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Attention Area Nonprofits! Lotus Fund Now Accepting Letters of Application for Arts Programs Serving Perry County
Harrisburg, PA – The Lotus Fund, a fund of the Perry County Community Foundation, a regional foundation of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC), is pleased to announce that Letters of Application are now being accepted from nonprofit organizations for arts...
read moreTwenty-two arts organizations awarded a total of $44,000
Harrisburg, PA While many live performances were canceled in 2020, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts recently made a $44,000 commitment to their resurgence in 2021. The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) has awarded these funds to twenty-two arts-centered...
read moreNON-TRADITIONAL, ADULT LEARNERS, ARE NOT LEFT OUT OF SCHOLARSHIP SEASON
TFEC'S Goal to Provide Access to Education to All Types of Learners HARRISBURG, PA, Jan. 11, 2021 – Access to education can help those facing hardships eliminate barriers that keep them in a never-ending cycle of poverty. That is why The Foundation for Enhancing...
read moreTFEC Awards More than $600,000 Granted to 139 Regional Nonprofit Organizations
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania –The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) announces that $641,166 in grant funds have been awarded to 139 nonprofit organizations through ten competitive grant opportunities submitted to TFEC’s August 1, 2020 deadline. All awarded...
read moreThe Fund for Women & Girls Awards $100,000 to 5 Local Nonprofit Organizations that Provide Assistance to Women and Girls in South Central PA
Harrisburg, PA (December 9, 2020) The Fund for Women & Girls annual grantmaking meeting looked slightly different this year. Aside from the virtual nature of all of our meetings these days, the Fund for Women & Girls grantmaking committee had five $20,000...
read moreThe Foundation for Enhancing Communities Joins Nationwide Celebration to Recognize the Local Impact of Community Foundations
November 5, 2020 ─ The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) will join in a nationwide celebration, November 12-18, 2020, to recognize the increasingly important role these philanthropic organizations play in fostering local collaboration and innovation to...
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COVID-19 fund grants more than $200,000 to nonprofit organizations in dire need
Grants provide lifeline to deserving nonprofits as COVID cases surge and stimulus deal is stalled HARRISBURG, Pa. (November 2, 2020) — The COVID-19 Community Response Fund reached a major milestone this week as it concluded its sixth and seventh rounds of grantmaking...
read moreTFEC Asks Regional Nonprofit Organizations to Complete COVID-19 Survey
Our region’s local community foundation for 100 years, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) is built on supporting philanthropic goals to create lasting community change. With a mission of strengthening our local communities by investing in them now and for...
read moreGrants from TFEC and United Way’s COVID-19 fund reach $184,000
Fifth round of grants buys PPE for Central PA schools, childcare centers and more during back-to-school season HARRISBURG, Pa. (August 26, 2020) — The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) and United Way of the Capital Region (United Way) have awarded its fifth...
read moreTFEC’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Our country is bruised and hurting. The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) Board of Directors and team have taken the last few months to acknowledge and reflect on issues of systemic racism and oppression that are facing people of color in our communities....
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