Through the power of the arts, Dreams of Hope provides the region’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, asexual, and allied (LGBTQA+) youth a welcoming environment to grow in confidence, express themselves, develop as leaders, and learn to make positive changes in their communities. Communities Served: City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Register Round Up [...]
Landforce's mission is to support people and restore land. Landforce invests in people and restores the environment by hiring and training people who are struggling to find and keep employment. Crew Members work on a variety of ecological and community restoration projects throughout the region before moving into the market job economy.Communities Served: Allegheny CountyRegister [...]
The mission of 412 Food Rescue is to prevent perfectly good food from entering the waste stream. The organization was founded as a direct response to the disconnect between food waste, hunger and environmental sustainability. Their food recovery initiatives range from building technology and logistics infrastructure to creating new markets for products that redirect [...]
Building New Hope is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh and Nicaragua that partners with a worker-owned organic coffee cooperative, operates two supplemental schools for at-risk youth, and provides high school scholarships for students in need. Register Round Up Funds will be used to support life-changing education opportunities and provide better education here [...]
Healthy Start helps families to have healthier babies by focusing on reducing infant mortality and low birth weight babies in Allegheny County. They educate women and families, connecting them to resources that help them to have healthier pregnancies and healthier children. Communities Served: Allegheny County Register Round Up funds will go toward breastfeeding education [...]
Braddock Carnegie Library strives to perpetuate Andrew Carnegie’s original vision of the Library as a “Center of Light & Learning” for the community. As the first Carnegie library in the U.S., this local resource is a National Historic Landmark that is free and open to all. Communities Served: Braddock, North Braddock, East Pittsburgh, Turtle [...]
The Afro-American Music Institute (AAMI) was founded in 1982 with the mission to provide systematic specialized instrumental and vocal training in all styles of the African-American music tradition. AAMI utilizes music to help students develop self-esteem, self-confidence and leadership skills. Communities Served: AAMI is located in Homewood and serves students throughout the Pittsburgh region. [...]
The mission of One World Everybody Eats is to help curtail food insecurity and create a sense of community through a network of “pay what you can” cafes that provide access to healthy food to all people regardless of their ability to pay. Communities Served: New Kensington, Pittsburgh, and surrounding areas throughout Western Pennsylvania. [...]
Let’s Move Pittsburgh, a collaborative program of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, provides Southwestern Pennsylvania’s children and their caregivers with the knowledge, tools and support needed to make nutritious food choices and lead active lifestyles. Let’s Move Pittsburgh is a program that helps kids practice healthy lifestyles. Register Round Up funds will be used [...]
PASA works to improve the environmental soundness, social responsibility, and economic viability of food and farming systems in Pennsylvania and beyond. PASA’s work benefits new and experienced farmers, food businesses, and community members across Pennsylvania. Register Round Up funds will support PASA’s education and outreach efforts including their Strategic Outreach for Innovation and Leadership [...]