The First Community Foundation Partnership is accepting applications for its Century Fund for Human Services Competitive Grant Program.
Donor Name: First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania
State: Pennsylvania
County: Lycoming County (PA), Montour County (PA), Northumberland County (PA), Snyder County (PA), Union County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:10/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This Fund will ensure that health and human needs are met and that can improve the quality of life for all. It means the most vulnerable are provided for, where no need goes unmet and that can affect positive change for all.
Program Focus: Dignity
- Basic human needs: shelter, food, clothing, hygiene
- Making a house a home: furniture, housewares, utilities
- Supporting individuals’ ability to thrive rather than just exist.
Funding Information
One $25,000 grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit organizations that are qualified to receive tax-exempt contributions as defined by the IRS
- In the vast majority of cases, applicants will be 501(c)(3) organizations, or a unit of local government as described in Section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Nonprofit organizations without 501(c)(3) status may work through another qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is willing to serve as a Fiscal Sponsor
- Religious organizations may only apply through a secular qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for community-wide programs/projects
- School districts and school district foundations may only apply if partnering with one or more other school districts
- Organizations that benefit the residents of Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and/or Union County.
Ineligibility
- Annual campaigns
- Costs that were or will be incurred prior to the anticipated grant approval date
- Endowments
- General operating expenses such as salaries for current staff positions, rent, utilities, insurance, office equipment, supplies
- Salaries for new staff may be considered if the sustainability of the position is well-presented and feasible
- Indirect costs: costs not directly related to carrying out the funded program/project
- Multi-year funding requests
- Operating or program deficits
- Political advocacy that supports or promotes the interests of any one political party or candidate
- Re-granting
- Requests from individuals
- Requests where alternate Pending Funding Sources equal more than 25% of the proposed program/project budget.
For more information, visit FCFP.
