| New Grants |
| AC/ACLD | $30,400 |
| Increase the employability of low-income local adults identified with specific learning disabilities through a program of community awareness, recruitment, diagnosis and comprehensive training. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | $30,000 |
| Engage additional volunteer mentors to reduce waiting lists and increase mentoring services for at-risk South Pittsburgh children through focused case management and use of Big For A Day program. |
| Brashear Association | $15,000 |
| Improve and grow services to a community in transition through needs assessment, organizational analysis and implementation plan. |
| Brashear Association | $1,500 |
| Increase capacity of Brashear to serve an additional 100 families with holiday food vouchers. |
| The Caring Place/Caring Foundation | $10,000 |
| Increase community awareness of need for children's grief support through a targeted education/outreach program in South Pittsburgh. |
| CASA | $30,000 |
| Increase opportunity for good outcomes for 27 additional abused or neglected South Pittsburgh children through services of court-appointed specially trained volunteer advocates with additional volunteer recruitment and case management support. |
| DePaul Institute | $29,460 |
| Improve opportunities for 440 South Pittsburgh children through early testing, intervention for speech, language and hearing capabilities and an onsite preschool intervention model in St. Clair Village. |
| Dollar Energy Fund | $40,000 |
| Increase access of vulnerable low-income households in South Pittsburgh to energy and other assistance programs and increase self-sufficiency through coordinated case management approach by specialized CARE representative. |
| Elder-ado | $8,000 |
| Enable emergency responders to access key medical and related information stored in Facts of Life pouch in refrigerators of at least 1200 South Pittsburgh residents. |
| Goodwill Industries | $15,000 |
| Enable South Pittsburgh low-income families to access childcare assistance funds through continuation funding of the fee subsidy program at Good Start Childcare Center. |
| Grantmakers in Health | $2,000 |
| Continue to serve as a funding partner in supporting and receiving benefits from this national resource for health philanthropy. |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $25,000 |
| Increase capacity of 15 local food panties serving low-income people in South Pittsburgh through access to expanded lines of credit for food. |
| Health Policy Institute/University of Pittsburgh | $3,000 |
| Support the health policy initiatives of the institute through its educational activities and publications and participate in its Advisory Council. |
| Junior Achievement | $12,000 for 1st year |
| Increase understanding of work in the economy, the value of education and critical thinking for South Pittsburgh students through expansion of Junior Achievement programs in local schools. |
| Lutheran Service Society of Western Pennsylvania | $31,000 for 1st year |
| Improve the nutritional status of a high-risk population by offering nutritional assessments and intervention programs to over 100 seniors identified through Meals on Wheels programs and nutritional education to seniors at local senior center food programs. |
| Mercy Foundation | $78,000 |
| Improve health care access through courtesy van service for South Pittsburgh patients and family members scheduled for inpatient admission, testing or treatment. |
| Mother to Son Program /Small Seeds, Inc. | $110,000 for 1st year |
| Assist single, African American mothers with sons ages 9-13 to strengthen their families through weekly support groups and ongoing case management at local site. |
| Mount Washington CDC | $16,500 for 1st year |
| Increase effectiveness in meeting the health/human service needs of Mount Washington and Duquesne Heights residents through increased capacity of CDC to identify and coordinate programs and services. |
| Nazareth Housing Services/Mount Nazareth Inc. | $45,400 for 1st year |
| Assist low-income seniors to age in place by addressing critical home repair needs and provide home ownership education for low-income families through local office in South Pittsburgh. |
| Pittsburgh Center for the Arts | $5,400 |
| Enhance skills through literacy-linked arts project called Art Tales designed to infuse arts across the curriculum and improve student achievement to 400 students at Phillips Elementary. |
| Pittsburgh Vision Services | $20,000 |
| Increase independent living skills of up to 16 South Pittsburgh senior residents with vision loss through two 30-hour group rehabilitation programs at community sites. |
| Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April *Pittsburgh | $32,000 for 1st year |
| Expand critical home repair program to Mount Washington seniors and to Carrick area while maintaining South Pittsburgh focus as part of local coalition for housing services. |
| Rx Council | $15,000 |
| Develop partnership with UPMC South Side to increase prescription assistance and voucher program to low-income residents. |
| St. John Vianney Parish Food Bank | $1,000 |
| Increase capacity of Hilltop organization to serve an additional 100 families with holiday food vouchers. |
| Albert Schweitzer Fellowship/Pittsburgh | $5,000 |
| Enhance the long-term viability of this local health Fellows program to serve South Pittsburgh and other areas through a management enhancement program. |
| September 11 Fund/United Way | $1,000 |
| Assist victims and families affected by September 11 tragedy in memory of Sandu Marcu. |
| Ursuline Services | $62,000 for 1st year |
| Increase awareness and prevention of elder abuse and neglect, which occurs at a high rate in South Pittsburgh communities, through joint project with county Area Agency on Aging to add focused protective services and outreach capabilities on-site at Elder-ado. |
| YouthWorks | $37,500 for 1st year |
| Provide year-round employment, intervention and training opportunities to local at-risk teens and young adults through community sites to develop skills and reduce violence. |
| UPMC South Side | $35,000 for 1st year |
| Assist uninsured adults under 65 with access to inpatient and outpatient health services through UPMC South Side charitable fund. |
| Zion Christian Church | $12,000 |
| Increase academic and interpersonal skills of local middle school students through support of paid tutors and improved technology at daily Carrick afterschool program. |
