Grants Awarded
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Grants Awarded
| Grant Description | Program Area | Amount |
|---|---|---|
THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc.General operating support for services to female offenders who are in the residential alternative to incarceration program | $50,000.00 | |
Victim Outreach Intervention CenterSupport for an economic empowerment program to help victims escape cycles of domestic violence | $70,000.00 over 24 months | |
American Heart AssociationPresenting sponsorship for the Sister to Sister: Take Wellness to Heart seminar, increasing awareness of cardiovascular health among African American women | $40,000.00 | |
Bethlehem HavenGeneral support for the emergency shelter and after-care programs for women | $40,000.00 | |
United Way of Westmoreland CountyFor a conference to highlight the results of a study on Improving the Status of Women in Westmoreland County | $10,000.00 | |
Crisis Center North, Inc.For the Western Region Training Initiative, a collaborative project of victim service agencies in southwestern Pennsylvania to computerize training resources for staff and volunteers | $28,450.00 over 36 months | |
University of Pittsburgh Office of ResearchSupport for the Pittsburgh Stop TObacco in Pregnancy (STOP) Program, to improve the health of mothers and babies through an evidence-based, individualized, motivational intervention for smoking cessation among underserved pregnant women | $108,043.00 over 24 months | |
Blackburn CenterFor continued development and implementation of a strategic communications plan to prevent sexual assault and domestic violence | $45,250.00 | |
Sisters Place, Inc.To produce marketing brochures for a major gifts campaign, and for supportive services provided in conjunction with transitional housing programs for homeless women and their children | $30,000.00 | |
Magee-Womens Research Institute and FoundationFor distribution of Strength and Courage: An Exercise DVD for Breast Cancer Survivors | $10,000.00 | |
National Multiple Sclerosis SocietySupport for an initiative to screen women with Multiple Sclerosis for domestic violence and increase victims' access to services by providing emergency assistance | $98,220.00 over 36 months | |
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (POWER)To support ongoing gender-specific services to women in recovery from addiction | $45,000.00 | |
Pittsburgh AIDS Task ForceFor a pilot program to provide HIV awareness and prevention information to African-American women | $16,576.00 over 15 months | |
THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc.General operating support for services to female offenders who are in the residential alternative to incarceration program | $45,000.00 | |
Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater PittsburghTo support the emergency hotline while the agency develops a plan to sustain and expand it | $80,000.00 over 24 months | |
AriseFor client tracking software and support for services to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence | $30,000.00 | |
Bethlehem HavenSupport for the emergency shelter and aftercare programs for homeless women | $40,000.00 | |
HAVIN, Inc.To expand and enhance school based programming focused on prevention of sexual and domestic violence | $23,420.00 | |
HEARTHSupport for the transitional housing program for homeless women and their children at Benedictine Place | $35,000.00 | |
Blackburn CenterFor development of a strategic communications plan to prevent sexual assault and domestic violence | $31,005.00 | |
Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc.To support the Nurse Family Partnership, a home visitation program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income first-time mothers | $40,000.00 | |
Pittsburgh Action Against RapeTo support a regional collaboration between victim service agencies in southwestern Pennsylvania, focused on ending sexual and domestic violence | $20,450.00 | |
Victim Outreach Intervention CenterTo improve the response to victims of domestic violence in the child welfare system | $26,681.00 | |
Alice Paul HouseSupport for a collaboration with the Child Advocacy Center to break cycles of domestic violence in families reporting child abuse | $36,000.00 |
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. .