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Phoenixville Community Health Foundation Awards Nearly $1.2M in Grants

Many local organizations received grant money from PCHF.

 

Editor's Note: The following was submitted on behalf of the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation. 

In pursuit of its mission to improve the health and quality of life of people within the greater Phoenixville area, the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation met on March 15 and awarded grants to local non-profit organizations that provide access to health and human services to the residents of the greater Phoenixville area.

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In the final grant distribution of the current fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 the Foundation awarded $299,800 to charitable organizations serving the greater Phoenixville communities.

In separate consideration the Foundation approved a Capital Support Grant to the Chester County Public Safety Training Facility in the amount of $300,000 payable over five years. The Foundation also approved a grant to the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations [PANO] in the amount of $14,250 for the development of an Executive Leadership Institute. Also approved was an operating support grant to the Phoenixville Healthcare Access Foundation in the amount of $525,000 for 2012-2013.

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Since it began operations in 1999 nearly $25 million have been granted to non-profit organizations providing access to health and human services, public safety, recreation, economic development and non-profit capacity building.

Level One grants that provide direct access to health care totaled $65,000 and were awarded to:

  • Adult Care of Chester County
  • The Chester County Health Department
  • Family Service of Chester County and 
  • The Maternal and Child Health Consortium.

In addition to direct health care access grants, the Foundation board was privileged to be able to provide financial assistance to non-profit organizations whose work in the greater Phoenixville area addresses health and quality of life issues for the fragile, disabled and those at risk of falling further behind socially and economically. These Level Two grants total $184,800 and were awarded to the following organizations:

  • American Red Cross Southeastern PA Chapter, 
  • Baptist Church of Phoenixville, 
  • BCS Yes/ Baptist Children’s Services, 
  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southeastern PA, 
  • Bournelyf Special Camp, 
  • Chester County Food Bank, 
  • Domestic Violence Center of Chester County, 
  • Grimes AME Church, 
  • Mom’s House, 
  • Open Hearth Inc., 
  • Phoenixville Police Athletic League and 
  • The Phoenixville Community Education Foundation.

Level Three grants for civic, recreation, community and economic development, and non-profit technical assistance amounted to $50,300. These grants were awarded to the following organizations: 

  • American Cancer Society, 
  • Chester County Futures, 
  • Delaware Valley Grantmakers,
  • Phoenixville Public Library and 
  • Triskeles Inc.

The mission of the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation is to improve the overall health and quality of life in the greater Phoenixville community. Dr. Louis J. Beccaria, the Foundation’s President and CEO, noted that “These grants support this mission in that they address the physical, behavioral, social, economic and civic health of the Foundation’s community.”

For more detailed information on this round of grant awards please access the Foundation’s website at www.pchf1.org.


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