Funded Projects from 2018

The City As Our Maker Space
$44,000 » New Sun Rising, 2018 Economic Opportunity project support

The City As Our Maker Space, a project of Prototype PGH fiscally sponsored by New Sun Rising, conducted a 6-month program for low-income, marginalized women with a focus on women of color. This program specialized in literacy, wellness, and health, with the ultimate goal of supporting women to pursue careers in technology and creative entrepreneurship. The program was led by representatives from the 5 working group partner organizations: Prototype PGH, Black Unicorn Library, A Piece of Mind, Ujamaa Collective, and Flower House.

Economic Opportunity Working Groups
$15,000 via 3 grants » Prototype PGH, Hazelwood Initiative, Change Agency & New Sun Rising, 2018 Economic Opportunity project support

The Seed Award for Economic Opportunity mobilized collaborative, community-led projects that enhance opportunities for residents of all backgrounds to contribute to the economic vitality of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. 3 selected working groups—The City As Our Makerspace, Cooperative Opportunity Guild of Hazelwood, and Workplace Equity Challenge—developed collaborative solution to creating more diversified economic opportunity in the region through a community process during February-May 2018. The Sprout Fund provided a Working Group Toolkit to help facilitate the process.

Legacy Award #01
$1,000 » Medina Jackson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Medina Jackson is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #02
$1,000 » Casey Droege, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Casey Droege is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #03
$1,000 » Taliya Allen, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Taliya Allen is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #04
$1,000 » Quincy Kofi Swatson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Quincy Kofi Swatson is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #05
$1,000 » Heather E. Tomko, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Heather E. Tomko is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #06
$1,000 » Julius Boatwright, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Julius Boatwright is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #07
$1,000 » Alec Rieger, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Alec Rieger is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #08
$1,000 » Tim Kaulen, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Tim Kaulen is quirky, scrappy, and authentically Pittsburgh. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #09
$1,000 » Leah Lizarondo, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Leah Lizarondo is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #10
$1,000 » Adil Mansoor, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Adil Mansoor is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #11
$1,000 » Emmai Alaquiva, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Emmai Alaquiva is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #12
$1,000 » J. Thomas Agnew III, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

J. Thomas Agnew III Thomas is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #13
$1,000 » Eric Boerer, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Eric Boerer is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #14
$1,000 » Betty Lane, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Betty Lane is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #15
$1,000 » DS Kinsel, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

DS Kinsel is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #16
$1,000 » Dana Bishop-Root, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Dana Bishop-Root is serious about the work but not always about herself. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #17
$1,000 » Adam Nelson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Adam Nelson is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #18
$1,000 » Ngozi Walker Tibbs, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Ngozi Walker Tibbs is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #19
$1,000 » Knowledge Build A. Hudson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Knowledge Build A. Hudson is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #20
$1,000 » Rosamaria Cristello, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Rosamaria Cristello is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #21
$1,000 » Elaine Harris-Fulton, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Elaine Harris-Fulton is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #22
$1,000 » LaTrenda Leonard Sherrill, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

LaTrenda Leonard Sherrill is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #23
$1,000 » Cecelia Ware, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Cecelia Ware is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #24
$1,000 » Alisha B Wormsley, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Alisha B Wormsley is serious about the work but not always about herself. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #25
$1,000 » Raqueeb, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Raqueeb is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #26
$1,000 » Sangya Gyawali, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Sangya Gyawali is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #27
$1,000 » Shad Ali, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Shad Ali is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #28
$1,000 » Terri L. Baltimore, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Terri L. Baltimore is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #29
$1,000 » Mike Capsambelis, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Mike Capsambelis is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #30
$1,000 » Ryan Lammie, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Ryan Lammie is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #31
$1,000 » Anne Marie Toccket, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Anne Marie Toccket is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #32
$1,000 » Liana Martina Maneese, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Liana Martina Maneese is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #33
$1,000 » Josiah Gilliam, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Josiah Gilliam is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #34
$1,000 » Kenny Donaldson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Kenny Donaldson is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #35
$1,000 » Chris Ivey, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Chris Ivey is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in his pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #36
$1,000 » Kelauni Cook, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Kelauni Cook is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #37
$1,000 » Nina Marie Barbuto, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Nina Marie Barbuto is a creative doer with uncanny insights and avant-garde approaches. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #38
$1,000 » Sue Kerr, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Sue Kerr is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #39
$1,000 » Gisele Barreto Fetterman, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Gisele Barreto Fetterman is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #40
$1,000 » Bekezela Mguni, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Bekezela Mguni is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #41
$1,000 » Annia Aleman, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Annia Aleman is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #42
$1,000 » Naomi Chambers, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Naomi Chambers is quirky, scrappy, and authentically Pittsburgh. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #43
$1,000 » Lisa Freeman, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Lisa Freeman is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #44
$1,000 » Satvika Neti, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Satvika Neti is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #45
$1,000 » Rebecca Himberger, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Rebecca Himberger is serious about the work but not always about herself. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #46
$1,000 » LaKeisha Wolf, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

LaKeisha Wolf is driven by deep personal passion and a sense of purpose. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #47
$1,000 » Zeba Ahmed, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Zeba Ahmed is a civic-minded, tireless pioneer always with an eye on what’s needed next. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #48
$1,000 » Kate McCall-Kiley, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Kate McCall-Kiley is a challenger of the status quo and unrelenting in her pursuits. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #49
$1,000 » Keith “Herk” Herchenroether, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Keith “Herk” Herchenroether Herk is serious about the work but not always about himself. As a Legacy Awardee, he carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Legacy Award #50
$1,000 » Sloane Davidson, 2018 Sunset & Legacy Awards honorarium

Sloane Davidson is an audacious thinker with small starts and big plans. As a Legacy Awardee, she carries Sprout’s vision forward.

Remake Learning Days 2018 Sponsorships
$2,500 via 5 grants, 2018 Remake Learning sponsorship

Remake Learning Days, May 17-25, 2018, was a celebration of activities and events showcasing everything that makes the Pittsburgh region a recognized national leader in innovative teaching and learning. The Remake Learning Days events led by My Brother’s Keeper Digital Literacy Collaborative partners highlighted innovative teaching and learning that targets underserved populations, helping to create future-ready, hands-on, relevant and engaging educational experiences for kids and their families, caregivers and educators in greater Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and beyond.