Local grant makers BLBB Charitable, Bucks County Foundation (BCF), and Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) have launched a new joint funding opportunity, Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County …
NOVA, Bucks County’s crime victim services agency, recently received a $10,000 Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grant (BIIG) from Foundations Community Partnership.The BIIG grant will be used by …
During the season of giving, Foundations Community Partnership’s (FCP) Board of Directors awarded $166,350 in grants to 21 nonprofit organizations serving Bucks County, including 13 Bucks …
Last spring, Foundations Community Partnership Executive Director Tobi Bruhn, with staff and board, launched #FCPresents, a series aimed at strengthening the nonprofit sector.
Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) is accepting applications for its Bucks Innovation & Improvement (BIIG) and Capital Improvement (CAP) spring grant cycles. Eligible nonprofits can submit a …
During the season of giving, Foundations Community Partnership’s (FCP) Board of Directors awarded $166,350 in grants to 21 nonprofit organizations serving Bucks County, including 13 …
Foundations Community Partnership (FCP), a philanthropic grant-making foundation supporting the behavioral health and human service needs of children, young adults, and families in Bucks County, has …
NOVA recently received a $10,000-grant from Foundations Community Partnership to be used to support upgrades to the security system at the organization’s Jamison office. The nonprofit serves some of …
Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) welcomes nationally-known speaker, Chad Barger, to Bucks County from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Jan. 24, at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit in Doylestown.
Foundations Community Partnership is accepting applications from eligible nonprofits for its General Operating Support Grant cycle. In addition, FCP’s Summer Youth Corps program (SYC) is accepting …
Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) is now accepting applications for its Partnership in Youth Services (PYS) Grant cycle. Eligible nonprofits can apply for up to $4,500 by Feb. 1. After …
In 2014, Dan Emr launched the nonprofit "Worthwhile" Wear in the U.S. It has grown to offer the most comprehensive services to survivors of human trafficking in Pennsylvania. What started with one employee — Emr — has grown to a staff of 80+ full- and part-time workers, plus hundreds of volunteers. It preaches a message of hope and healing to between 150 and 250 survivors a year.
Two Central Bucks South teenagers who live in Jamison but are members of different troops now sport coveted shiny Gold Award pins on their Girl Scout uniforms.
Girl Scouting is about a lot more than cookies. Writer Kathryn Finegan Clark profiles the headquarters for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania.
For more than a decade, an organization devoted solely to supporting families and their new babies has flourished across the greater Philadelphia region.Aptly named The Baby Bureau, the once-small …
For more than a decade, an organization devoted solely to supporting families and their new babies has flourished across the greater Philadelphia region. Aptly named The Baby Bureau, the once-small …
Brian Valdez’ love affair with ice hockey began in 1987 when the Philadelphia Flyers played the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup. Born with cerebral palsy, which made walking without assistance …
Brian Valdez’ love affair with ice hockey began in 1987 when the Philadelphia Flyers played the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup. Born with cerebral palsy, which made walking without assistance impossible, Valdez grew up in Northeast Philly playing goalie for his neighborhood street hockey team — it was the only position he could play on his knees. Eventually, Valdez gave up street hockey and, for the next couple of decades, he figured his puck-stopping days were over. Then, two years ago, at age 45, Vadez discovered the Hammerheads Sled Hockey Association Inc., a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for athletes with disabilities to play.
Sometimes our worst nightmares are realized. Sometimes we don’t know how we’ll go on. When a child is faced with the death of a parent, sibling or someone else dear in their life, not only is the pain unimaginable, the questions seemingly endless and the fear far-reaching, the need for support is crucial.
The relationship between trained volunteer tutors at Vita Education Services and their students is a win-win situation. As the students learn a new language, a new way of life, the shared experience offers a rich font of information, a dive into cultural diversity that expands both tutors’ and students’ worlds. Three tutors agreed to discuss their experiences.
