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Scranton Area Community Foundation
Scranton Area Community Foundation is on a mission to enhance the quality of life for all people in Northeastern Pennsylvania through the development of organized philanthropy. A public 501c3 community foundation, the Scranton Area Community Foundation serves as a steward, a grantmaker, a charitable resource, and a catalyst for change.
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www.safdn.org
Recent News from Scranton Area Community Foundation
Helping Women in Business
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
SCRANTON -- The old South Side Bank and Trust Building on Cedar Avenue is now home to a People's Security Bank and soon a lot more. Part of the first floor will become a women's business incubator...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
SCRANTON -- The old South Side Bank and Trust Building on Cedar Avenue is now home to a People's Security Bank and soon a lot more. Part of the first floor will become a women's business incubator...more
Regional transit key to economic progress
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
The Scranton Area Community Foundation is a public charity whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for people in Lackawanna County through the development of organized philanthropy. It acts...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
The Scranton Area Community Foundation is a public charity whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for people in Lackawanna County through the development of organized philanthropy. It acts...more
Spitz Foundation announces first grants
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
“It falls in line with his target areas and focus,” said Laura Ducceschi, president and CEO of the Scranton Area Community Foundation, which administers the Spitz Foundation. A Scranton native,...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
“It falls in line with his target areas and focus,” said Laura Ducceschi, president and CEO of the Scranton Area Community Foundation, which administers the Spitz Foundation. A Scranton native,...more
Scranton Area Community Foundation accepting grant applications
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
SCRANTON — The Scranton Area Community Foundation is accepting applications from local nonprofit organzations seeking Community Needs Grants of up to $25,000 each. This grant program will have two...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
SCRANTON — The Scranton Area Community Foundation is accepting applications from local nonprofit organzations seeking Community Needs Grants of up to $25,000 each. This grant program will have two...more
Jazz in the Schools looks to build an audience
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
The program recently received a $3,000 grant from the Scranton Area Community Foundation. By 2018, Jazz in the Schools hopes to reach three-quarters of Lackawanna County's high schools, said Robert...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
The program recently received a $3,000 grant from the Scranton Area Community Foundation. By 2018, Jazz in the Schools hopes to reach three-quarters of Lackawanna County's high schools, said Robert...more
Official: Federal Reserve spearheads engagement
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
Working with the Scranton Area Community Foundation, the Federal Reserve pushed the issue forward. “We hosted a discussion to look into...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
Working with the Scranton Area Community Foundation, the Federal Reserve pushed the issue forward. “We hosted a discussion to look into...more
Conference focuses on future of public transportation
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
... opportunities, you will create reasons for people to move away from their car," Laura Ducceschi with the Scranton Area Community Foundation...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
... opportunities, you will create reasons for people to move away from their car," Laura Ducceschi with the Scranton Area Community Foundation...more
Study: Fiscal Decay Accelerates in PA Municipalities
Foundation: Berks County Community Foundation, Community Giving Foundation, Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, Lancaster County Community Foundation, Scranton Area Community Foundation, Luzerne Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, York County Community Foundation
Funders include: Berks County Community Foundation, Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation, Central Susquehanna Community Foundation, ... Community Giving...more
Foundation: Berks County Community Foundation, Community Giving Foundation, Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, Lancaster County Community Foundation, Scranton Area Community Foundation, Luzerne Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, York County Community Foundation
Funders include: Berks County Community Foundation, Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation, Central Susquehanna Community Foundation, ... Community Giving...more
Fiscal decay accelerates in Pennsylvania municipalities
Foundation: Berks County Community Foundation, Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, Lancaster County Community Foundation, Scranton Area Community Foundation, Luzerne Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, York County Community Foundation
The disturbing drift threatens the ability of many urban, suburban and rural municipalities to provide even basic services that keep the...more
Foundation: Berks County Community Foundation, Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, Lancaster County Community Foundation, Scranton Area Community Foundation, Luzerne Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, York County Community Foundation
The disturbing drift threatens the ability of many urban, suburban and rural municipalities to provide even basic services that keep the...more
Namedropper 8/6/2017
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
Support from community organizations, including the Scranton Area Community Foundation, helps the festival to grow and continue to...more
Foundation: Scranton Area Community Foundation
Support from community organizations, including the Scranton Area Community Foundation, helps the festival to grow and continue to...more
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Childcare Charitable Group Named Top Social Enterprise
Employers For Childcare Charitable Group (EFCG), a Lisburn-based charity, has been crowned top Social Enterprise at the Ulster Final of 2014’s Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards. EFCG seeks to “make it easier for parents with dependent children to get into work and to stay in work.”