Doylestown, PA (December 19, 2022) – During the season of giving, Foundations Community Partnership’s (FCP) Board of Directors awarded $158,400 in grants to 18 non-profit organizations serving Bucks County, including 10 Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grants (BIIG) and eight Capital Improvement Grants.

BIIGs recognize innovative programs and ideas to improve the lives of children, young adults, and families, while Capital Improvement Grants support structural improvements to facilities, durable equipment, and technology upgrades.

“We appreciate the opportunity to support the important work these nonprofits do in our community,” said Abigail Halloran, Chair of FCP’s Board of Directors. “Collectively, these organizations will help 7,724 Bucks County residents by expanding services and infrastructure.”

 

BIIGs totaling $103,400 were awarded to the following non-profit organizations:

Organization	Grant will be used to
Bethany Christian Services of the Greater Delaware Valley	help resettle Ukrainian refugees in Bucks County.
Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22	provide STEAM scholarships to public high school students for field trips to Fab Lab.
Hands Holding Hearts	offer grief counseling to children, youth, and families.
Heritage Conservancy	help create outdoor learning space for social emotional learning.
National Giving Alliance	provide age, gender, and size appropriate clothing.
Operation Pathways	build upon a successful multi-generational, housing-based makerspace program that focuses on STEM learning and self-efficacy for the whole family.
Snipes Farm & Education Center	serve K-5 students in the Morrisville School District through the “Healthy Food, Healthy Us” program.
Special Equestrians	expand Hippotherapy Program.
Travis Manion Foundation	support interested Bucks County schools as they formalize student-led clubs.
Valley Youth House Committee	support behavioral health and wellness needs for transition-age youth.

 

Capital Improvement Grants totaling $55,000 were awarded to the following non-profit organizations:

Organization	Grant will be used to
Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic	add two behavioral health counseling rooms.
Central Bucks School District	purchase a walk-in refrigerator to store food provided to needy families.
Churchville Nature Center	expand the Butterfly House to include a botanical garden.
Family Service Association of Bucks County	provide security upgrades for homeless shelter.
Grand View Health Foundation	support four new patient-at-risk rooms.
Keystone Opportunity Center	complete needed renovations in affordable housing units.
The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania	purchase and install a generator for the Women’s Recovery Community Center.
YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties	support a wheelchair basketball program for disabled individuals.

 

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Photo caption: (Pictured from left to right) Zane Moore, President and CEO of YMCA Bucks and Hunterdon Counties, Dr. Tobi Bruhn, FCP’s Executive Director; Kira Liples, mom of Ciarlo who inspired the creation of wheelchair basketball program; Andrew Yannarella, YMCA’s Vice President of Operations; Danielle Cioffi, Vice President of Operations, Central Bucks Region; and Jaime Koller, YMCA’s Youth Development Instructor-We All Wheel, Lower Bucks Region.

 

Media Contact:

Name: Tobi Bruhn, Ed.D., CFRE

Title: Executive Director

Phone: (267) 247-5584

E-mail: info@fcpartnership.org