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

Crisis Center North, Inc.

General operating support for services to victims of domestic violence

June 8, 2005

$20,000.00

HEARTH

To replace the carpeting at this transitional housing program serving homeless women and children

June 8, 2005

$16,000.00

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape

To promote the attendance of people with disabilities at the 2005 National Conference on Sexual Assault Prevention and Intervention in Pittsburgh

June 8, 2005

$10,000.00

Pittsburgh Mercy Foundation

To develop an initiative for prevention of and intervention in domestic violence among immigrant families

June 8, 2005

$27,508.74 over 24 months

Sto-Rox Family Health Center

To purchase colposcopy machines for the Belzoover and Sto-Rox clinics

June 8, 2005

$11,940.00

Womansplace Inc.

General operating support for shelter and counseling programs for victims of domestic violence

June 8, 2005

$20,000.00

Genesis of Pittsburgh Inc.

General support for short-term housing, education and counseling for pregnant single women

February 9, 2005

$15,000.00

Hosanna House, Inc.

Support for New Foundations, a permanent supportive housing program for women and their children, many of whom have disabilities

February 9, 2005

$15,000.00

Sisters Place, Inc.

General operating support for transitional and permanent housing for homeless women and their children

February 9, 2005

$15,000.00

Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

General operating support for shelter and counseling programs for victims of domestic violence

February 9, 2005

$35,000.00

YWCA Greater Pittsburgh

Support for the ENCOREplus Program, raising awareness about breast cancer in underserved populations

February 9, 2005

$30,838.00 over 24 months

THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc.

Capacity building support to develop a fundraising plan

January 18, 2005

$10,000.00

Eye & Ear Foundation

To purchase an Automated Retinal Imaging System for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy in high-risk pregnant women with diabetes at Magee-Womens Hospital, thus preventing blindness

October 13, 2004

$45,000.00

THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc.

To enhance the Family Reunification Project, designed to strengthen the relationships between incarcerated women and their at-risk children

October 13, 2004

$40,000.00

American Heart Association

To expand Search Your Heart, a health outreach program designed to reach African-American women through area churches

October 13, 2004

$40,000.00 over 24 months

Arise

To complete the last phase of a Capital Campaign for a new facility where comprehensive services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and other crimes are delivered

October 13, 2004

$35,000.00

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape

To develop community-based information, education and counseling programs in neighborhoods with high concentrations of minority women

June 9, 2004

$89,860.00 over 36 months

Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

Administrative support for a health advocate to raise awareness and promote improved health services for African American women, particularly in the communities of Duquesne and Northview Heights

June 9, 2004

$72,000.00 over 15 months

Every Child, Inc.

For the Healthy Infants for Teens and Women with Disabilities Program, providing pre-natal, post-natal and doula support to pregnant women with physical and sensory disabilities

February 11, 2004

$40,709.00

Human Services Center Corporation

For purchase of a portable osteoporosis screening machine for the Working Group on Health of the Mon Valley Providers Council

October 8, 2003

$12,870.25

Sojourner House

Capital support for the Sojourner House MOMS (Motivation, Opportunities, Mentoring, Spirituality) Program, providing permanent, supportive housing for mothers recovering from substance abuse addiction and their children

October 8, 2003

$40,000.00

Blackburn Center

To develop a best practices structure for volunteer management, a comprehensive policies and procedures manual, and methodology for ongoing evaluation

February 12, 2003

$16,149.00

Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force

For "Women Empowered," a program to reduce the risks of HIV infection for African-American women of childbearing age who live in disadvantaged communities

February 12, 2003

$10,000.00

Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (POWER)

For the Collaborative Human Resources Project, an effort to meet the growing human resources and personnel management needs of Bethlehem Haven, the Center for Victims of Violent Crime and POWER

October 9, 2002

$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.