Catapult Greater Pittsburgh engages in emergency resource distribution, peer-to-peer support, wealth building, trauma-informed financial counseling, and policy advocacy to ensure systematically disenfranchised communities can meaningfully achieve economic justice and lead dignified and equitable lives.
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Nonprofit Spotlight: Techbridge Girls
Techbridge Girls re-engineers the way BIPOC girls* from marginalized communities experience STEM by catalyzing out-of-school time (OST) STEM educators and STEM professionals into equity educators and advocates through training and curricula that promote access, belonging and persistence.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Letters to Strangers
Letters to Strangers (L2S) is the largest global youth-run nonprofit seeking to destigmatize mental illness and increase access to affordable, quality treatment, particularly for youth aged 13 to 24.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Rewiring America
Rewiring America is the leading electrification nonprofit, focused on electrifying everything in our communities. We’re all in on electrifying where we live, work, learn, and play. Supported by a world-class research team developing accessible, actionable data, and tools for Americans across the country, Rewiring America is crafting the blueprint for Americans to achieve energy efficiency, tackle nationwide emission goals, improve health, save consumers money, and build the next generation of the American workforce in clean energy.
Caption Contest #8
Winner
“Babe-y Ruth do do do do do do” – Johnny, San Juan, PR
Nonprofit Spotlight: RISE St. James
RISE St. James is a grassroots organization fighting for environmental justice as it works to defeat the proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Talking Points
TalkingPoints is an education technology nonprofit with a mission to drive student success by using accessible technology to unlock the potential of family engagement in children’s education.
Nonprofit Spotlight: The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project’s mission is to end suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young people. They envision a world where all LGBTQ young people see a bright future for themselves.
Nonprofit Spotlight: ReFED
ReFED is a national nonprofit dedicated to ending food loss and waste across the U.S. food system by advancing data-driven solutions.
Caption Contest #7
Winner
“One more miss and we’re trapped here forever.” – Heather, Pittsburgh, PA