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Students train to become social justice leaders.

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Streamlines the grant-seeking process and bridges the funding gap for nonprofits with annual budgets of less than $600,000

The Westmoreland County community held a rally to draw attention to the long stall of the state budget passage that affected the ability of numerous nonprofits to provide essential services.

The Pittsburgh Foundation’s 100 Percent Pittsburgh organizing principle is working to address the risk of poverty facing single women with children by funding nonprofits such as Jeremiah’s Place, the region's only emergency child care center.

The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Programming Fund for the Center was launched to support independent productions at the rejuvenated arts and cultural space.

The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County is spurring nonprofit leaders to leverage their collective knowledge and resources for big quality-of-life gains.

The Pittsburgh Foundation’s new organizing principle, 100 Percent Pittsburgh, will provide access opportunities for the 30 percent of residents who have been left out of the region’s vibrant new economy. The Motivating Young Citizens Project goes to the core of this multiyear effort by teaching young people affected by gun violence to become courageous advocates for change in their communities.

A summer internship program helps students build their résumés and get on track toward brighter futures.

Words Without Walls has helped those on society’s margins find their voices and tell their stories.