1999 - 2000 Grants
| New Grants | |
| Boy Scouts | $15,000 for 1st year |
| Develop and retain cub and boy scout troops in St. Clair Village to increase positive opportunities for boy residents through urban scouting model of neighborhood executive and subsidized activities. | |
| Christmas in April | $30,000 for 1st year |
| Repair and rehabilitate homes of identified low-income elderly and disabled South Side residents through annual repair day, ongoing emergency fund and local housing network. | |
| Conservation Consultants | $30,000 for 1st year |
| Conduct energy surveys, installation of energy-saving devices, and provide referrals for 200 senior or low-income households in five underserved hilltop communities and engage in local housing network. | |
| Emmaus Community | $50,000 |
| Renovation of former South Side church building into respite center & offices to serve mentally challenged adults and their caretakers as part of family-style residential program. | |
| Girl Scouts of Southwestern PA. | $35,000 for 1st year |
| Partner with schools and community organizations with innovative, customized programs to double the number of girls served in South Pittsburgh neighborhoods. | |
| Grantmakers in Health | $2,000 |
| Funding partners. | |
| Knoxville Middle School | $2,000 for 1st year |
| Community service project brings trained middle school students and seniors with developmental disabilities at Goodwill's Elderberry Junction together for daylong shared experiences monthly through the school year. | |
| Mercy Behavioral | $50,000 |
| Provide a violence prevention /intervention curriculum (Hands Are Not For Hurting -developed by Women's Center & Shelter)) to all South Pittsburgh middle school students at 5 schools as part of a countywide initiative to reduce the incidence of youth violence. | |
| Mercy Children's Medical Center | $50,000 |
| Expand a prenatal outreach program in South Pittsburgh which improves birth and developmental outcomes for pregnant and parenting teens and their children. | |
| Mercy Hospital/Injury Free Pittsburgh Program | $30,000 |
| Local partnership will build and maintain a safe, high-quality playground at Beltzhoover elementary school to serve the students and community. | |
| Nazareth Housing | $72,500 for 1st year |
| Improve housing quality for area seniors through financial and technical support for home repairs and safety checks, and enable families to become homeowners through seminars & counseling services. | |
| Pittsburgh Action Against Rape | $50,000 for 1st year |
| Innovative prevention effort to intensively educate and inform the South Pittsburgh community about sexual violence through community education, training workshops and other outreach activities. | |
| Program for Healthcare to Underserved Populations | $6,000 |
| Support two summer interns interested in community-responsive health service projects in underserved communities to work at two South Pittsburgh agencies. | |
| Radio Information Services | $31,500 |
| Expand the number of South Pittsburgh seniors and others with vision-related disabilities who access radio reading service/health programs through outreach effort. | |
| SPERT | $20,000 |
| Enhance capability of neighborhood employment services offered by SPERT through technology and space improvements for chartering as a state Career Link Mini-Center. | |
| St. John Vianney/Trinity Lutheran Health Ministries | $500 |
| Health Fair for screening and awareness for hilltop area residents. | |
| St. John Vianney/Joint Health Ministry | $4,000 |
| Enable exploration of an expanded ministerium model of health ministry for the hilltop communities through a short-term planning grant which also allows development of existing health programs. | |
| St. Paul's Retreat Center | $15,000 |
| Support retreat program for people in recovery and strategic planning effort to evaluate and target center's facilities and programs. | |
| UPMC South Side | $70,000 for 1st year |
| Initiate a nationally qualified diabetes self-management education program for South Pittsburgh to increase diagnosis, enhance patient self-management, and reduce the disabling complications of diabetes. | |
| Vintage | $18,000 for 1st year |
| Create three area support groups to serve parenting grandparents and provide access to comprehensive services through innovative countywide collaborative. | |
| YouthPlaces | $50,000 for 1st year |
| Create Beltzhoover-based afterschool program for local teens with community-based leadership. | |
| YouthWorks | $50,000 |
| Create opportunities for employment, training and career readiness for local youth through public and private placements. | |
| Zion Christian Church | $25,000 |
| Initiate a daily afterschool program onsite for local middle and high school students, which offers tutoring and learning modules to help youth engage with others effectively and develop job skills. | |
Brashear Center