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

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Support for the REACH program to screen women with Multiple Sclerosis for domestic violence and increase victims' access to services by providing emergency assistance

June 8, 2011

$45,000.00 over 24 months

Sisters Place, Inc.

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

June 8, 2011

$25,000.00

Blackburn Center

Continued support for an initiative to change community attitudes about domestic and sexual violence by addressing its root causes

February 9, 2011

$30,000.00

Sojourner House

General operating support for services to women in recovery and their children and matching funds for a fundraising campaign

February 9, 2011

$25,000.00

University of Pittsburgh Office of Research

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

February 9, 2011

$100,000.00

Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania, Inc.

Support for start up costs of a family planning clinic in Westmoreland County

October 13, 2010

$30,000.00

Light of Life Rescue Mission

Support for services to homeless women

October 13, 2010

$30,000.00

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape

Support for the Sex Offender Management and Containment cross-disciplinary effort to prevent sex offenders from re-offending

October 13, 2010

$18,000.00

Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force

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

October 13, 2010

$40,000.00

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Pennsylvania

Support for a new initiative to improve and standardize treatment for pregnant women who are incarcerated

June 9, 2010

$20,000.00

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

June 9, 2010

$80,000.00 over 24 months

The Pittsburgh Foundation

To assist the Jail Collaborative in reducing recidivism among female inmates by promoting positive community and family reintegration upon release

June 9, 2010

$70,000.00 over 24 months

Sisters Place, Inc.

General operating support for services to assist homeless women become self-sufficient

June 9, 2010

$25,000.00

YWCA Greater Pittsburgh

Support for replacement of the roof on the YWCA headquarters facility in downtown Pittsburgh

June 9, 2010

$35,000.00

Bethlehem Haven

To improve initial assessment and case management services for homeless women as part of a larger effort to end homelessness

February 10, 2010

$30,000.00

Blackburn Center

To retain a communications consultant and engage young adults from Seton Hill University in changing community attitudes about domestic and sexual violence by addressing its root causes

February 10, 2010

$25,000.00

HEARTH

Support for Benedictine Place and the PRIDE program, providing supportive housing for homeless women and their children

February 10, 2010

$25,000.00

University of Pittsburgh Office of Research

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

February 10, 2010

$80,000.00

The Midwife Center for Birth and Women’s Health

Support for the Women's Health Fund, to improve the health and well-being of women who have been marginalized by traditional delivery of healthcare

October 16, 2009

$25,000.00

Sisters Place, Inc.

General operating support for services to assist homeless women become self-sufficient

June 10, 2009

$25,000.00

University of Pittsburgh Office of Research

Support for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Partner Violence Initiative to engage employers in addressing domestic violence in the workplace

February 12, 2009

$40,000.00

THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc.

General operating support for services to female offenders who are in the residential alternative to incarceration program

October 8, 2008

$50,000.00

Victim Outreach Intervention Center

Support for an economic empowerment program to help victims escape cycles of domestic violence

October 8, 2008

$70,000.00 over 24 months

Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc.

Support for the Nurse Family Partnership, a home visitation program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income first-time mothers and their children

October 8, 2008

$40,000.00

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.