Pittsburgh Pastor Receives Top Grant
at the First EmPOWERED to Serve
Business Accelerator™ Faith-Based

The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, announced the top awardees of its first-ever EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator™ Faith-Based hosted by the Eastern States region. The first-place grant of $50,000 was awarded to Pastor Cynthia Wallace of Bible Center Church in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for their work aimed at addressing food access and insecurity through innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit.

“This American Heart Association grant will help us to work with urban farmers in our community to develop their business models. We want them to be able to have thriving businesses that not only support them with income but also will provide produce to our community,” said Pastor Cynthia Wallace. “Our community is not waiting for others to come in and do this work for us. We are going to roll up our sleeves, get our hands dirty and address food access issues.”

According to Pastor Wallace, Bible Center has been in Homewood since 1956 and has been working to address issues related to education, employment, and entrepreneurship for decades. In 2016, the Center started a farm and fishery to provide fresh produce to the community. In 2020, they worked to collaborate with four other urban farms to host a weekend farm stand.

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