Event category: TFEC

The Emerging Philanthropists Program (EPP) will be hosting the 6th Annual Harrisburg Hoopla on Saturday, June 1, 2024. It will be a full-day event consisting of teams competing in various events such as physical games (individual and teams) and puzzle-type games. Each team will represent a local nonprofit organization and compete to donate a portion of the event’s proceeds to that nonprofit! A portion of the event’s proceeds will also benefit the Emerging Philanthropist Fund at TFEC.

Event Participant Registration – $60 

Event registration closes at midnight on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

Children are at risk of low academic performance (Low academic performance is a person’s ability to meet the minimum academic standards of an educational institution.) throughout the state. Based on the calculation of each county’s Average Risk Level, children in 40 counties (60 percent) are at moderate-high or high risk of low academic performance. Every county that The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) serves has children affected by risk factors for low academic performance.

• Dauphin: high risk
• Lebanon: moderate-high risk
• Perry: moderate-high risk
• Cumberland: low risk
• Dillsburg: moderate-high risk
• Franklin: moderate-high risk

For example, in one landmark study, advantaged children in the U.S. heard as many as 30 million more words by the age of three than children whose families were receiving public assistance.

In the same study, children from more advantaged families received much more praise and encouragement than children from less advantaged families (vs. reprimands, warnings, or scolding).

As a result, TFEC has launched a parent/caregiver campaign in 2023 entitled The Basics Movement. The Basics Strategy is grounded in five proven, science-based principles for early learning and brain development. By using sociological saturation within communities in TFEC’s service area, families can learn these techniques from trusted providers. In turn, children can then experience the development they need from birth to age 5 to be ready to succeed in school and life. Achievement disparities between children from different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds will shrink, as children from all backgrounds start school better prepared.

Please come join us to hear more about this grant opportunity for Dauphin and Perry counties. Please register to attend.

Join us to celebrate the graduating class of the 2023 Emerging Philanthropist Program!

The Emerging Philanthropists Program (EPP) seeks to engage Central PA’s emerging business and community leaders with the great possibilities that lie within philanthropic endeavors in our region. EPP provides resources and educational opportunities for those who wish to be actively engaged in philanthropic endeavors. In the culminating experience, the class applies their newly learned community and grantmaking skills by awarding a grant to a nonprofit organization in a funding priority chosen by the class after assessing community needs.