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Announcing the 2024 Full Circle Nonprofit Accelerator Cohort!
SVP Pittsburgh and the Equity | Impact Center are proud to announce the selection of participants for the 2024 Full Circle Nonprofit Accelerator Program!
2024 Cohort:
- Civically, Inc.
- City of Bridges Community Land Trust
- JADA House International
We are excited to welcome such an incredible group of nonprofit organizations addressing inequities that are challenging our region. The Full Circle program will accelerate their growth through strategic workshops, impactful mentorship by our SVP Coaches, and relationship-building and networking opportunities.
Learn more about the 2024 Full Circle cohort below.
Civically, Inc.
Civically, Inc. is a nonprofit social enterprise(501c3) that focuses on community development by promoting civic and social literacy to instill self-reliance while addressing the immediate needs of the economically underresourced in the Pittsburgh East End region.
Civically is committed to lasting social and economic development in the greater Wilkinsburg region. The organization is reframing the narrative of Wilkinsburg’s future and not leaving anyone out of the story. One of Civically’s priorities is to build healthy communities beyond Wilkinsburg, as their programs serve the greater East End region. Since the inception of the Fresh Markets, Civically has served 40,000 community members, and during the height of the pandemic, Civically held weekly produce distributions.
Civically’s commitment to Wilkinsburg’s social and economic progress is unwavering. It is one of the reasons that the organization has been firmly committed to its mission over the past decade. Through multi-prong approaches, programming, and redevelopment of the Hunter Building, Civically strives to redefine the narrative of Wilkinsburg’s future.
City of Bridges Community Land Trust
City of Bridges Community Land Trust is an affordable housing non-profit that builds community ownership, preserving permanent affordability, empowers individuals, and ensures responsible growth and stewardship. City of Bridges Community Land Trust (CBCLT) develops and stewards permanently affordable housing for households between 50-80% of Area Median Income. CBCLT was founded to create a new, desperately needed tool in our regional affordable housing toolbox. Now, in our fifth year of operation, they are scaling their development and buyer-initiated pipelines to create more homeowners and have 100 homeowners living and thriving in permanently affordable land trust homes by the end of 2025.
To date, CBCLT has overseen over $25 million in single-family housing development, creating 35 permanently affordable homes that have served 37 first-time, low, and moderate-income homeowners. As a Community Land Trust, the work of City of Bridges extends beyond simply developing affordable housing. The heart of CBCLT’s work is in getting low-income families into homeownership and ensuring their success over the long term via robust pre- and post-counseling stewardship and support. In addition to providing stewardship for City of Bridges homeowners, the organization has partnered with the Urban Redevelopment Authority to provide post-purchase stewardship services to their 100+ Own PGH homebuyers to ensure their success.
JADA House International
JADA House International empowers Hazelwood and the Greater Pittsburgh community at each stage of life. Founded in 2014 by Hazelwood native Terri Shields and named for the initials of her eldest grandchildren, JADA House International aims to encourage and empower individuals to believe, receive, and achieve the complete quality of life they deserve. JADA House International provides resources, support, and family navigation for at-risk teens and women, as well as kinship care for senior citizens. The organization believes that there are better opportunities for impact when solutions are collaborative across sectors and organizations.
Through human service navigation, peer-to-peer support, and weekly group interactions, JADA House International provides a safe space for healing and personal growth beyond one’s expectations. While the organization focuses on Hazelwood and Greater Pittsburgh communities, the “international” in their name is aspirational. JADA HouseInternational hopes communities worldwide can see them as a model and adopt their approach of serving with kindness, generosity, and love.
Please follow and support these organizations that are making a significant impact in our region. Save the date for our closing celebration on December 12th!
The Full Circle Nonprofit Accelerator, facilitated by Leigh Solomon Pugliano, Founder, President & CEO of the Equity | Impact Center, is a proven capacity-building program designed to improve organizational efficiency, program implementation, financial sustainability and increase overall impact through an equity-centered lens.
