More than $1 million in security grants awarded to Allegheny Co. nonprofits

Funding marks first round of nonprofit grants under Act 83 of 2019

Allegheny County Delegation    March 11, 2020 | 1:45 PM

PITTSBURGH, March 11 – Nonprofits in Allegheny County have been awarded more than $1 million in security grants under a new program established by Act 83 of 2019.

Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, the 25 individual grants will help churches, temples, synagogues and other institutions protect themselves.

The grants can be used for safety and security planning, purchasing safety equipment or technology, training and threat assessments, or other safety-related projects.

More information about Act 83 and the program can be found here: https://www.pccd.pa.gov/schoolsafety/Pages/Non-Profit-Security-Grant-Fund.aspx.

A full list of grants awarded in Allegheny County follows:

Organization Name

Amount

Beth El Congregation/United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

$90,000

Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania Inc.

$35,080

Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh

$45,158

Center that CARES

$24,000

The Aleph Institute Inc

$23,385

Locally Grown

$20,000

Gemilas Chesed Synagogue

$20,800

Temple Ohav Shalom of Pittsburgh

$40,916

Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh

$119,341

Lubavitch Center

$25,000

Rodef Shalom Congregation

$24,589

Adat Shalom B'nai Israel Beth Jacob

$97,481

Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian Church

$71,636

Chabad of Carnegie Mellon University Inc.

$25,000

ACHIEVA

$24,419

Pittsburgh Kollel Beth Yitzhok

$25,000

Community Day School

$74,584

Carnegie Library of Homestead

$71,593

Allies for Health & Wellbeing (formerly Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force)

$54,053

First Methodist Church of PGH

$17,500

Temple Emanuel of South Hills

$74,800

The Union Project

$25,000

The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church

$25,000

Generations House of Worship Inc.

$22,700

Congregation Dor Hadash

$15,100