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Small and Mighty: Kitchen of Grace, Inc.

Kitchen of Grace, Inc. provides at-risk youth ages 16 to 20 with training related to the food hospitality industry, utilizing Cafe on the Corner in the North Side as the primary training lab

The Pittsburgh Foundation awarded Small and Mighty grants of $15,000 in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to Kitchen of Grace, Inc. Established in 2016, Kitchen of Grace’s primary service is a workforce training program, providing at-risk youth ages 16 to 20 with classroom-based and hands-on training related to the food hospitality industry. The grants support the organization’s efforts to continue development of its training program, utilizing Cafe on the Corner in the North Side as the primary training lab.

The Small and Mighty grants program, an outcome of the Foundation’s 100 Percent Pittsburgh organizing principle, has, as of Dec. 2019, awarded $1.25 million to nonprofit organizations with budgets of less than $600,000.

Kitchen of Grace, Inc. has an annual operating budget of $51,050.

To learn more about Kitchen of Grace, visit http://www.thekitchenofgracepgh.com/index.html

Read about the Small and Mighty initiative