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
- Act in Faith | Proposal
- A Child’s Light | Proposal
- Atglen Public Library | Proposal
- Barnard Station | Proposal
- Bournelyf Special Camp | Proposal
- Brandywine Battlefield Park Association | Proposal
- Bridge of Hope of Chester County | Proposal
- Chenoa Manor | Proposal
- Chester County Pops Orchestra | Proposal
- Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds | Proposal
- Chester Springs Library | Proposal
- Community Warehouse Project | Proposal
- Diversity in Action-Phoenixville | Proposal
- Downingtown Community Education Foundation | Proposal
- Downingtown Library | Proposal
- Educational Equity Alliance | Proposal
- Emergent Abundance Farming Collective | Proposal
- Family Promise of Southern Chester County | Proposal
- Fiorenza’s Food For Friends | Proposal
- Gateway Horseworks | Proposal
- Glorify Performing Arts | Proposal
- Graystone Society | Proposal
- Great Valley Community Organization | Proposal
- Great Valley School District Education Foundation | Proposal
- Historical Society of Phoenixville | Proposal
- Honey Brook Community Library | Proposal
- Kennett Area Park Authority | Proposal
- Kennett Area Senior Center | Proposal
- Kennett Symphony | Proposal
- Laundromat Library League | Proposal
- Lundale Farm | Proposal
- Lyre Association of North America | Proposal
- Mill at Anselma | Proposal
- Mom’s House | Proposal
- North Star of Chester County | Proposal
- Oxford Educational Foundation | Proposal
- Oxford Library | Proposal
- Oxford Mainstreet | Proposal
- Pals For Life Association | Proposal
- People’s Pantry at Church Road | Proposal
- Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group | Proposal
- Phoenixville Women’s Outreach | Proposal
- RC Clothing | Proposal
- SILO | Proposal
- The Sparrow Fund | Proposal
- Volunteer English Program in Chester County | Proposal
- West Chester Dance Works | Proposal
- Westside Community Center | Proposal
- Young Moms | Proposal
General Operating
- A Child’s Light | Proposal
- Aevidum | Proposal
- A Haven | Proposal
- ALS Hope Foundation | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- American Red Cross | Proposals
- Andrew L. Hicks, Jr. Foundation | Proposal
- Angel’s Retreat | Proposal
- Arc of Chester County | Proposal
- Arts Holding Hands & Hearts | Proposal
- Avon Grove Education Foundation | Proposal
- Avon Grove Regional Emergency Management | Proposal
- Barclay Friends | Proposal
- Barnard Station | Proposal
- Barn at Spring Brook Farm | Proposal
- Barnstone Art For Kids | Proposal
- Bethesda Project | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Bishop Shanahan High School | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Bournelyf Special Camp | Proposal
- Boy Scouts of America, Chester County Council | Proposal
- Brandywine Valley Active Aging | Proposal
- Brandywine Valley Chorale | Proposal
- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance | Proposal
- Bridge Academy & Community Center | Proposal | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Bridge of Hope Chester County | Proposal
- Bringing Hope Home | Proposal
- Camp Dreamcatcher | Proposal
- Camphill Village Kimberton Hills | Proposal
- Camphill Village Kimberton Hills-Chamber Music Residency | Proposal
- Canine Partners For Life | Proposal
- Chenoa Manor | Proposal
- ChesPenn Health Services | Proposal
- Chester County Arts Association | Proposal
- Chester County Connect Care | Proposal
- Chester County Economic Development Council Foundation | Proposal
- Chester County Food Bank | Proposal
- Chester County Futures | Proposal
- Chester County History Center | Proposal
- Chester County Partnership to End Homelessness | Proposal
- Chester County Women’s Services | Proposal | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Child Guidance Resource Center | Proposal
- Children’s Dental Clinic | Proposal
- Children Deserve a Chance | Proposal
- Clarifi | Proposal
- Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance | Proposal
- Coatesville Area Public Library | Proposal
- Coatesville Center for Community Health | Proposal
- Coatesville Youth Initiative | Proposal
- Community Arts Center | Proposal
- Community Coalition | Proposal
- Community Volunteers in Medicine | Proposal
- CONCERN-Coatesville Treatment Unit for Boys | Proposal
- Cradles to Crayons | Proposal
- Crime Victims Center of Chester County | Proposal | Addendum
- Dawn’s Place | Proposal
- Delaware Art Museum | Proposal
- Devereux | Proposal
- Domestic Violence Center of Chester County | Proposal
- Easttown Library | Proposal
- Emergent Abundance Farming Collective | Proposal
- Emmaus Home | Proposal
- Family Promise of Southern Chester County | Proposal
- Family Service of Chester County | Proposal
- First United Methodist Church-Phoenixville | Proposal
- Fred’s Footsteps | Proposal
- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust | Proposal
- Friends Association for Care & Protection of Children | Proposal
- Friends Home in Kennett | Proposal
- Fund for Women & Girls | Proposal
- Garage Community Youth Center | Proposal
- Gemma Services | Proposal
- Girl Scouts of Eastern PA | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Glorify Performing Arts | Proposal