Welcome to Our 2023 Full Circle Program Participants!
SVP Pittsburgh and the Equity | Impact Center is proud to announce the selection of the participants for the 2023 Full Circle Nonprofit Accelerator Program!
The Full Circle Nonprofit Accelerator, facilitated by Leigh Solomon Pugliano, is a proven capacity-building program designed to improve organizational efficiency, program implementation, and financial sustainability, and increase overall impact, through an equity-centered lens. The organizations in this years program will accelerate their growth through strategic workshops, impactful mentorship by our SVP Coaches, and relationship-building and networking opportunities.
Learn more about the 2023 Full Circle program participants below!
2023 Full Circle Organizations
Communitopia exists to provide transformative climate change education that develops today’s climate leaders and advances equitable solutions with a vision to live in a world where solution-based climate change education will transform community thought and practice resulting in empowered and healthy local communities.
Visit the Communitopia website to learn more!
Connect with Communitopia: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn
The Pittsburgh Robotics Network has grown and supports the regional robotics and autonomous systems businesses, careers and capital investments in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Robotics Network envisions their commercial cluster to be the largest, and most successful in the world, offering competitive, sustainable and equitable opportunities for southwestern Pennsylvania.
Visit the Pittsburgh Robotics Network website to learn more!
Connect with Pittsburgh Robotics Network: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
We Are Beautiful Outreach Program, Inc. provides quality mental health services and mentorship to young girls and women ages 5-18 years old and up. They are dedicated to building up the self-esteem of their program participants and cultivate the beauty within them. They also provide a safe space for girls to connect with mentors, learn and grow, and become female leaders who will positively impact the world.
Visit the We are Beautiful Outreach Program, Inc. website to learn more!
Women in Tech PGH (WIT PGH) is a human-centered workforce development and community for women in technology and growing companies who aim to impact 31,000 women in technology through community and human-centered skill development as they reinvent the path towards economic mobility.
Visit the Women in Tech Pittsburgh website to learn more!
Connect with Women in Tech PGH: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
Follow and connect with each organization to learn about their journey throughout the Full Circle Accelerator program! We hope to see you on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 5-7PM, to support each organization and celebrate the completion of the Full Circle program at the Final Pitch event.
Celebrating the Spring 2021 Cohort and Getting Ready for Fall!
The Spring 2021 cohort ended on June 24th with an incredible Final Pitch event and celebration! Each organization presented to SVP Partners, coaches, and Forbes Funds staff. The five organizations selected for the spring 2021 cohort represent a diverse group of nonprofit organizations and leaders directly addressing the needs of our community. We recognize how hard our nonprofit leaders are working to make an impact and hope that the Full Circle program provides some resources and tools to support their growth and sustainability. Thanks to sponsors Covalent and Straightforward Consulting, each organization was also awarded with a video highlighting the work of their organization. Please take a moment to watch the Spring 2021 Cohort Video to learn more about the work these organizations are doing and how you can support them.
The Spring 2021 Cohort Sponsors:
DipJar
Pineapple Payment
The Irick Group
Covalent
Straightforward Consulting
SVP Pittsburgh Partners
and with generous support from The Forbes Funds and The Pittsburgh Foundation
Applications are now open for the Fall 2021 Cohort!
Details:
The Full Circle Nonprofit Accelerator; a program of Social Venture Partners (SVP) Pittsburgh and The Forbes Funds
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE FULL CIRCLE NONPROFIT ACCELERATOR?
Organizations selected for Full Circle will each receive the following:
• Program: An intensive, hands-on 14 week program (~15 hours/month) consisting of workshops, consulting sessions, and networking opportunities that help your organization meet its impact and financial goals.
• Coaching: Teams of SVP Partners serving as coaches alongside your organization throughout the Full Circle program.
