Community foundation awards $250,000 in capacity-building grants
Courtesy of Washington County Community Foundation
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The Washington County Community Foundation recently awarded $250,000 in capacity-building grants to 23 organizations from a variety of component funds.
Capacity-building is defined as any activity that increases the nonprofit’s operational, programmatic, financial or organizational maturity. The majority of grants were issued for financial process improvement, which is a focus area of the foundation.
Grants awarded in this category were: $15,000 for Arc Human Service, Mon Valley Academy of the Arts and the Washington County Watershed Alliance; $10,000 to the Johnson-Shaw Foundation and Washington Area Senior Citizens, and $5,000 for Burgettstown Area Senior Citizens Center, Mon Valley Performing Arts Academy and the Washington County Cultural Trust.
Communications is another focus area, and two grants were issued in this area – $15,000 to Little Lake Theater and $5,000 to Payne Chapel AME Church.
Facility improvement grants were issued to four charities: $30,000 to the Washington County Historical Society, $15,000 to Low Cost Spay Neuter Washington County, $10,000 to the Donora Volunteer Fire Department and $5,000 to the Peters Creek Historical Society.
Five program expansion grants were awarded, including $35,000 to Bethlehem-Center School District and $5,000 each to Titanium Titans Robotics, Mon Valley Jeep Response Team, South Hills Children’s Choir and Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services.
Three grants were awarded for technology: $15,000 to the Fort Cherry Education Foundation, $10,000 to Southwest Training Services and $5,000 to Meals on Wheels @ the Crossroads.
A data management grant of $5,000 was awarded to Dress for Success Pittsburgh.
“The impact of our capacity-building grants program, which cumulatively has granted over $5 million to local nonprofits since it was initiated in late 2017, has been transformational for many charities,” said Betsie Trew, President & CEO. “With its ongoing success, we remain committed to our capacity-building grants program and will provide two open and competitive cycles in 2024.”
For more information, including the grant application process, visit www.wccf.net.