“We meet you where you are” is more than just a phrase. At PACE, it’s a commitment.
PACE’s staple programming since 2006, the purpose of the Intensive Services Capacity-Building Program is to develop stronger, more resilient community-based nonprofit organizations to serve the community effectively and meaningfully.
Targeted capacity-building to the areas of the most need is designed to strengthen community-based nonprofit organizations by helping them improve: internal governance and leadership, cultivate strategic community linkages and develop financial and human resources for long-term stability.
Through a competitive selection process, between 8 and 15 organizations are selected annually to participate in a managed program including organizational assessments, one-to-one consulting, peer learning, targeted capacity-building grantmaking, and the promotion of positive and open relationships with funders.
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Organizational assessments at the beginning of the program year to evaluate current conditions and determine capacity building priorities; and again, at the end of the year to measure organizational change and outcomes
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Organizational Leadership Team engagement
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Cohort & Peer Learning opportunities
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Targeted funding to support a focused capacity building project
PACE announces the 2024-2025 Cohort:
| Assemble Inc. | At our core, our mission is to build confidence through making by creating approachable opportunities for learners of all ages to engage with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) based activities. |
| The Kingsley Association | The mission of The Kingsley Association is to be a catalyst that fosters youth and community leaders through integral programs and services. |
| The Legacy Arts Project | The mission of the Legacy Arts Project is to center individual and collective health and well-being through the exploration of Africana and culture. |
| Macedonia FACE | The mission of Macedonia FACE is to Encourage the Development of Healthy Families. We live out our mission by responding to the glaring disparities impacting under resourced communities and African American communities specifically. |
| Melanin Mommies | Our mission is to assist these mothers to address and overcome intergenerational trauma and combat negative family cycles by providing therapeutic and clinical resources to support mental wellness and motherhood. |
| Neighborhood Learning Alliance | Neighborhood Learning Alliance is a nonprofit organization that strives to improve education and opportunities of lower-income families within Allegheny County through strategic partnerships with the community and faith- based organizations. We offer programs for students from kindergarten through high school that focus on supplementary learning as well as higher education. |
| New Century Careers | The organization seeks to improve the lives of individuals through the development of skills that lead to good quality, family wage jobs and careers and contributes to the economic health of SWPA through meeting manufacturing workforce needs by working to deliver a capable workforce to employers of the region. |
| Open Up Pittsburgh | Open Up’s mission is to teach mindfulness tools through movement and art practices that center people living with disabilities. Our programs are open to all who identify as having a disability and those who do not. They are for everyone. |
| RealTime Arts | RealTime connects human beings through unique theatrical experiences. |
| Za’Kiyah House | Za’kiyah House (ZH) provides support services to persons experiencing homelessness, drug addiction, and re-entry in Pittsburgh. Our mission is to reduce homelessness, recidivism, and addiction. |