Doylestown, PA (October 20, 2025) – Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) recently awarded its fall Partnership in Youth Services (PYS) Grant to 16 non-profit organizations serving children, young adults, and families in Bucks County, Pa. Collectively, these organizations will help address the behavioral health and human service needs of 12,094 Bucks County residents.

 

“To meet the increased need of our non-profit partners, we doubled our available grant dollars for this cycle with the anticipated increase in applications,” said Tracy Pasternak Willis, Chair of FCP’s Board of Directors. “Seven of the 16 grant recipients are partnering with us for the first time, and we are grateful to all the nonprofits for their positive impact in the community.”

 

PYS Grants totaling $52,925 were awarded to the following nonprofits:

1. A Woman’s Place ($4,500) – to provide residents with appropriate and reliable transportation services for goal related, in-person appointments.
2. Able Force Employment ($2,500) – to provide employment to individuals with intellectual and development disabilities by producing marketable goods.
3. Barn Nature Center ($3,500) – to continue its collaboration with The Academy Community Service Program to provide at-risk youth with the opportunity to fulfill court-ordered community service while developing empathy through animal care.
4. BookSmiles ($4,000) – to coordinate the delivery of new and gently used age-appropriate books to area daycare centers, Head Start Programs, pre-schools, child development centers, and early learning centers.
5. Jewish Family & Children’s Services Greater Philadelphia ($2,500) – to support therapy and pediatric psychiatry to help children and youth cope with social, emotional, and mental health challenges.
6. Joe Hand Boxing Gym ($2,500) – to support the launch of a Police Athletic League program for at-risk youth in partnership with the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office.
7. Lakeside ($4,500) – to enhance in-school counseling and conflict resolution services for students facing anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation by equipping them with tangible coping resources and engaging families in preventative education.
8. Lenape Valley Soccer Club dba PA Rush ($4,000) – to support the Total Outreach Program for Soccer (TOPS), a national initiative for individuals with intellectual, emotional, or physical disabilities, providing a structured, adaptive environment that is safe, fun, and inclusive.
9. Life Path ($2,925) – to purchase a Medline Recliner to provide safe repositioning of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
10. Minding Your Mind ($3,500) – to provide mental health and suicide prevention education to children, adolescents, teens, young adults, their parents/caregivers, and school faculty.
11. No Longer Bound ($4,000) – to educate and prepare youth to become community leaders, empowering them to foster transparent dialogue and nonviolent resolutions in their community.
12. Outreach Care ($4,000) – to provide emergency shelter to prevent homelessness in Upper Bucks County.
13. St. Margaret of Castello Maternity Home ($3,000) – to help fund a bilingual counselor to provide pregnancy and parenting support.
14. Tend to Hope ($2,000) – to deliver “Seeds of Hope” bags to the Lenape Valley Lodge, providing self-care items and resources designed to instill dignity and hope in newly admitted individuals.
15. UrbanPonics ($1,500) – to offer affordable, fee-based programs on the techniques and joys of growing fresh produce while providing skills and confidence building activities for neurodiverse youth and young adults.
16. YWCA Bucks County ($4,000) – to provide direct, structured mental health and wellness support to youth, creating safe and nurturing environments where children can build resilience, understand their emotions, and develop healthy coping strategies.

 

The Board also awarded a $10,000 Emergency Action Grant to the Bucks County Center for Independent Living to restart select services impacted by Pennsylvania’s budget impasse; and offered organizational consultant support through a $3,159 Nonprofit Growth Grant (NGG) to Potential, Inc. and a $4,320 NGG to Sauers Cares.

 

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Photo caption: Owner Mike Fitzgerald (right) and his team at Able Force Employment accept a $2,500 Partnership in Youth Services Grant from FCP.

 

Media Contact:

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Phone: (267) 247-5584

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