The cocktail game at Cellars Speakeasy is strong.
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Recounting 2025 and Looking Forward to 2026 with Pittsburgh’s Non-Profits

By Keith Recker

At a TABLE-sponsored Pittsburgh nonprofits mixer at cellars speakeasy, joins together staffers from a host of the region’s non-profits. It was a chance to chat, sip, and share. It was a pause for refreshment. And it was a celebration of people who work hard to improve our neighbors’ lives and our own.

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How Pittsburgh’s Non-Profits are Keeping People at the Center of Our World View in 2025 and 2026’s Future

Non-profit organizations in Pittsburgh play a crucial role in tackling poverty,
housing and food insecurity, access to healthcare, and education. They shore up safety nets for our neighbors in need fill in service gaps that government or private sectors can’t fully meet. The diligent, passion driven work of our region’s non-profit community impacts us all in the best of ways.

Sony Ton-Aime, a Black man with a mustache, wearing a blue blazer and striped shirt while holding a cocktail, at a non-profit networking event.
Sony Ton-Aime (Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures)
Two smiling women, Sarah Mayer in a denim jacket and Kristen Nuss in a floral top, standing together at a non-profit networking mixer.
Sarah Mayer (Shift Collaborative) and Kristen Nuss (Sojourner House)
Nicole Lampl and Claire Ertl smiling together in front of a stone wall at a professional non-profit networking mixer.
Nicole Lampl and Claire Ertl (The Westmoreland Museum of Julie Tarle, and Lisa Chester American Art)
A smiling Nicole Harrell in a green dress and a friend in a floral blouse holding drinks, posing against a rustic stone wall at a non-profit networking mixer.
Nicole Harrell (Salvation Army) and a friend.
Justin Matase, a man in a dark blazer, talks to Lisa Chester, a woman in a navy polo shirt, at a professional non-profit networking event or mixer.
Justin Matase (TABLE Magazine) and Lisa Chester (Light of Life Rescue MIssion)
A smiling Justin Matase, a white man with a beard, talking to Jeff Milliner, a Black man with a low haircut, at a non-profit networking mixer.
Justin Matase (TABLE Magazine) and Jeff Milliner (Family House)
Three smiling women, Julie Tarle and Lisa Chester among them, standing together and holding wine glasses at a non-profit networking mixer.
Julie Tarle, and Lisa Chester American Art) (Light of Life Rescue Mission).
A black and white photo of Emily Fitzgerald and a friend smiling and talking, standing in front of stacked wooden barrels at a non-profit mixer or social event.
Emily Fitzgerald (right, Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh), and a friend.
Demeshia Seals, an African American woman with glasses, and Molly Smith, a white woman with long red hair, smiling side-by-side at a non-profit event.
Demeshia Seals (Sarah Heinz House) and Molly Smith (Modern Luxury DC Magazine)

Essential to the Region

The non-profit sector is one of the region’s largest employers, encompassing healthcare systems, universities, arts institutions, and social service agencies.

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What Makes Life so Good in Pittsburgh?

Non-profits enhance Pittsburgh’s cultural and civic fabric through arts, historical preservation, environmental stewardship, and neighborhood revitalization.

Story by Keith Recker

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