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PITTSBURGH (July 15, 2025)—McAuley Ministries, Pittsburgh Mercy’s grant-making foundation, awarded 14 grants totaling over $2.8 million in the first half of 2025. The grants help to fund education, empowerment, essential needs & social services, and peacemaking initiatives in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, Uptown, and West Oakland communities, its three focus neighborhoods, referred to as the Mercy Corridor.
These investments continue McAuley Ministries’ commitment to build Mercy Corridor’s assets through collaboration and an increase in programs that support residents’ access to education, essential needs and social services, empowerment, and programs that foster peace.
Grouped by grant-making priorities, the recipients of the most recent grants are:
Empowerment
Catapult Greater Pittsburgh: $51,000 to continue support of the Hill District Homeownership Initiative which includes legal support for tangled titles.
Neighborhood Allies: $1,800,000 to support Phase 2 of Neighborhood Capital which supports investments in community development projects, affordable housing, business creation, and developer capacity building.
Pittsburgh Scholar House: $51,000 to expand the Wayfinders Program Pilot in the Hill District by recruiting new residents, providing financial assistance, and strengthening partnerships to increase access to higher education and support student parents.
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