Clean Water Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Geography
- Organizations with science-based water quality improvement projects
Other requirements
- Local partners working on water restoration
- Collaborative initiatives across the landscape
Overview
Geographic Scope: Lancaster County, PA
Focus Areas:
- Water quality restoration and improvement
- Stream health improvement
- Groundwater protection
Overview:
The Clean Water Fund will enable local partners to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of water restoration projects using technology, cultural sensitivity, and science-based practices. The goal is to get Lancaster County's streams to clean and clear in a generation.
Community Need:
- Over half of Lancaster County's 1,400 miles of streams are not healthy
- Much of the groundwater is unhealthy
- Clean water is a priority for partners across all of Lancaster County
Approach:
- Collaborative effort with a group of partners ready to work across the landscape
- Focus on restoration projects in priority places
- Science-based practices
- Technology and cultural sensitivity integrated into projects
Partnership:
Managed in collaboration with Lancaster Clean Water Partners, a coalition working to provide clean and clear local waterways.
Additional Resources:
Lancaster Clean Water Partners website: [available through main website]
How to Apply
Application Process
Information Session:
- The Community Foundation holds annual info sessions for the Clean Water Fund
- Sessions feature Lancaster Clean Water Partners representatives
- Applicants are encouraged to bring questions
2020 Info Session Details:
- Date: June 18, 2020
- Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
- Format: Zoom webinar
- Presenters: Allyson Gibson (Lancaster Clean Water Partners) and Alma Felix (Lancaster County Community Foundation)
To Apply:
- Attend or review the annual info session materials
- Contact the Community Foundation or Lancaster Clean Water Partners for application details
- Align project with water quality restoration goals
- Submit application materials
Eligible Applicants:
- Local partners working on water restoration
- Organizations with science-based water quality improvement projects
- Collaborative initiatives across the landscape
Project Focus:
- Restoration projects in priority areas
- Technology-based solutions
- Culturally sensitive approaches
- Efficiency and effectiveness improvements
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Lancaster County Community Foundation's IRS filings)
Spanish American Civic Association (Saca)
Lancaster, PA · 2022
$59K
Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County
Lancaster, PA · 2022
$39K
Lancaster, PA · 2022
$24K
Lancaster County Conservation District
Lancaster, PA · 2022
$12K
6 grants in Lancaster County Community Foundation's 2022 filings reference “Clean Water Fund” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Lancaster County Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 373
- Total given
- $14.75M
- Median grant
- $19K
- Range
- $5,020–$1.05M
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 98%, New York <1%, Utah <1%. Top recipient cities: Lancaster, PA; Lititz, PA; Elizabethtown, PA.
- 95% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 7% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Dayspring Christian Academy · Mountville, PA
Donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for general operating support and…
$1.05M
Lancaster County Conservancy · Lancaster, PA
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for…
$542K
Water Street Ministries · Lancaster, PA
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for…
$393K
Moravian Manor · Lititz, PA
General operating support
$333K
YWCA Lancaster · Lancaster, PA
General operating support, race against racism, women of achievement event, poetry…
$317K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Water
- Environment
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