- Good Fellowship Ambulance & EMS | Proposal
- Good Neighbors Home Repair | Proposal
- Good Samaritan Services | Proposal
- Good Works, Inc | Proposal
- Green Valleys Watershed Association | Proposal
- Habitat for Humanity of Chester County | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Hayti Historical Society | Proposal
- Health Care Access | Proposal
- Hearts in Hands Community Center | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- The Hickman | Proposal
- Historic Sugartown | Proposal
- Historic Yellow Springs | Proposal
- Home of the Sparrow | Proposal
- Hope Partnership for Education l Proposal
- Horse Power For Life | Proposal
- Housing Partnership of Chester County | Proposal
- It Takes A Village | Proposal
- Jazz Sanctuary | Proposal
- Jewish Relief Agency | Proposal
- Junior Achievement of Southeastern PA | Proposal
- Kelly Anne Dolan Fund | Proposal
- Kennett After School Association | Proposal
- Kennett Area Community Services | Proposal
- Kennett Area Park Authority-Anson B. Nixon Park | Proposal
- Kennett Area Senior Center | Proposal
- Kennett Heritage Center | Proposal
- Kennett Underground Railroad Center | Proposal | WHYY Feature
- LCH Health & Community Services | Proposal
- Lighthouse Youth Center | Proposal
- Linden Farm on Brandywine Battlefield | Proposal
- Lord’s Pantry | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue | Proposal
- Maternal & Child Health Consortium | Proposal
- Max’s Kicks For Kids | Proposal
- Main Line Meals on Wheels | Proposal
- Mighty Writers | Proposal
- Minding Your Mind | Proposal
- Mitzvah Circle | Proposal
- Mom’s House | Proposal
- New London Counseling Center | Proposal
- One For All Artists | Proposal
- One House At A Time | Proposal
- Open Hearth | Proposal
- Orion Communities | Proposal
- Oxford Area Neighborhood Services | Proposal
- Oxford Arts Alliance | Proposal
- PA Elks Home Service Program l Proposal
- Pals for Life | Proposal
- Parkesburg Free Library | Proposal-Garden Beds
- Parkesburg Point | Proposal
- Pathway School | Proposal
- Peacemaker Center | Proposal | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- People’s Light and Theatre Company | Proposal
- Peter’s Place | Proposal
- Phoenixville Area Community Services | Proposal
- Phoenixville Area Senior Center | Proposal
- Phoenixville Free Clinic | Proposal
- Project Healing Hive | Proposal
- Project Home | Proposal -LeBoutillier
- Project Libertad | Proposal
- Project Outreach | Proposal
- Promoting Liberation to Under-Resourced Groups | Proposal
- Radley Run Mansion House | Proposal
- Roofs from the Heart | Proposal
- RSVP Volunteers | Proposal
- Safe Harbor of Chester County | Proposal
- Shriners Children’s Hospital-Philadelphia | Proposal
- SILO (Serving, Loving, Inspiring Others) | Proposal
- Social Enterprise Institute | Proposal
- SS. Phillip & James School | Proposal-LeBoutillier
- St. Joseph’s University-Kinney Center for Autism | Proposal
- Stroud Water Research Center | Proposal
- Thistle Hills | Proposal
- Tick Tock Early Learning Center | Proposal
- Tiny Dynamite | Proposal
- Trellis for Tomorrow | Proposal
- Unionville Community Fair | Proposal
- United Way of Chester County | Proposal
- Veterans Multi-Service Center | Proposal
- Villa Maria Academy | Proposal
- Visioncorps | Proposal
- Volunteer English Program | Proposal
- West Chester Dance Works | Proposal
- West Chester Food Cupboard | Proposal
- West Chester Public Library | Proposal
- Westside Community Center | Proposal
- WHYY | Proposal
- Wistar Institute | Proposal
- Women’s Resource Center | Proposal
- YMCA of Greater Brandywine | Proposal
- YMCA-Brandywine | Proposal
- YMCA-Jennersville | Proposal
- YMCA-Kennett | Proposal
- YMCA-Lionville | Proposal
- YMCA-Oscar Lasko Center | Proposal
- YMCA-Upper Main Line | Proposal
- YMCA-West Chester | Proposal
- Young Men & Women In Charge | Proposal
- Youth Mentoring Partnership | Proposal
Environmental
- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust | Proposal
- Historic Sugartown | Proposal
- Jenkins Arboretum | Proposal
- Schuylkill River Heritage Center | Proposal
Erb Foundation
- ACLAMO | Proposal
- Literacy Council of Norristown | Proposal
- Phoenxiville Public Library | Proposal
- RSVP | Proposal
AIP Foundation
- Arts Holding Hands And Hearts | Proposal
- Avon Grove Education Foundation | Proposal
- Kennett Library | Proposal
- Family Service of Chester County | Proposal
- Good Neighbors Home Repair | Proposal
- Camp Dreamcatcher | Proposal
- Parkesburg Point | Proposal
TERF
- Amplify Horse Racing | Proposal
- Belmont Child Care Association | Proposal
- Cornell University | Proposal
- Kentucky Equine Management Internship | Proposal
- Maryland Horse Foundation | Proposal
- MidAtlantic Horse Rescue | Proposal
- Retired Racehorse Project | Proposal
- Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation | Proposal
- Wilson College | Proposal
TERF Research
- Grayson Jockey Club | Proposal
- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine | Proposal 1
- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine | Proposal 2
- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine | Proposal 3
Capital & Endowment
Hadley
- TBD