Ignite Northside

One Northside is a community-driven initiative to improve the quality of life in all 18 Northside neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Since 2016, through the support of The Buhl Foundation, New Sun Rising has helped 139 Northside residents and community members put their ideas into action through the One Northside Consensus Plan’s focus on Quality of Education, Employment, Place, Safety, and Health.

Mini-Grant Program

New Sun Rising is excited to announce the 2019 One Northside Mini-Grant program! The program ignites resident-led community projects with up to $1,000 and the development support of New Sun Rising and the Mini-grant Street Team. How would you improve the quality of education, employment, place, safety, or health in your Northside community?

Apply to join the Street Team

Mini-Grant Support

August 12, 2019

6pm-8pm Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Allegheny Branch 1230 Federal St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Join New Sun Rising and ioby to learn about opportunities to receive funding for your project and work on your application.

September 17th, 2019

6-7:30pm- Providence Connections- 3113 Brighton Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Project Celebration and Workshop

LEARN about One Northside funding opportunities

MEET your neighbors who are working together for a better community

START activating your project

Come celebrate previous awardees and learn more about this year’s mini-grant process. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP here or email vibrancyfunds@newsunrising.org with your RSVP: https://2019ons.eventbrite.com

October 7, 2019

2018-19 Mini-grant Deadlines

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and reviewed bi-monthly. Decisions are typically announced by the beginning of the month starting in September. One Northside Mini-Grant project grants will be announced in September 2019, November 2019, February 2020, April 2020, and June 2020. In order to meet these deadlines, applicants must submit applications by 11:59pm on: