LVCF announces recipients of Nonprofit Effectiveness grants

Lehigh Valley Community Foundation recently announced the recipients of its 2020-2021 Nonprofit Effectiveness grants. Nine Lehigh Valley nonprofits will participate in the foundation’s program designed to build organizational capacity.

The foundation launched the Nonprofit Effectiveness Program in 2018 to provide support to assist in strengthening nonprofit effectiveness in a variety of ways, partnering with nonprofits to build their internal infrastructure so that they may enhance their impact. The model included grant funding for a capacity-building project, and offered grantees a Community of Practice, a space for cohort-based organizational development sessions and peer-to-peer engagement.

These organizations received a $14,000 grant for a project and will be participating in a 2021 Community of Practice: „

■ Afros in Nature — Afros in Nature Financial Viability Plan

■ „ Black Heritage Association of the Lehigh Valley — Allentown Digital Inclusion Initiative

„■ Boys & Girls Club of Bethlehem — Great Leaders Initiative

■ „ Casa Guadalupe Center — Casa Communications/ Technology Update

„■ Cohesion Network — Project Sustainability

„■ Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King Memorial Project Inc. — Infrastructure Build Out Strategic Plan

„■ Pratyush Sinha Foundation — Mindful Education System „

■ Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley — Fund Development Plan

„■ Resurrected Community Development Corporation — RCDC Staff Compensation Study

In addition to the nine newly funded grantees for 2021, the foundation has renewed grants for two of the organizations that were funded the previous year. Both Humanitarian Social Innovations and the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley have been funded at $10,000 each this year to implement a joint project, the Regional Coordinated Nonprofit Capacity Building, Fact-Finding Phase.