The Provident Bank Foundation (PBF) is seeking applications for its 2025 Empowerment Grant.
Donor Name: The Provident Bank Foundation (PBF)
State: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Empowerment Grant program provides two years of flexible funding support for programs, projects, or initiatives that are based within the geographic footprint and that align with at least one of PBF’s newly revised funding priorities and the corresponding areas of interest. Funding requests must demonstrate community enhancement and meaningful impact over the grant term.
Funding Priorities/Areas of Interest
- Education | Quality education and vocational training to build the skills needed to participate fully in the economy
- Community colleges
- Vocational programs
- Special education services
- Human Services | Social safety nets to support vulnerable populations in times of greatest need
- Housing assistance
- Food security
- Healthcare access for un-/underinsured individuals
- Youth mental health services
- Workforce Development | Career opportunities and skills development to support pathways to economic self-sufficiency
- Job training
- Employment supports
- Reentry programs.
Funding Information
Empowerment Grants will be awarded in the range of $5,000-$10,000 per year for two years for organizations with operating budgets between $50,000-$1 million per year, and in the range of $10,000-$25,000 per year for two years for organizations with operating budgets between $1 million-$15 million per year.
Uses of Funds
Grant funds can be used for a variety of purposes within the program, project, or initiative detailed in your funding request, including but not limited to:
- Overhead expenses and administrative salaries
- Program expenses
- Equipment purchases
- New program start-up expenses in an established organization.
Geographical Areas
PBF aligns its funding support to Provident Bank’s extensive branch network across parts of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Eligibility Criteria
- $50,000–$1 million
- 501(c)3 AND 509(a)1 or 509(a)2
- 2+ full operating years
- Form 990 / 990-EZ
- 990-N e-postcards are not accepted!
- Not in an active grant
- Serves at least one community where there is a Bank branch, or a community contiguous to a branch
- $1 million–$15 million
- 501(c)3 AND 509(a)1 or 509(a)2
- 2+ full operating years
- Audited/reviewed financial statements
- Form 990 / 990-EZ
- 990-N e-postcards are not accepted!
- Not in an active grant
- Serves at least one community where there is a Bank branch, or a community contiguous to a branch.
For more information, visit PBF.
