Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Reading/Berks County, Pennsylvania
Program Purpose: The ESG program provides funding to:
- Engage homeless individuals and families living on the street
- Improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families
- Help operate emergency shelters
- Provide essential services to shelter residents
- Rapidly rehouse homeless individuals and families
- Prevent families/individuals from becoming homeless
Administering Organization: Berks Coalition to End Homelessness (BCEH)
Contact Information:
- Phone: (610) 372-7222
- Email: elise@bceh.org
- Address: 600 Penn St, Reading, PA 19601
- Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 3:30pm
What Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 3
- Total given
- $127K
- Median grant
- $51K
- Range
- $16K–$60K
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 100%. Top recipient cities: Boyertown, PA; Reading, PA; Lancaster, PA.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Homeless
- Supportive housing
- Housing
- Food security
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