Founded in 1983 as the Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development, Neighborhood Allies focuses on creating vibrant communities in partnership with Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)—together investing $100 million in Pittsburgh neighborhoods and leveraging nearly $300 million in other funds. In 2014, the organization launched as a “new and improved 21st century community development intermediary” with 3 core goals: 1) creating community partnerships; 2) connecting distressed communities with vetted resources; and 3) communicating its progress and success. It runs two grant programs—the Catalytic Program, which makes $25,000-$75,000 grants to support innovative, collaborative, and inspiring ideas to enhance Pittsburgh neighborhoods, and Small & Simple Grants, which makes $15,000 grants to support strategic, small-scale, community-serving projects.