• Network: Access to a growing support network of innovative nonprofits and socially conscious private sector professionals eager to share their skills and expertise.
• Funding: Selected organizations receive an unrestricted financial award as well as the opportunity to acquire additional funds and in-kind support at the final pitch event of the program.
The Full Circle program culminates with the final pitch event, which provides a platform for non-profit leaders to share their organization’s mission, impact, and organizational goals and needs to a broader audience.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• Organizations that apply must be designated as 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations operating in Allegheny County or have a Fiscal Sponsor
• Organizations that apply must designate at least two leadership staff who will participate consistently throughout the duration of the 14-week Full Circle program.
• Organizations, if selected, will be asked to submit their most recent annual report and/or year-end financial statements.
Applicants must also submit The Forbes Funds Nonprofit Needs Assessment as part of the application process.
https://forbesfunds.org/Nonprofit_Needs_Assessment
Application closes on Wednesday, September 1st
Applicants will be notified by Friday, September 10th
**All programming will be virtual in 2021.
Fall 2021 Full Circle Application
Info Session:
Friday, August 27th 10:00AM-10:45AM
About The Forbes Funds
The Forbes Funds focuses on building the management capacity and strengthening impact of community-based nonprofits individually and collectively. Our work supports capacity-building initiatives for human services and community development agencies by facilitating innovative partnerships, implementing learning cohorts, connecting local talent and initiatives to global frameworks like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Bateson Institutes Warm Data Labs, and building coalitions through the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP). Learn More: www.ForbesFunds.org
About SVP Pittsburgh
Social Venture Partners (SVP) Pittsburgh is a community of engaged philanthropists who contribute their expertise, skills, networks, and finances to grow the impact of nonprofits and tackle our community’s greatest challenges. SVP Pittsburgh’s core program is the Full Circle impact accelerator, which connects SVP Partners as executive coaches to accelerate the impact of Pittsburgh’s most innovative nonprofits. Learn More: www.SVPPittsburgh.org
Announcing the Spring 2021 Full Circle Cohort!
The five organizations selected represent a diverse group of nonprofits making an impact on, and meeting the needs of, our community. The selected nonprofits will engage in the intensive 14-week program that combines consulting, workshops, networking, and a pitch event. The program is designed to enhance each nonprofit’s programming impact, financial sustainability, and communication and storytelling. The nonprofit leaders in the cohort will work with teams of coaches with various areas of expertise skills, and experience to develop strategic solutions to their growth challenges. The Full Circle program culminates with the Final Pitch event which provides a platform for non-profit leaders to share their organization’s story and impact in the community.
Spring 2021 Cohort:
Awaken Pittsburgh promotes personal and community well-being through mindfulness programs and compassionate actions. Our vision is a Pittsburgh region where people are in touch with their inherent worth and can cultivate the confidence and dignity to create a more just and enlightened world.
Divine Intervention Ministries
The DIM mission provides currently and formerly incarcerated adults and at-risk youth with coordinated resources that will connect them to supportive services and job training opportunities focusing on realizing their maximum potential spiritually, physically, and economically.
Pittsburgh Learning Commons (PLC) is an educational nonprofit whose mission is to provide educational opportunities that break down disciplinary boundaries and relate to real-world contexts where learners can claim ownership over their education and build lifelong learning skills, and develop expertise in applied STEAM fields.
Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank
To ensure babies in need are clean, healthy and dry. We serve babies, families, senior citizens and girls and women. We are making a great impact in the community supplying basic needs.
When She Thrives is dedicated to empowering single mothers to move their families from poverty to prosperity through advocacy, education, and personal and professional development.
The Full Circle Accelerator program is facilitated by Leigh Solomon Pugliano of Straightforward Consulting. The 2021 Full Circle program is a collaboration between The Forbes Funds and Social Venture Partners (SVP) Pittsburgh.
Announcing the 2021 Full Circle Fellows!
