The Foundation for Enhancing Communities Impact Grants support nonprofit organizations working to strengthen communities across South Central Pennsylvania.
Donor Name: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities
State: Pennsylvania
County: Cumberland County (PA), Dauphin County (PA), Franklin County (PA), Lebanon County (PA), Perry County (PA), York County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/01/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Through this grant opportunity, TFEC seeks to strengthen community capacity by investing in local non-profit organizations and partnerships that drive measurable impact and long-term sustainability to address diverse needs in communities. By supporting initiatives that increase access to services, enhance collaboration and align local resources around shared goals, the grant opportunity empowers communities to address pressing challenges with locally informed, data-driven solutions. Emphasis is placed on strategies that generate lasting outcomes—such as strengthened organizational infrastructure (i.e. strategic plans and measurable outcomes), sustainable strategies, and equitable community-wide benefit—ensuring that benefits extend well beyond the grant period and create enduring positive change.
The Community Impact Grant is available to organizations of all sizes, budgets and reaches. The number of grant awards is dependent upon the number of qualified applicants, funds sought, and available funding at the time of grant selection.
Funding Priorities
The Community Impact Grant is empowered by a range of special funds which serve to collectively strengthen local communities and eligible applicants that address:
- Education: Early childhood education; education & development programs for children & youth; educational programs serving adults
- Environment & Parks: Environmental stewardship; horticulture & the arts; health & environment; park beautification & improvement
- Health & Wellness: Health & human services; programs and projects focusing on: cancer awareness and/or research, dental care for those in need, HIV & AIDS, individuals with debilitating or terminal illness, individuals with intellectual disabilities, prevention of head and/or spinal cord injury, purchasing of devices that improve accessibility
- Homelessness & Hunger: Programs & projects addressing homelessness & hunger
- Housing Stability: Funding for immediate response to programs and projects that strengthen housing stability.
- Mental Health: Counseling for children with terminally ill family members; guidance, counseling, or programming that includes guidance and/or counseling for youths; programs and projects that address mental health
- Seniors: Programs & projects serving older adults
- Animal Welfare: Programs that serve for the protection and well-being of all animals.
- Communities of Focus: Programs and projects that benefit residents of Millersburg, a borough of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Disaster relief & human services that serve the communities of Lebanon City, PA, and Cressona, PA. Projects to enhance Camp Hill Borough parks provided by youth organizations such as Scout programs or other youth organizations; programs & projects that focus upon or nurture access to early childhood education within Camp Hill.
- Each community of focus is supported by special funds and parameters established by caring community members and is specific to the respective community.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible projects must serve individuals, groups, and/or locations within Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon and Perry Counties and/or the Dillsburg Area of Northern York County.
- Projects can serve one or more of these counties.
- The Benjamin Franklin Trust Fund is available through the Community Impact Grant and gives preference to Mifflin and Juniata counties.
- Applicants must either be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, a nonprofit organization as recognized by the IRS as such, or have a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization act as a fiscal sponsor for the proposed project.
- Applications from faith-based organizations for programs or projects that serve all members of the community, as applicable to the project, and do not require participation in religious activity for receipt of services are eligible.
For more information, visit TFEC.
