urban impact foundation

Pastor Ed and Tammy Glover moved to the North Side of Pittsburgh on a street where four out of five homes were boarded up.

Outreach basketball with pizza was launched and became the foundation for Urban Impact’s robust Athletics programming.

Pastor Ed walked out of his home, and his car was stolen for the third time. While he was questioning if he could really make a difference in the community, God gave him the vision of impacting one person, one family, one block at a time.

Pastor Ed founded Urban Impact to help address the profound challenges facing the urban setting of the North Side.

Summer Day Camp was initiated to combat summer learning regression. Once just a classroom of students, camp now serves 220+ students in two locations and employ 67 interns to run classes and activities.

The first full-time Urban Missionary, Becky Boll, joined the Urban Impact staff.

Urban Impact consistently ministered to 500 kids of the North Side throughout the year.

A children’s choir began rehearsals in the Glover’s living room and became the foundation of Urban Impact’s Performing Arts Academy.

150 lives were changed for eternity.

Reaching 1,000 kids was a true milestone for the organization, but we will always strive to reach even more children in need.

This programming was designed to create post-secondary success and extend Urban Impact’s influence beyond high school.

ManUp became not only an event but also a movement to combat the effects of fatherlessness in Pittsburgh and Charlotte.

An in-school partnership was formed with King Elementary School for staff and volunteers to provide literacy support to struggling students. The partnership grew to multiple schools and became the foundation of Urban Impact’s Education programming.

More staff has translated to more programming as Urban Impact has continued to offer new ways to form relationships with students.

A fifty percent increase in just 3 years!

Urban Missionaries are people living among the students and families we serve. This milestone meant our missionaries outnumbered the distinct neighborhoods of the North Side.

High demand for our programming required an explosive growth in Urban Missionaries to maintain our standard 6:1 ratio.

Heaven rejoices as hundreds of people continue to receive the gift of eternal life.

Although Urban Impact has reached nearly 20% of the children and youth on the North Side, Urban Impact keeps a steady eye on positioning itself to reach those remaining.

In a very atypical year, Urban Impact rose to the occasion and met the needs of the community in incredible ways. The organization remains strong and will continue its mission in the years to come.