Over 95% of the Community Foundations grants are made through the generosity of each of our donor advised funds. While most of our grants are for general operating support, a donor tends to feel ‘connected’ through particular initiatives or programs of the nonprofit. Our donors may choose to fund any of the proposed grant requests below.
Capacity Building
- 4th Trimester Mommie | Proposal
- Act In Faith | Proposal
- Acupuncture Healing Arts | Proposal
- Coatesville Youth Wrestling | Proposal
- Educational Equity Alliance | Proposal
- Half a Million Kids | Proposal
- Keystone STEM Alliance | Proposal
- North Star of Chester County | Proposal
- Oxford Library | Proposal
- Oxford Theatre | Proposal
- Project ELEVATE Mobility | Proposal
- Project Libertad | Proposal
- Thorncroft Equestrian Center | Proposal
- Treetops Kitty Cafe | Proposal
- Volunteer English Program | Proposal
- West Chester Dance Works | Proposal
- West Chester University Foundation | Proposal
General Operating
- A Celebration of Life & Legacy Foundation | Proposal
- A Haven | Proposal
- Ann’s Heart | Proposal
- Arts Holding Hands & Hearts | Proposal
- ArtSmart | Proposal
- Baker Industries | Proposal
- Barclay Friends | Proposal
- Barn at Spring Brook Farm | Proposal
- Bishop Shanahan High School | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Boy Scouts of America, Chester County Council | Proposal
- Brandywine Battlefield Park Association | Proposal
- Brandywine Valley Active Aging | Proposal
- Brandywine Valley Chorale | Proposal
- Breakthrough Challenge | Proposal
- Bridge Academy & Community Center | Proposal
- Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital | Proposal
- CASA Youth Advocates | Proposal
- Camp Dreamcatcher | Proposal
- Camphill School | Proposal
- Canine Partners For Life | Proposal
- Chester County Food Bank | Proposal
- Chester County Futures | Proposal
- Chester County Lifelong Learning | Proposal
- Chester County OIC | Proposal
- Coatesville Youth Initiative | Proposal
- Community Warehouse Project | Proposal
- Connect Thru Cancer | Proposal
- Cornerstone Christian Fellowship | Proposal
- Danny’s Ride | Proposal
- Darby Creek Valley Association | Proposal
- Delaware Museum of Nature and Science | Proposal
- Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County | Proposal
- Easttown Library | Proposal
- Emmaus Home | Proposal
- Foundation for Learning In Treddyfrin-Easttown | Proposal
- Founding Forward | Proposal
- Fred’s Footsteps | Proposal
- Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children | Proposal
- Garage Community Youth Center | Proposal | Joines Addendum
- Gateway Horseworks | Proposal
- Gemma Services | Proposal
- Girls Spark | Proposal
- Good Fellowship Ambulance & EMS | Proposal
- Good Neighbors Home Repair | Proposal
- Good Samaritan Services | Proposal
- Good Works, Inc | Proposal
- Grace Inspired Living | Proposal
- Graystone Society | Proposal
- Great Valley Community Organization | Proposal
- Greater Philadelphia YMCA | Proposal
- Half a Million Kids | Proposal
- Health Care Access | Proposal
- Historic Yellow Springs | Proposal
- Home of the Sparrow | Proposal
- The Hickman | Proposal
- If Not For Music | Proposal
- Kennett After School Association-After the Bell | Proposal
- Kennett Area Community Services | Proposal-Joines
- Kennett Area Park Authority-Anson B. Nixon Park | Proposal-Joines
- Kennett Community Grocer | Proposal
- Kennett Flash | Proposal-Joines
- Kennett Library | Proposal-Joines
- LCH Health and Community Services | Proposal
- Leveling the Playing Field | Proposal
- Lighthouse Youth Center | Proposal
- Maternal and Child Health Consortium | Proposal
- Meals on Wheels of Chester County | Proposal
- Melton Center | Proposal
- Mental Health Partnerships | Proposal
- Mill at Anselma | Proposal
- Minding Your Mind | Proposal
- Mitzvah Circle | Proposal
- Mom’s House | Proposal
- Musicopia | Proposal
- National Society Daughters of the American Revolution-Chester County Branch | Proposal
- Neema Project | Proposal
- North American Land Trust | Proposal
- One House At A Time | Proposal
- Open Hearth | Proposal
- Oxford Area Historical Association | Proposal
- Pals For Life Association | Proposal
- Paoli Hospital Foundation | Proposal
