Empowering Communities Grant Recipients

The PPL Foundation awards $1,000,000 annually in Empowering Communities Grants to nonprofit organizations across eastern and central Pennsylvania – supporting programs that make a real difference in the communities we serve.

  • Allentown Art Museum
  • Allentown Symphony Association
  • ASSETS Lancaster
  • Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Scranton
  • Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, Allentown
  • Carlisle Family YMCA
  • Central PA Conservancy, Carlisle
  • Central Susquehanna Opportunities, Shamokin
  • CHOP Out Hunger, Towanda
  • Clare House, Lancaster
  • Communities In Schools of Pennsylvania, Camp Hill
  • Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem
  • Community Bike Works, Allentown
  • Domestic Violence Service Center, Wilkes-Barre
  • Friends of Camp Louise Shickshinny, Shavertown
  • Getting Ahead Foundation, Lewisburg
  • Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, Miquon
  • Girls on the Run Berks County, Reading
  • Girls on the Run Lehigh Valley and Pocono, Fogelsville
  • Good Samaritan Services, Ephrata
  • Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity, Williamsport
  • Greater Philadelphia YMCA, Conshohocken
  • Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA, Lewisburg
  • Harrisburg Area YMCA          
  • IM ABLE Foundation, Wyomissing
  • Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation, Lake Ariel
  • Lancaster County Food Hub             
  • Leadership Northeast, Wilkes-Barre
  • Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation, Schnecksville
  • Lehigh Valley Inter-Regional Networking & Connecting, Bethlehem
  • Lehighton Area Memorial Library    
  • Meals On Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Allentown
  • Midwest Food Bank, Middletown
  • Monroe County Habitat for Humanity, East Stroudsburg
  • Neighbor Helping Neighbor Food Bank, New Bloomfield
  • NEPA Inclusive, Pittston
  • North Pocono Public Library, Moscow
  • Northeast Search and Rescue, Stroudsburg
  • O.S. Johnson Technical Institute, Scranton
  • Pocono Northeast Development Fund, Pittston
  • Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, Bethlehem
  • River Crossing YMCA, Doylestown
  • Schuylkill Chamber Foundation, Pottsville
  • Susquehanna Health Foundation, Williamsport
  • The Arc Susquehanna Valley, Sunbury
  • The Cooperage Project, Honesdale
  • The Edible Classroom, Columbia
  • The Hub, Millersville
  • The Joshua Group, Harrisburg
  • The Lancaster Science Center
  • The Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanon, Lancaster
  • The Open Link, Pennsburg
  • Wayne County Community Foundation, Honesdale
  • Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg
  • Wildlife Leadership Academy, Lock Haven
  • Williamsport Symphony Orchestra

  • Allentown School District Foundation 
  • American Red Cross (various Pennsylvania chapters)  
  • Appalachian Audubon Society, Camp Hill  
  • Bloomsburg Area YMCA  
  • CAN DO Community Foundation, Hazleton  
  • Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), Harrisburg 
  • Central Susquehanna Opportunities, Shamokin  
  • Clinton County Economic Partnership Foundation, Lock Haven  
  • Diakon Child, Family & Community Ministries, Mechanicsburg 
  • Elizabethtown Community Housing & Outreach Services, Elizabethtown  
  • Film Arts Culture & Tourism Specialist (FACTS), Harrisburg  
  • Friends of Camp Louise Shickshinny, Shavertown 
  • Greater Hazleton Area Civic Partnership, Hazleton 
  • Greater Philadelphia YMCA, Conshohocken 
  • Greater Wilkes-Barre Growth Partnership 
  • Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity  
  • Lancaster City Alliance  
  • Lancaster County Food Hub 
  • Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board 
  • Latino Hispanic American Community Center, Harrisburg 
  • LEAF Project, Landisburg 
  • Lehigh Valley Zoo, Schnecksville 
  • Macungie Ambulance Corps 
  • Marywood University , Scranton 
  • Meals On Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley 
  • Midwest Food Bank, Middletown 
  • Milagro House, Lancaster 
  • Mount Carmel Area Community Center 
  • New Hope Ministries, Dillsburg 
  • Nicholas Wolff Foundation, Millville 
  • Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center, Pittston  
  • North Branch Land Trust, Dallas  
  • Northeast PA Manufacturers & Employers Council, Pottsville  
  • Partnership for Career Development, Enola  
  • Penn State Schuylkill, Schuylkill Haven 
  • Penn’s Northeast, Pittston  
  • Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, Schwenksville  
  • Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry 
  • Pocono Services for Families and Children, East Stroudsburg 
  • Raven Ridge Wildlife Center, Washington Borough 
  • Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, Bethlehem 
  • Riverfront Parks Committee, Wilkes Barre 
  • Rodale Institute, Kutztown  
  • Schuylkill Chamber Foundation, Pottsville 
  • SEEDS of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Honesdale 
  • Shamokin Area Business for Economic Revitalization, Coal Township 
  • Susquehanna Health Foundation, Williamsport 
  • The Edible Classroom, Columbia 
  • The Institute, Wilkes-Barre 
  • The Lancaster Science Center 
  • The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, Lewisburg  
  • Trust for Public Land, Scranton  
  • Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition, Lackawaxen 
  • Valley Youth House Committee, Bethlehem  
  • Weis Center for the Performing Arts, Lewisburg 
  • Wildlife Leadership Academy, Lock Haven 
  • Youth Infusion, East Stroudsburg