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Current Funding Opportunities:

John Templeton Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trusts
William Penn Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Hillman Family Foundations
The Heinz Endowments
The Pittsburgh Foundation
McCune Foundation
Philadelphia Foundation
The Erie Community Foundation

Government Offices:

Pennsylvania State Home Page

Governor – (717) 787-2500, Harrisburg

Senator Bob Casey – (202) 224-6324, Washington, DC

Senator John Fetterman – (202) 224-4254, Washington, DC

General Resources:

Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO)

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Generocity

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Grants

Find Your PA State Legislator

Small Business Development Centers in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Pennsylvania Grant and Resource Directory (2017-2018)

Appalachian Regional Commission

United Way of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Programs and Funding

East And NE Resources:

(Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Allentown, Scranton, Wilkes Barre)

Regional Foundation Center at Free Library

The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University

Penn Law Entrepreneurship Clinic

Nonprofit Resource Network

Lancaster County Community Foundation

Urban Affairs Coalition

The Philadelphia Foundation

Philadelphia LawWorks

Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers

Pierpont-Welde Library Collection at Luzerne County Community College

The Luzerne Foundation

Berks County Community Foundation

Center for Community Solutions at West Chester University

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia

Adams County Community Foundation

The Wayne County Community Foundation

Central Resources:

(Williamsport, State College, Altoona, Johnstown)

Central Susquehanna Community Foundation

Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation

First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania (FCFP)

Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce

Moshannon Valley Economic Development Partnership (MVEDP)

Central Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

Centre Foundation

The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

West Resources:

(Beaver Falls, Pittsburgh, Erie)

Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania

Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Nonprofit Resource Center

The Forbes Funds

The Pittsburgh Foundation

The Nonprofit Partnership

The Erie Community Foundation

Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

African American Chamber of Commerce of Western PA

Together We Flourish: An Online Community of Nonprofits in Western PA

Chester County Community Foundation

Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise (PACE)

Community Foundation of Fayette County

Top Foundations:

FOUNDATION NAME TOTAL ANNUAL GIVING 
John Templeton Foundation$151,822,648 
The Pew Charitable Trusts$118,756,786 
The William Penn Foundation$115,486,802 
Richard King Mellon Foundation$92,990,972 
The Annenberg Foundation$68,280,461 
The Heinz Endowments$63,276,014 
The PNC Foundation$48,515,504 
The Pittsburgh Foundation$43,572,488 
Sarah Scaife Foundation$28,698,000 
McCune Foundation$26,699,927 
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation$21,664,195 
Alcoa Foundation$21,373,323 
The Allegheny Foundation$20,818,900 
The Philadelphia Foundation$19,462,332 
The Henry L. Hillman Foundation, Inc.$17,731,625 
The Luzerne Foundation$15,661,514 
The Erie Community Foundation$15,605,249 
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation$13,725,600 
The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation$13,122,463 
Connelly Foundation$11,302,564 
Grable Foundation$10,387,899 
The Lancaster County Community Foundation$10,116,616 
Eden Hall Foundation$9,584,230 
Lenfest Foundation$9,554,840 
Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust$8,324,500 
Oberkotter Foundation$8,256,305 
The Hillman Foundation, Inc.$7,876,500 
The Rite Aid Foundation$7,795,839 
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust$7,406,560 
John R. McCune Charitable Trust$7,279,000 
The Sidney Kimmel Foundation$7,255,985 
The Wawa Foundation Inc.$7,049,511 
CIGNA Foundation$6,182,200 
EQT Foundation$6,130,131 
English-Bonter-Mitchell Foundation$5,953,000 
The Air Products Foundation$5,874,321 
The Graham Foundation$5,685,850 
DSF Charitable Foundation$5,656,700 
PPG Industries Foundation$5,508,311 
Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio$5,455,205

Community Foundations:

FOUNDATION NAME GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS 
Berks County Community FoundationBerks County, PA 
Bread and Roses Community FundIn Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties; in New Jersey: Camden county 
Bridge Builders Community FoundationsClarion, Forest, Venango, Jefferson and other adjacent counties 
Bucks County FoundationBucks County, PA 
Capstone Legacy FoundationGreater Philadelphia Region 
Central Pennsylvania Community FoundationBlair County, PA 
Central Susquehanna Community FoundationColumbia, Lower-Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Union, and Snyder Counties in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania 
Centre FoundationCentre County, PA 
Chester County Community FoundationChester County, PA 
Clinton County Community FoundationClinton County, PA 
Community Foundation for the AllegheniesCambria, Bedford, Indiana and Somerset Counties, PA 
Community Foundation of Fayette CountyFayette County, PA 
Community Foundation of Greene CountyGreene County, PA 
Community Foundation of Warren CountyWarren County, PA 
Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern OhioMercer and Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania;Trumbull County in Ohio 
Delaware County Community FoundationDelaware county, PA 
Elk County Community FoundationElk County, PA 
First Community Foundation Partnership of PennsylvaniaNorth central Pennsylvania: Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Potter, Sullivan and Tioga Counties 
Lehigh Valley Community FoundationLehigh Valley, PA 
North East Community FoundationNorth East, PA area 
POISE FoundationPittsburgh/Allegheny County, PA 
Schuylkill Area Community FoundationSchuylkill county, PA 
Scranton Area FoundationScranton and Lackawanna county, PA 
Taylor Community FoundationDarby Township, PA; Glenolden Borough, PA; Collingdale Borough, PA; Sharon Hill Borough, PA; Folcroft Borough, PA; Tinicum Township, PA; Norwood Borough, PA: Prospect Park Borough, PA; Ridley Park Borough, PA; Eddystone Borough, PA; Ridley Township, PA; Nether Providence, PA; Springfield Township, PA; Rose Valley Borough, PA; Swarthmore Borough, PA; Rutledge Borough, PA; Springfield Township, PA; Morton Borough, PA; 
The Beaver County FoundationBeaver County, PA 
The Community Foundation for the Twin TiersBradford, Potter, Sullivan, and Tioga Counties in Pennsylvania and Tioga County in New York. 
The Community Foundation of the Endless MountainsSusquehanna and Wyoming counties, PA 
The Community Foundation Serving the Heart of Western PennsylvaniaMid-Western Pennsylvania 
The Erie Community FoundationErie County, PA 
The Foundation for Enhancing CommunitiesSouth Central Pennsylvania counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, and Perry, and the Dillsburg Area 
The Lancaster County Community FoundationLancaster County, PA 
The Luzerne FoundationLuzerne County, PA 
The Montgomery County FoundationMontgomery County, PA 
The Philadelphia FoundationBurlington and Camden counties, NJ; Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia counties, PA 
The Pittsburgh FoundationAllegheny County, PA 
Three Rivers Community FoundationSouthwestern PA (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland counties) 
Washington County Community FoundationWashington County, PA 
Wayne County Community FoundationWayne County, PA 
York County Community FoundationYork County, PA