We are excited to announce the 2021 SVP Full Circle Fellows! Each of the selected fellows brings diverse skills and expertise along with a passion for social justice, equity, and community engagement. We are truly excited to work with this group over the next year supporting the nonprofit organizations in our region.
The 2021 Fellows are:
Ashley Lynn Priore— an American chess player & coach, social & civic entrepreneur, nonprofit founder & consultant, political strategist & commentator, and youth rights activist,—is the founder, president and CEO of Queen’s Gambit, a national, multi-departmental hybrid nonprofit and social enterprise using chess as a catalyst for change and a model to empower, educate, and impact a better society. Ashley is the author of four books, including Let’s Learn Chess!, and is currently completing a Bachelor of Arts in English and Politics at the University of Pittsburgh. She also leads Y-22, a youth on boards movement, Youth Political Strategies and Priore Consulting, an innovative consulting firm.
Daniella Greeman is a Programming and Events Specialist at CMU’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. She moved to Pittsburgh in 2008 to complete her B.A. in Urban Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, with a concentration in Community Organization and earned certificates in Public & Professional Writing, and African Studies. Daniella’s passion for community development has led her to host and coordinate strategic events for diverse audiences through her professional and volunteer work. Daniella also previously served as a board member for the Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Pittsburgh, Repair the World, Civically, Inc, and was a fellow of New Leaders Council Pittsburgh Chapter.
Caelan Hidalgo Schick is studying Human Security at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and working with the Center for Latin American Studies as a coordinator for an online research publication. She completed her undergraduate degree at Boston University with a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science. In Boston, she spent time interning in the nonprofit sector–solidifying her interest in civic engagement and providing dignity, and amplifying voices of underrepresented communities. Caelan serves on the board of Island Press, a nonprofit environmental publishing house and is on the leadership team of the GSPIA Students of Color Alliance.
Dr. Victoria Mattingly has been providing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and learning & development consulting services to businesses and non-profit organizations for 10+ years. She has built and implemented DEI & allyship solutions with companies including Intel, American Eagle, Sargent & Lundy, and Project Management Institute. Dr. Mattingly is founder and CEO of Mattingly Solutions, a woman-owned DEI consulting firm. Mattingly Solutions believes that DEI is much more than a one-off, HR initiative. DEI done right is embedded in the fabric of a company’s culture, its overall strategy, and considered in every business decision—at all levels of the organization. Dr. Mattingly is a proud Woodland Hills and University of Pittsburgh alum and lives with her husband and son in Stanton Heights.
Andrea Padilla was born in Quito, Ecuador and she holds a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from Ohio University. Andrea has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Before joining Casa San Jose, Andrea gained experience in Communications by working as an intern for the Ecuador-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Driven by her passion to support marginalized communities, she worked as a Program Assistant at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in Quito, which gave her professional experience in the field of migration and humanitarianism.
About the Program
The Fellows program was designed to encourage and invite civically engaged individuals to join Social Venture Partner (SVP) Pittsburgh and serve as coaches for the nonprofit accelerator program. The year-long program provides the opportunity for those interested in social responsibility and civic engagement to bring their knowledge, skills, experience, and expertise to nonprofit organizations in the region.
SVP Fellows will benefit from:
- Professional Development: opportunities for learning and skill-building throughout the program in areas of DEI, Coaching, and Facilitation.
- Increased Awareness: build knowledge and insight about the inequities that exist in our society and systemic injustices that impact our communities, and work with nonprofit leaders to improve and enhance their solutions.
- Professional Network: connect with a growing community of civically engaged professionals from across industries who are eager to build friendships and partnerships with their SVP colleagues.
Fellows will work with two cohorts of organizations in the Full Circle program over the next 10 months. The Fellows program is facilitated by Leigh Solomon Pugliano of Straightforward Consulting. The 2021 Full Circle program is a collaboration between The Forbes Funds and Social Venture Partners (SVP) Pittsburgh.
