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

Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern PA

Support for a website redesign to increase accessibility

June 8, 2022

$9,000.00

Disability Rights Pennsylvania

Support to prevent abuse of people with disabilities by monitoring nursing facilities and providing rights-based advocacy

June 8, 2022

$25,000.00

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Allegheny County

Support to provide advocacy for teenage girls of color and children with disabilities who have been abused or neglected

June 8, 2022

$20,000.00

City of Asylum Pittsburgh

Support for ASL Poetry and Storytelling Slam

June 8, 2022

$10,000.00

Center for Hearing & Deaf Services

Support for marketing, education and outreach

June 8, 2022

$25,000.00

Allegheny County Department of Human Services

Support for an Intimate Partner Violence Project Coordinator, to support county-wide reform efforts

June 8, 2022

$50,000.00

Women’s Law Project

Support for advocating for improved response to sexual assault by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

February 9, 2022

$35,000.00

Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania

Support for the GirlGov Program and leadership transition

February 9, 2022

$100,000.00 over 24 months

SisTers PGH

Operating support for Project T, transitional housing and services for transgender people of color

February 9, 2022

$25,000.00

New Voices for Reproductive Justice

Support for SistahSpeak! Youth Project, empowering Black girls to be advocates and organizers

February 9, 2022

$35,000.00

Gwen’s Girls, Inc.

Support for a capital campaign to renovate a new headquarters and program site for services to Black girls

February 9, 2022

$75,000.00

University of Pittsburgh Physicians

Support for the Peer Navigator Program at the UPMC Adult Spina Bifida Clinic

October 13, 2021

$16,000.00

United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania

To support Southwest PA Says No More and Coaching Boys Into Men to prevent domestic and sexual violence

October 13, 2021

$125,000.00

Strong Women, Strong Girls

Support for empowering girls with inclusive and accessible mentoring experiences

October 13, 2021

$20,000.00

Steelwheelers

Support for the Pittsburgh Steelwheelers Pilot Community Engagement Project

October 13, 2021

$23,500.00

Side Project, Inc

Operating support for the Black Women's Policy Agenda

October 13, 2021

$25,000.00

Robert Morris University

Support to increase participation of people with disabilities on nonprofit boards

October 13, 2021

$20,000.00

Pittsburgh Promise

To support participation in the Pittsburgh Promise by students with disabilities

October 13, 2021

$10,000.00

The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh

Support for inclusive social and employment programs for adults with disabilities

October 13, 2021

$25,000.00

DePaul School for Hearing and Speech

Support for the Language-based Preschool Program

October 13, 2021

$25,000.00

CLASS

Support for the Residential Services Virtual Infrastructure project

October 13, 2021

$25,000.00

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation

Support for the Children's Hospital Advisory Network for Guidance and Empowerment Program (CHANGE)

October 13, 2021

$10,000.00

Butler County Association for the Blind

Support for civic engagement trainings for people who are Blind

October 13, 2021

$18,000.00

Autism Urban Connections, Inc.

Operating support for resources and education to Black families

October 13, 2021

$25,000.00

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.