Allentown, Pa., November 21, 2024— The Upper Bucks Community Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation awarded $38,780 in grants to eleven nonprofit organizations in the region. This fund is primarily supported by two area-of-interest funds: the Richard E. Gasser Fund and the Erwin J. and Gertrude K. Neusch Fund, which provide annual grants to programs serving the Upper Bucks area, including the Palisades, Pennridge, and Quakertown School Districts.
Grants, ranging from $2,000 to $5,000, were recommended by the advisory committee for the Upper Bucks Community Fund, a committee of the Foundation focusing on the region. “The Upper Bucks Community Fund Advisory Group carefully reviewed each application in alignment with the fund’s priorities,” said Monique Saunders Moreno, Program Officer for Arts, Culture & Creative Economy at the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation. “After thorough discussion, the group collaboratively recommended the final awards, drawing on their collective expertise about the Upper Bucks region to support projects that enhance the quality of life for local residents.”
The following organizations received grants for programs from the fund’s 2024-25 grant cycle. The funded programs are listed as well.
Durham Historical Society
Durham Historical Society Archeological Dig
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
Girl Scouts STEM Programming – Upper Bucks
Heritage Conservancy
Tree Plantings Across Upper Bucks County
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
General Operating Support
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Camp Invention STEM, Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs in Upper Bucks County
Palisades School District
Palisades Middle School Watershed Integration Program (WIP)
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
PSF’s Community Touring Productions and FreeWill in Upper Bucks
Quakertown Community Center
Art at the Drop
Quakertown Music Promoters Organization (QMPO)
Quakertown Music Promoters Organization (QMPO) on behalf of Quakertown Percussion
River Valley Waldorf School
Visual and Performing Arts Summer Camp
Upper Bucks County Technical School
EXPLORE: Engaging Learning Opportunities through Real-world Experiences
About the Upper Buck Community Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
The Upper Bucks Community Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, a geographic affiliate of Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, consists primarily of two area-of-interest funds. The Richard E. Gasser Fund and Erwin J. and Gertrude K. Neusch Fund are for organizations and programs primarily serving the Palisades, Pennridge and Quakertown School Districts in the Upper Bucks area. Recently added to Upper Bucks umbrella, The Bucks County Free Library Endowment Fund is an agency fund that benefits the seven-branch county library system with locations in Bensalem, Doylestown, Langhorne, Levittown, Perkasie, Quakertown, and Yardley-Makefield.
Learn more about the Upper Bucks Community Fund on the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation website.
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