- Parkesburg Point | Proposal | Proposal-STEM
- Partners Creating Community | Proposal
- Pathways School | Proposal
- Peacemaker Center | Proposal
- Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation | Proposal
- People’s Light & Theatre Company | Proposal
- Peter’s Place | Proposal
- Philadelphia Great Careers Group | Proposal
- Phoenixville Area Community Services | Proposal
- Phoenixville Area Senior Center | Proposal
- Phoenixville Free Clinic | Proposal
- Pottstown Regional Public Library | Proposal
- Project HOME | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Project Libertad | Proposal
- Restore Counseling Center | Proposal
- Roofs From the Heart | Proposal
- SCC Digital Alliance I Proposal part 1 I Proposal part 2
- Stronghold Leadership | Proposal
- Tender Hearts | Proposal
- Tick Tock Early Learning Center | Proposal
- Trin’Naz Helping Hands | Proposal
- Two Top Mountain Adaptive Sports | Proposal
- Tyler Arboretum | Proposal
- United Way of Southern Chester County | Proposal
- Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center | Proposal
- Variety-The Children’s Charity of the Delaware Valley | Proposal
- Valley Forge Educational Services | Proposal
- Villa Maria High School | Proposal
- Visioncorps | Proposal
- The Wardrobe PA | Proposal
- Well Rooted | Proposal
- West Chester Area Senior Center | Proposal
- West Chester Film Festival | Proposal
- West Chester Food Cupboard | Proposal
- Westside Community Center | Proposal
- Wills Eye Hospital | Proposal
- Wonderfully Me | Proposal
- Young Men & Women In Charge | Proposal
- Youth Mentoring Partnership | Proposal
Juneteenth
- American Helicopter Museum | Proposal
- MLKCommUNITY of Greater Kennett Area | Proposal
- New Garden Memorial UAME Church | Proposal
- St. Paul’s Baptist Church | Proposal
- Voices Underground | Proposal
Environmental
- Darby Creek Valley Association | Proposal
- French & Pickering Conservation Trust | Proposal
- Immaculata University | Proposal
- Jenkin’s Arboretum & Gardens | Proposal
- Kennett Area Park Authority-Anson B. Nixon Park | Proposal
- Stroud Water Research Center | Proposal
Erb Foundation
- Chester County History Center | Proposal
- Glen Foerd | Proposal
- Historical Society of Montgomery County | Proposal
- Manna on Main Street | Proposal
- North Wales Public Library | Proposal
- Patrician Society | Proposal
- Pearl S. Buck International | Proposal
- Wissahickon Valley Public Library | Proposal
TERF
Research
Project: collect cases of fungal abortion and stillbirth in mares from multiple institutions across the United States and Canada to characterize histologic and etiologic features
Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation – Proposal
Project: research proposes FE² (Finite Element squared) method where this multi-disciplinary team will use advanced multiscale models to determine how interactions between fascicles and the IFM influence SDFT mechanics
Project: Characterize the molecular composition of hoof tissue in racehorses; Identify longitudinal changes in the hoof tissue proteome during the early post-racing transition period. Define the molecular response of hoof tissue to microbial infection in cases of thrush and other hoof-associated bacterial or fungal diseases.
University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center – Proposal
Project: Use advanced ultrasound modalities—SWE and MVFI— to detect and characterize these early-stage injuries.
University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center – Proposal
Project: Pharmacokinetics of suzetrigine and antinociceptive effects after single dosing in horses – a pilot study.
Education & Scholarships
Amplify Horse Racing – Proposal
Belmont Childcare Association – Proposal
Kentucky Equine Management Internship – Proposal
Maryland Horse Foundation – Proposal
MidAtlantic Horse Rescue, Inc. – Proposal
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame – Proposal
Retired Racehorse Project – Proposal
Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga – Proposal
Thoroughbred Horseman’s Association – Proposal
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation – Proposal
PAY IT FORWARD
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