedicated to patients with disabilities | $35,000.00 | |
Sto-Rox Family Health CenterTo purchase colposcopy machines for the Belzoover and Sto-Rox clinics | $11,940.00 | |
SHOUTTo expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities who use augmentative communication | $13,000.00 | |
Radio Information ServiceTransitional operating support to provide daily broadcasts of newspapers and other publications for people who are visually impaired or have another disability that prevents reading | $50,000.00 | |
Pittsburgh Mercy FoundationTo develop an initiative for prevention of and intervention in domestic violence among immigrant families | $27,508.74 over 24 months | |
Pennsylvania Coalition Against RapeTo promote the attendance of people with disabilities at the 2005 National Conference on Sexual Assault Prevention and Intervention in Pittsburgh | $10,000.00 | |
Partner4WorkTo provide adaptive equipment and training so that each organization that functions as a CareerLink Center is fully accessible to people with disabilities | $45,000.00 | |
Mainstay Life ServicesTo support a summer respite camp for adults with developmental disabilities | $10,000.00 | |
HEARTHTo replace the carpeting at this transitional housing program serving homeless women and children | $16,000.00 | |
HAP Enterprises, IncTo install automatic door openers for the Samuel Krakoff Training Center, promoting vocational training for people with disabilities | $12,000.00 | |
Girls Hope of PittsburghGeneral operating support for this residential program for girls who have academic and leadership potential but have been held back by adverse family conditions | $15,000.00 | |
Crisis Center North, Inc.General operating support for services to victims of domestic violence | $20,000.00 | |
Bethlehem HavenGeneral operating support for the emergency shelter program for homeless women | $35,000.00 | |
Best Buddies PittsburghTo open four new high school chapters to foster one-to-one friendships between students with and without intellectual disabilities | $28,000.00 | |
YWCA Greater PittsburghSupport for the ENCOREplus Program, raising awareness about breast cancer in underserved populations | $30,838.00 over 24 months | |
The Woodlands FoundationFor computer network enhancements necessary to integrate the administrative functions of the Woodlands Foundation and the Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania | $14,000.00 | |
Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater PittsburghGeneral operating support for shelter and counseling programs for victims of domestic violence | $35,000.00 | |
Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest PennsylvaniaTo support Girls as Grantmakers, a collaboration between FISA, The Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania, Eden Hall Foundation and the Jewish Women's Foundation of Pittsburgh to teach teenage girls about philanthropy | $19,000.00 over 36 months | |
Western Pennsylvania School for the DeafSupport for the capital campaign to relocate the Children's Center to the main campus | $35,000.00 | |
Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Hemophilia FoundationTo support Girl Talk - Reaching Out Through School Nurses, a program to raise awareness about von Willebrand Disease | $10,000.00 |
Grantee Spotlights
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.
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. .