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 GRANTS to RESUME in July. If you are working towards COVID relief projects, please reach out to vibrancyfunds@newsunrising.org for an application noting what your project will help.

Click here for a printable application

Because of Covid 19, please have 3 different Northside residents or business owners email vibrancyfunds@newsunrising.org with their name, the project they are supporting, their northside address and their phone number or have them call 412-407-9007 with the same information.

2019-2020 Report

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

Coming back in 2020!

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: