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

Variety the Children’s Charity

For the Kids on the Go! Program, providing mobility equipment to children with disabilities

June 14, 2000

$15,000.00

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health

To conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to identify the prevalence and priority of issues faced by individuals with traumatic brain injury and to encourage improved community-based services

June 14, 2000

$39,865.00

Transitional Paths to Independent Living (TRPIL)

Support for the Internet Enterprises Project, including website hosting, operating a computer recycling business, and providing computer training for people with disabilities

June 14, 2000

$35,000.00

Three Rivers Center for Independent Living

Capital campaign support to acquire and renovate a new headquarters to enable more people with disabilities to live independently

June 14, 2000

$25,000.00

The Children’s Institute / Project STAR

For the Parents with Disabilities Project, offering parents with disabilities the same opportunities and supports as nondisabled parents to raise their children in safe, permanent and noninstitutional environments

June 14, 2000

$25,000.00

Pittsburgh Mercy Foundation

For a scientific study to determine the impact of universal screening for domestic violence on healthcare costs

June 14, 2000

$30,000.00

Pittsburgh CLO

For operating support for the New Horizons Program, offering musical theater training for people with physical and developmental disabilities

June 14, 2000

$15,000.00

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape

For a collaborative effort providing sexual violence information and support services for women with disabilities

June 14, 2000

$150,000.00 over 36 months

Pennsylvania Elks Major Projects, Inc.

For improvement and expansion of free in-home support services for people with developmental disabilities

June 14, 2000

$10,000.00

Lydia’s Place, Inc.

For support of the Family Reunification Enhancement Effort (F.R.E.E), providing intervention services to female offenders, their children and the children's caregivers during and after incarceration

June 14, 2000

$25,000.00

The Latrobe Foundation, Inc.

Support for the Hero Project in Westmoreland County, a collaborative educational campaign to prevent child sexual abuse

June 14, 2000

$15,000.00

HOPE Network

For staff expansion in the Healthsports Program, providing sports, fitness and recreational activities for people with disabilities

June 14, 2000

$40,000.00

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

To sustain and expand the Volunteer Training Project for people with disabilities

June 14, 2000

$19,532.00

Family House, Inc.

Capital campaign support to upgrade regular family suites to wheelchair-accessible suites at a newly renovated hospitality house for patients who travel to Pittsburgh seeking treatment for serious illness

June 14, 2000

$35,000.00

DePaul School for Hearing and Speech

For a multi-agency collaboration to develop routine Otoacoustic Emissions Testing for infants and toddlers receiving early intervention services

June 14, 2000

$47,302.00

The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center

For child development and nursing salaries at this pediatric extended care center, serving medically fragile children regardless of the ability of their families to pay

June 14, 2000

$50,000.00

Center for Creative Play

To create "Time to Sing!," a musical compact disc slowed to an appropriate pace for children with speech disorders, such as apraxia

June 14, 2000

$30,000.00

Bridge to Independence

For Families First, a transitional housing program designed for homeless, addicted women and their children

June 14, 2000

$30,000.00

Best Friends, Inc.

Operating support for inclusive programs that foster friendships between children with and without disabilities

June 14, 2000

$25,000.00

YMCA Camps Kon-O-Kwee & Spencer

Support for construction of a nature trail that is accessible to people with all types of disabilities

February 9, 2000

$35,000.00

The Washington Health System Foundation

For expansion of the Pediatric Fitness Program for children with disabilities at the Children's Therapy Center

February 9, 2000

$23,528.00

University of Pittsburgh Center for Injury Research and Control

For Think First for Kids, a comprehensive brain and spinal cord injury prevention program in the City of Pittsburgh elementary schools

February 9, 2000

$50,000.00

Sisters Place, Inc.

General operating support for transitional and permanent housing for homeless women

February 9, 2000

$10,000.00

Radio Information Service

Support for daily 24-hour broadcasts of newspapers and other publications for individuals who are visually impaired or have another disability that prevents reading

February 9, 2000

$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.