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 from our four grant categories:
Capacity Building Capital & Endowment General Operating Environmental
Capacity Building
Bournelyf Special Camp | Proposal
Chadds Ford Historical Society | Proposal
Chester County Art Association | Proposal
Coatesville Area Senior Center | Proposal
Downingtown Area Senior Center | Proposal
Fighting Back Scholarship Fund | Proposal
Future Leaders Today | Proposal
Garage Community & Youth Center | Proposal
Kennett Area Senior Center | Proposal
Meals on Wheels of Chester County | Proposal
Oxford Educational Foundation | Proposal
Parish Hall Kitchen | Proposal
Phoenixville Women’s Outreach | Proposal
Volunteer English Program | Proposal
Westside Community Center | Proposal
Capital & Endowment
- Bishop Shanahan High School | Proposal
- Boy Scouts of America, Chester County Council | Proposal
- Brandywine Valley SPCA Rescue & Rehab Center | Proposal
- Church Farm School | Proposal
- Colonial Theatre | Proposal
- Friendship Elementary | Proposal
- GPA Mobilization Ministries | Proposal
- Melmark | Proposal
- The Point-Renovations | Proposal
- The Point-Transportation | Proposal
- Tick Tock Early Learning Center | Proposal
- Uptown! Entertainment Alliance | Proposal
- Villa Maria Academy | Proposal
- Westside Community Center | Proposal
General Operating
- ACT Players | Proposal
- A Haven | Proposal
- AIM Academy | Proposal
- Alianzas de Phoenixville | Proposal
- ALS Association-Greater Philadelphia Chapter | Proposal
- American Association for Cancer Research Foundation | Proposal
- Andrew L. Hicks, Jr. Foundation | Proposal
- Ann’s Heart | Proposal
- A Path to Hope | Proposal
- Arc Alliance Advocacy Services | Proposal
- Area Residents Helping & Caring | Proposal
- Baker Industries | Proposal
- Barn at Spring Brook | Proposal
- Barnstone Art for Kids | Proposal
- Be a Part of the Conversation | Proposal
- Best Buddies of Pennsylvania|Proposal
- Bournelyf Special Camp | Proposal
- Boy Scouts of America | Proposal
- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance | Proposal
- Brandywine Valley Chorale | Proposal
- Brandywine Valley SPCA | Proposal
- Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital | Proposal
- BUCK Cancer Foundation | Proposal
- Cabrini University | Proposal
- Camp Dreamcatcher, Inc. | Proposal
- Camphill Special School | Proposal
- Camphill Village Kimberton Hills | Proposal
- Canine Partners For Life | Proposal
- CASA Youth Advocates | Proposal
- Chadds Ford Historical Society | Proposal
- Chester County 2020 | Proposal
- Chester County Art Association | Proposal
- Chester County Food Bank | Proposal
- Chester County Fund for Women and Girls | Proposal
- Chester County Futures | Proposal
- Chester County Historical Society | Proposal
- Chester County Library Trust | Proposal
- Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center | Proposal
- Chester County Women’s Services | Proposal
- ChesPenn Health Services – Medical | Proposal
- Church Farm School | Proposal
- Citizen Advocacy of Chester County | Proposal
- The Clinic | Proposal
- Coatesville Area Public Library | Proposal
- Coatesville Area Public Library | Proposal-2
- Coatesville Area Senior Center | Proposal
- Colonial Theatre | Proposal
- Communities That Care of Greater Downingtown | Proposal
- Community Volunteers in Medicine | Proposal
- Community Warehouse Project | Proposal
- Community, Youth, and Women’s Alliance | Proposal
- Concept School | Proposal
- Concordia Choral Arts | Proposal
- Crime Victims Center of Chester County | Proposal
- Daemion Counseling | Proposal
- Darlington Arts Center | Proposal
- David’s Drive 831 | Proposal
- Daylesford Abbey | Proposal
- Dayna’s iCare Foundation | Proposal
- DeafCAN! | Proposal
- Devereux | Proposal
- DMAX Foundation | Proposal
- Domestic Violence Center of Chester County | Proposal
- Downingtown Library | Proposal
- Fairmount Park Conservancy | Proposal
- Family Promise of Southern Chester County | Proposal
- Family Service of Chester County | Proposal
- Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge | Proposal
- Friends Association for Care and Protection of Children | Proposal
- Friends Home in Kennett | Proposal
- Future Leaders Today | Proposal
- Garage Community & Youth Center-Career Compass | Proposal
- Garage Community & Youth Center- After School | Proposal
- Girls Inc. | Proposal
