16 nonprofits get $100K in grants

PAOLI » Malvern Federal Charitable Foundation, a charitable arm of Malvern Bank, National Association, has announced this year’s award of 16 grants to charitable, nonprofit organizations in its local markets totaling $100,000.

The organizations receiving grants are:

• Children’s Scholarship Fund of Philadelphia is a privately funded program whose mission is to provide children from under-resourced Philadelphia families with financial access to quality, safe, K-8th grade, tuition-based schools, thereby increasing their long-term economic and social success.

• Community Volunteers in Medicine provides free healthcare, hope and healing to uninsured families and individuals in the Chester County region in Pennsylvania, helping them live healthy, productive lives.

• Curing Kids Cancer in Marietta, Ga., founded in 2005 by Grainne Owen, has raised more than $17.5 million to fund pediatric cancer research. Curing Kids Cancer is one of a very fewf oundations that fund pediatric cancer research exclusively.

• FLITE, Foundation for Learning in Tredyffrin/Easttown,

Pa., funds programs that provide academic tools and support for local students, especially those who face barriers to their educational success, have the academic tools, opportunities, and support they need to succeed in school.

• Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children provides emergency shelter and prevention services for families facing homelessness or housing instability in Chester County, Pa.

• Home of the Sparrow in Exton, provides housing and supportive services to homeless and low-income women and their children.

• Homeless Solutions, Inc. offers shelter, services and supportive housing to the homeless and working poor in Morris County, N.J. Their philosophy is “A Hand Up, Not A Handout.”

• Housing Partnership of Chester County improves the quality of life for low-to-moderate income people of Chester County, Pa., by providing the ability to acquire and maintain decent, affordable housing.

• Maternal & Child Health Consortium in West Chester, founded in 1991, focuses on improving maternal and child health through the collaborative

efforts of individuals, providers and policy makers.

• North Star of Chester County guides working parents with dependent children in Chester County, Pa., who are at risk of homelessness, toward stability and financial independence.

• Peter’s Place in Wayne, provides safe and supportive environments for grieving children and families and acts as a community resource to foster understanding of the effects of death and grief.

• Roots & Wings in Denville, N.J., provides young adults who age out of New Jersey’s foster care system with safe housing, case management, education, counseling, and life skills in order to empower them toward self-sufficiency.

• Royer-Greaves School for Blind in Paoli, provides a caring and supportive place for children and adults with visual and other impairments to live, learn, and train for their most rewarding and independent lives.

• Quantum House is a caring and supportive home that lessens the burden for families whose children are receiving treatment in Palm Beach County, Fla., for a serious medical condition.

• Vantage Health System of New Jersey, organized in 1957, provides opportunities for wellness through integrated mental and physical healthcare, support services, and affordable housing.

• Vita Nova Inc. provides a safe place for young adults to get help when they do not have anywhere to turn for school, work, healthcare, and housing.

“Collectively, these organizations provide vital services each year to thousands of people in Southeastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and Palm Beach County, Fla.,” said Anthony C. Weagley, President of the Malvern Federal Charitable Foundation. “Our grants are intended to assist these organizations in fulfilling their missions of helping our neighbors. Since its founding in 2008, the Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $800,000 to organizations that improve the quality of life in our growing service area.

“We believe this, coupled with the charitable giving in excess of $550,000 provided by Malvern Bank since my arrival in 2014, makes an impact on the communities we serve. We focus on education andwill continue to support schools at the bank level this coming year; schools such as The Woodlynde School, the Timothy School and Freedoms Foundation, who have been past grant recipients,” said Weagley.