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The 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...
The 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...

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...
TFEC 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...
Grants 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...
TFEC’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....
Nonprofits aiding continued COVID-19 relief receive $169,278 in grants from TFEC and United Way
COVID-19 Community Response Fund awards fourth round of grants to Central PA nonprofits providing essential services HARRISBURG, Pa. (July 22, 2020) — The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) and United Way of the Capital Region (United Way) has awarded an...
Call for Applications! Emerging Philanthropist Fund Announces Grant Opportunity
Harrisburg, PA (July 2, 2020) – The Emerging Philanthropist Program, a joint project of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) and Harrisburg Young Professionals, announces that the 2020 Emerging Philanthropist Fund Grant Application is now available and...
Jeremy T. Gill Awarded Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts & Letters
Former scholarship recipient receives a prestigious fellowship from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, an honors society of the country’s leading architects, artists, composers, and writers. HARRISBURG, Pa. (June 24, 2020) — The Foundation for Enhancing...
TFEC ANNOUNCES OVER $128,000 IN GRANT AWARDS TO 43 AREA NONPROFITS!
Harrisburg, PA (June 23, 2020)— The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) announces that $128,100 in grant funds have been awarded to 43 nonprofit organizations through four competitive grant opportunities submitted to TFEC’s February 1, 2020 deadline. All...