Foundations Community Partnership has announced that they will be dispersing a large amount of funds via grants to local nonprofits.

During the season of giving, Foundations Community Partnership’s Board of Directors awarded $158,400 in grants to 18 nonprofit organizations serving Bucks County, including 10 Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grants (BIIG) and eight Capital Improvement Grants. 

BIIGs recognize innovative programs and ideas to improve the lives of children, young adults, and families, while Capital Improvement Grants support structural improvements to facilities, durable equipment, and technology upgrades. 

“We appreciate the opportunity to support the important work these nonprofits do in our community,” said Abigail Halloran, Chair of FCP’s Board of Directors. “Collectively, these organizations will help 7,724 Bucks County residents by expanding services and infrastructure.” 

BIIGs totaling $103,400 were awarded to the following non-profit organizations:

• Bethany Christian Services of the Greater Delaware Valley – help resettle Ukrainian refugees in Bucks County
• Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 – provide STEAM scholarships to public high school students for field trips to Fab Lab
• Hands Holding Hearts – offer grief counseling to children, youth, and families
• Heritage Conservancy – help create outdoor learning space for social emotional learning
• National Giving Alliance – provide age, gender, and size appropriate clothing
• Operation Pathways – build upon a successful multi-generational, housing-based makerspace program that focuses on STEM learning and self-efficacy for the whole family
• Snipes Farm & Education Center – serve K-5 students in the Morrisville School District through the “Healthy Food, Healthy Us” program
• Special Equestrians – expand Hippotherapy Program
• Travis Manion Foundation – support interested Bucks County schools as they formalize student-led clubs
• Valley Youth House Committee – support behavioral health and wellness needs for transition-age youth

Capital Improvement Grants totaling $55,000 were awarded to the following non-profit organizations:

• Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic – add two behavioral health counseling rooms
• Central Bucks School District – purchase a walk-in refrigerator to store food provided to needy families
• Churchville Nature Center – expand the Butterfly House to include a botanical garden
• Family Service Association of Bucks County – provide security upgrades for homeless shelter
• Grand View Health Foundation – support four new patient-at-risk rooms
• Keystone Opportunity Center – complete needed renovations in affordable housing units
• The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania – purchase and install a generator for the Women’s Recovery Community Center
• YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties – support a wheelchair basketball program for disabled individuals

Learn more about the recent grants at Foundations Community Partnership.