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In the Spotlight Archive
ASSET Inc.
Achieving Student Success through Excellence in Teaching, or ASSET, is an education nonprofit that provides teacher training and hands-on curriculum materials for elementary and middle schools. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the organization also manages and designs the “Science: It’s Elementary” initiative, which has taken the ASSET model of teacher training to school districts across the state. Go to this Spotlight
Carlow University
Carlow University is the first Catholic, women-centered, liberal arts university in Pennsylvania, and is committed to preparing students, primarily women, for leadership and service in personal and professional life. Go to this Spotlight
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Housed within the Old Post Office Building on Pittsburgh’s North Side since 1983, the museum offers innovative experiences that inspire joy, creativity and curiosity in children. Go to this Spotlight
East End Cooperative Ministry
Founded in 1970 through the efforts of 18 local congregations, the East End Cooperative Ministry is an interfaith organization dedicated to helping at-risk children and youth, the hungry, the homeless, and others in need throughout Pittsburgh’s East End. Today, its staff of 37 full-time and 25 part-time employees serves more than 4,000 people, including 1,000 children. More than 40 member congregations support the work, as well as local businesses, foundations, donors and volunteers. Go to this Spotlight
Gemini Theater Company
Gemini Theater was established in 1996 as an interactive children’s theater. Its mission is to cultivate creativity, imagination and originality through the performing arts. The nonprofit is located in "The Factory" building in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood, where it has produced more than 60 children’s plays, 18 new full-length plays, and provided space for 20 young and developing theater companies Go to this Spotlight
Group Against Smog and Pollution
The Group Against Smog and Pollution is a nonprofit citizens’ organization in southwestern Pennsylvania that is working for a healthy, sustainable environment. Founded in 1969, GASP has been a diligent watchdog, educator, litigator and policymaker on many environmental issues, with a focus on air quality in the Pittsburgh region. Go to this Spotlight
Manchester Academic Charter School
Manchester Academic Charter School opened in the fall of 1998 on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Manchester provides personalized education to 200 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, with a waiting list of more than 400 children. Last year, the school was honored with one of the country’s coveted Blue Ribbon awards for school excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, the first charter school in the region to be so recognized. Go to this Spotlight
Minority & Women Educational Labor Agency
The Minority & Women Educational Labor Agency is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit focused on improving the participation of minorities and women in the building trades. Go to this Spotlight
Off The Wall Productions
Off the Wall Productions was founded two years ago in Washington, Pa., by Virginia Wall Gruenert, an actress and playwright from New York, and her husband Hans, a businessman and native of Germany. The couple combined their artistic and business expertise to bring live professional – and often provocative – theater to Washington’s growing cultural scene and to expand the region’s dramatic arts options beyond the Pittsburgh city limits. Go to this Spotlight
Pittsburgh Musical Theater
In 1990, Ken Gargaro founded Pittsburgh Musical Theater as a performing arts company that is community-centered in its focus but always professional in its execution. The nonprofit organization later expanded its mission to include a strong commitment to education, training and outreach programs through its Richard E. Rauh Conservatory for Musical Theater. Today, the company offers professional productions at affordable prices to nearly 50,000 people a year, with attention given to providing special rates for young people who represent about 50 percent of its audience. Go to this Spotlight
Rachel Carson Homestead Association
The Rachel Carson Homestead is the birthplace and early home of scientist and author Rachel Carson, who died in 1964. The 19th century farmhouse is listed as a National Historic Landmark and is located northeast of Pittsburgh in Springdale, Pa. A marine biologist, Carson became a successful writer, and her fourth and most famous work was "Silent Spring," a warning about the dangers associated with the indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides and their potentially adverse effect on the environment and human health. Her message is as important today as it was more than 40 years ago when the book was first published. "Silent Spring" is credited as being the founding document of the modern environmental movement. (Photo courtesy of the Lear/Carson Collection, Connecticut College) Go to this Spotlight
Sarah Heinz House
The Sarah Heinz House’s roots stretch back to 1901 when Howard Heinz, son of H.J. Heinz Co. founder Henry John Heinz started Covode House, a small club on Pittsburgh’s North Side that provided recreational and social activities for boys, almost all of whom were first-generation immigrants. Girls were admitted to the club in 1903. When the demand for youth programs at Covode House grew too great for its small facility, a new building was constructed in 1913 and named in honor of Howard Heinz’s mother, Sarah Sloan Young Heinz. In the 1930s, Sarah Heinz House became one of the first members of the national Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Today, Sarah Heinz House, a Boys & Girls Club, provides children and teenagers with powerful role models and a safe, fun place to go after school, on weekends and in the summer. Educational, artistic, recreational and community service programs are available to promote healthy lifestyles and offer an environment that is welcoming, nurturing and challenging. In 2007, the facility was expanded with the construction of a “green,” energy-efficient, state-of-the-art building adjacent to the original Heinz House structure. Go to this Spotlight
Sustainable Pittsburgh
Established in 1998 as part of the Pittsburgh Technology Council, Sustainable Pittsburgh works to build coalitions that will promote change on sustainability issues. The organization’s mission is to influence decision makers in the Pittsburgh region to integrate economic prosperity, social equity and environmental quality into sustainable solutions for communities and businesses. Sustainable Pittsburgh became its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2006. Go to this Spotlight
The YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh
The YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh is committed to building strong children, families and communities through programs that develop the whole person, as embodied in its symbol, the triangle, signifying the union of the spirit, mind and body. The organization assists people in learning the skills and attitudes that will enrich their lives, lead them to interracial and intergenerational understanding, and help them realize their full potential as members of the Pittsburgh region. Christian in its heritage, the YMCA is ecumenical in its delivery of services and its membership. Go to this Spotlight
Washington & Jefferson College
Located about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pa., Washington & Jefferson College was founded in 1781. The college is one of the nation's oldest and most distinguished co-ed liberal arts colleges for undergraduate students. Go to this Spotlight