- Good Fellowship Ambulance | Proposal
- Good Neighbors, Inc. | Proposal
- Good Samaritan Services | Proposal
- Good Works, Inc. | Proposal
- Graystone Society | Proposal
- Green Valleys Watershed Association | Proposal
- GunSenseUs | Proposal
- Handi-Crafters | Proposal
- Harcum College | Proposal
- Help Hope Live | Proposal
- Health Care Access Foundation | Proposal
- Health Care Improvement Foundation-CPR Ready | Proposal
- Hearts in Hands Community Center | Proposal
- The Hickman | Proposal
- Hope Beyond Borders, Program Incubator | Proposal
- Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy, Inc. | Proposal
- Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens | Proposal
- Junior Achievement of Southeastern PA | Proposal
- Kacie’s Cause | Proposal
- KenCrest | Proposal
- Kennett After School Association- After the Bell | Proposal
- Kennett Area Community Service | Proposal
- Kennett Area Park Authority | Proposal
- Kennett Area Senior Center | Proposal
- Kennett Symphony | Proposal
- Kennett Unionville Band Boosters | Proposal
- La Comunidad Hispana | Proposal
- LGBT Equality Alliance of Chester County | Proposal
- Literary Access Fund | Proposal
- Lord’s Pantry of Downingtown | Proposal
- Lundale Farm | Proposal
- Mainliner’s Chorus | Proposal
- Make A Wish Foundation | Proposal
- Maternal & Child Health Consortium | Proposal
- Meals on Wheels of Chester County | Proposal
- Mighty Writers | Proposal
- Mill at Anselma | Proposal
- Minding Your Mind | Proposal
- Mom’s House| Proposal
- Nellie’s School House | Proposal
- North Star of Chester County | Proposal
- Open Land Conservancy | Proposal
- Orion Communities | Proposal
- Oxford Area Neighborhood Services | Proposal
- Oxford Educational Foundation | Proposal
- Paoli Blues Festival | Proposal
- Paoli Hospital Foundation | Proposal
- Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow | Proposal
- Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation | Proposal
- People’s Light and Theatre Company | Proposal
- Philadelphia Great Careers | Proposal
- Philadelphia School Partnership | Proposal
- Phoenixville Area Community Services | Proposal
- Phoenixville Area Police Athletic League | Proposal
- Phoenixville Area Senior Center | Proposal
- The POINT| Proposal
- Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities | Proposal
- Project HOME | Proposal
- Providence Animal Center | Proposal
- PSP Camp Cadet of Chester County | Proposal
- Rotary Club of Longwood | Proposal
- RSVP | Proposal
- Safe Harbor Chester County | Proposal
- SeniorLAW Center | Proposal
- Shriners Hospital for Children | Proposal
- Society of St. Vincent De Paul-Sacred Heart Conference | Proposal
- Spring City Library | Proposal
- St. Gabriel Out of School Time | Proposal
- Steps4Hope | Proposal
- Theatre Horizon | Proposal
- Tick Tock Early Learning Center | Proposal
- Thorncroft Equestrian Center | Proposal
- Transformation Yoga Project | Proposal
- Trellis For Tomorrow | Proposal
- Triskeles | Proposal
- Unionville Community Fair | Proposal
- Uptown Entertainment Alliance | Proposal
- Valley Youth House | Proposal
- Volunteer English Program | Proposal
- W.C. Atkinson Memorial Community Service Center | Proposal
- West Chester University Community Mental Health | Proposal
- West Chester Food Cupboard | Proposal
- West Chester Friends School | Proposal
- West Chester Public Library | Proposal
- Westside Community Center | Proposal
- Wharton Esherick Museum | Proposal
- Wings for Success | Proposal
- Williamson College of the Trades | Proposal
- Won Community Service Center | Proposal
- YMCA of Greater Brandywine | Proposal
- YoungMoms | Proposal
- YCF aka Youth Community Forward | Proposal
- Youth Mentoring Partnership | Proposal
Environmental
- Brandywine Conservancy | Proposal
- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance | Proposal
- Delaware Riverkeeper Network | Proposal
- Green Valleys Association | Proposal-Trail
- Green Valleys Association | Proposal-WATER Club
- Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens | Proposal
- Open Land Conservatory | Proposal
- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary | Proposal
- PA Land Trust Association | Proposal
- Stroud Water Research | Proposal
- West Vincent Township | Proposal
Hadley
Kennett After School Association-After the Bell | Proposal
Tick Tock Early Learning Center | Proposal
Hadley-Greenwood Elementary