Announcing the 2021 Innovative Impact Grant Cycle

Date: 07.20.21

Apply now for an Innovative Impact Grant! The Scranton Area Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications for its 2021 Innovative Impact Grants cycle and invites charitable organizations working to address the needs of people living in the Lackawanna County region to apply. Innovative Impact Grants provide funding support to 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, quasi-governmental organizations, and government entities looking to...

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Just Released: 2020 Annual Report

Date: 07.15.21

Access Our 2020 Annual Report Highlights from the report include: Our regional response to COVID-19 | Your willingness to give allowed us to establish one of the first COVID-19 Response Funds in the nation, which provided critical, sustaining support to organizations on the front lines of the pandemic. Grants were quickly deployed to provide child care, virtual education, food and...

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Robert H. Spitz Foundation Announces 2021 Grants

Date: 07.13.21

  Scranton, PA – The Robert H. Spitz Foundation, administered by the Scranton Area Community Foundation, announces its 2021 grants, awarding a total of $717,500 to 45 nonprofit organizations in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Foundation distributed a total of $717,500 in grants to the following nonprofit organizations: Adopt A Boxer Rescue, Allied Services Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern PA,...

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Important Updates from the NEPA Animal Welfare Collaborative

Date: 07.07.21

Pennsylvania Transport and Services Survey You can help strengthen a more coordinated interstate transport program to benefit homeless animals! The Federated Humane Societies of Pennsylvania, the nation’s oldest continually active non-regulatory member organization representing animal welfare organizations and individuals from around Pennsylvania, is conducting a survey and asking members of the NEPA Animal Welfare Collaborative (that's you!) to participate to...

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Announcing the 2021 James F. Swift Scholarship Recipients

Date: 07.06.21

The Scranton Area Community Foundation is proud to announce the 2021 James F. Swift Scholarship recipients. Twenty students from thirteen different high schools in the area have been awarded a prestigious scholarship through the James F. Swift Scholarship Fund administered by the Scranton Area Community Foundation, which provides $5,000 per year for each recipient for up to four years to...

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Scranton Area Community Foundation Staff in Motion

Date: 07.02.21

Here's a look at what some of our team members have been up to recently... Congratulations to our Communications Manager, Brittany Pagnotti, who recently earned her Master's Degree in Business Administration with a focus in Digital Marketing from Messiah University!   Brittany attended her graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Congratulations to our President and CEO, Laura Ducceschi, who...

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Join us for Women in Philanthropy’s Quarterly Event

Date: 06.30.21

Join us in our first IN PERSON event since 2019! On Thursday, August 12, 2021, Women in Philanthropy’s Quarterly Event will be held from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Constantino’s Event Venue in Clarks Summit. Join us in person to network, mingle, and hear about all that Women in Philanthropy is accomplishing, because of YOUR support! Women in Philanthropy Quarterly...

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LAST CALL to apply for a grant from the MHA Memorial Shelter/Rescue Fund!

Date: 06.25.21

LAST CALL to apply for a grant from the MHA Memorial Shelter/Rescue Fund! Applications will be accepted until Wednesday, June 30, 2021. The MHA Memorial Shelter/Rescue Fund at the Scranton Area Community Foundation is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations in support of animal shelters or animal rescue efforts working to help abused, abandoned, or injured dogs. The MHA Memorial Shelter/Rescue...

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Scranton Area Community Foundation Board in Motion

Date: 06.16.21

Our board members are doing amazing work in our communities! The Scranton Area Community Foundation’s Board of Governors is comprised of community leaders and volunteers who are committed to the Foundation’s mission of enhancing the quality of life of people in Northeastern Pennsylvania through the development of organized philanthropy. Our board members are elected because of their knowledge and understanding...

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Now Accepting Nominations of the 2021 Margaretta Belin Chamberlin Award

Date: 06.14.21

SUBMIT NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2021 MARGARETTA BELIN CHAMBERLIN AWARD!  Women in Philanthropy and the Scranton Area Community Foundation invite you to nominate an individual for the 2021 Margaretta Belin Chamberlin Award. The Margaretta Belin Chamberlin Award is presented annually to a woman who demonstrates the following qualities: Commitment to community: to the wellbeing of individuals regardless of socioeconomic status, race, religion, ethnic background, age or gender and to the common good Vision,...

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$1 MILLION DOLLAR FOUNDATION GRANT FUNDS NEW ROBERT H. SPITZ AQUATICS CENTER AT SCRANTON JCC

Date: 06.11.21

The Robert H. Spitz Foundation, administered by the Scranton Area Community Foundation hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. inside the Jewish Community Center of Scranton (601 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton) to celebrate the Scranton JCC’s new Robert H. Spitz Aquatics Center. The complete refurbishment of the Aquatics Center was made possible in large part by...

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NEPA Gives Raises Over $1.24 Million in 24 Hours for 200+ Nonprofits

Date: 06.08.21

24-Hour Regional Fundraiser Exceeds Ambitious $1 Million Dollar Goal! Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti officially proclaims June 4, 2021 as NEPA Gives Day Photo: Scranton Area Community Foundation Board Chair Ken Okrepkie and Scranton Area Community Foundation President and CEO Laura Ducceschi proudly hold the official proclamation from Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti declaring June 4, 2021, as NEPA Gives Day. The...

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