Empowering Communities Grant Recipients.

The PPL Foundation awarded Empowering Communities Grants to more than 50 nonprofit organizations working to build stronger communities in eastern and central Pennsylvania. 

Grant recipients are:  

  • American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania 
  • Brodhead Watershed Association, Henryville  
  • Bucks County Housing Group, Warminster 
  • CAT-Coalition for Appropriate Transportation, Bethlehem  
  • Center for Employment Opportunities, Harrisburg  
  • Central PA Conservancy, Carlisle 
  • Clinton County Economic Partnership Foundation, Lock Haven 
  • Diakon Child, Family & Community Ministries, Topton  
  • DIG Furniture Bank, Milton  
  • Focus Central Pennsylvania, Danville  
  • Getting Ahead Foundation, Lewisburg  
  • Great Valley Native Plant Society, Carlisle   
  • Greater Hazleton Area Civic Partnership, Hazleton   
  • Greater Philadelphia YMCA, Conshohocken   
  • Greater Wilkes-Barre Growth Partnership, Wilkes-Barre   
  • Lacawac Sanctuary, Lake Ariel   
  • Lancaster Conservancy, Lancaster   
  • LEAF Project, Landisburg   
  • Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation, Tamaqua   
  • Manada Conservancy, Hummelstown   
  • Monroe County Habitat for Humanity, Tobyhanna   
  • Natural Lands Trust, Media   
  • New Hope Ministries, Dillsburg   
  • North Branch Land Trust, Dallas   
  • Penn’s Northeast, Pittston   
  • Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, Camp Hill   
  • Perry County Council of the Arts, Newport   
  • Pocono Mountains United Way, Stroudsburg   
  • Pocono Northeast Development Fund, Pittston   
  • River Valley Regional YMCA, Williamsport   
  • Riverfront Parks Committee, Wilkes-Barre   
  • SACA Development Corporation, Lancaster   
  • Schuylkill Chamber Foundation, Pottsville   
  • Scranton Neighborhood Housing Services, Scranton   
  • Sharing Excess, Lehigh Valley   
  • Susquehanna Health Foundation, Williamsport   
  • The Common Wheel, Lancaster   
  • The Edible Classroom, Washington   
  • The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Harrisburg  
  • The Institute, Wilkes-Barre   
  • The Lancaster Science Center, Lancaster   
  • The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, Lewisburg   
  • United Neighborhood Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Scranton   
  • Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition, Lackawaxen   
  • Via of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem   
  • Wayne County Community Foundation, Honesdale   
  • Wildheart, Harrisburg   
  • Wildlife Leadership Academy, Lock Haven   
  • YWCA Lancaster, Lancaster   

Grant Recipient Spotlight

Find out more about the organizations that have received a Sustaining Grant from the PPL Foundation.