Senator Jay Costa Announces Over $1.4M in PCCD Funding for Nonprofit Security Grant Awardees Benefiting the 43rd Senatorial District

PITTSBURGH, PA - October 18, 2024 - Today, Senator Jay Costa announces over $1.4M in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) awarded to Allegheny County.

The Nonprofit Security Grant Program is of especial importance to Senator Costa. He and Representative Dan Frankel fought to establish this program in the wake of the mass shooting at Tree of Life, during which a white supremacist murdered eleven Jewish worshippers. Signed into law in 2019, Act 83 directs PCCD to administer grants to nonprofit organizations who principally serve individuals, groups or institutions that are included within a bias motivation category for single bias hate crime incidents as identified by the FBI's Hate Crime Statistics publication. This enormously successful program has delivered millions of dollars in security upgrades to nonprofits throughout Pennsylvania.

"I am proud to announce this round of nonprofit security grant funding to ensure our friends and neighbors can gather, pray, dance, study, and create community free from fear and danger," said Senator Costa. "This year, we doubled the funding for this program so that even more organizations can benefit from increased safety as they carry out their crucial work. I look forward to continuing to deliver safe communities for every Pennsylvanian."

Awardees that serve the constituents of the 43^rd District include:

• Aleph Institute, Inc. - $25,000
• Bethel AME Church (Pittsburgh) - $24,780
• Bnai Emunoh Chabad Inc. - $75,000
• Chabad of Squirrel Hill Inc. - $25,000
• Congregation Beth Shalom - $25,000
• Congregation Dor Hadash - $12,000
• Congregation Kether Torah - $25,000
• Congregation Poale Zedeck - $75,000
• Council for Lutheran Campus Ministry in Greater Pittsburgh - $25,000
• Ethnan Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church - $37,700
• First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh - $83,000
• Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh - $107,000
• Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh - $50,000
• Jewish Association on Aging - $12,000
• Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh - $150,000
• Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh - $150,000
• Latino Community Center - $25,000
• Lubavitch Center - $25,000
• Machon Schneerson Chabad - $150,000
• Rodef Shalom Congregation - $25,000
• Schenley Heights Community Development Program - $11,300
• Shaare Torah Congregation - $45,500
• Squirrel Hill Health Center - $25,000
• T of L, Inc. (The Tree of Life) - $80,093
• The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh - $25,000
• The Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church - $15,520
• Tzohar Arts - $25,000
• Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh - $75,000
• Young Peoples Synagogue/Bohnai Yisrael - $13,200
• YWCA Greater Pittsburgh - $36,388

More information about these programs is available on the PCCD's website.

Read about the Senate Democratic Caucus's commitment to safe communities for every Pennsylvanian here.

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