Nonprofit Effectiveness Program (BIPOC-led Organizations)
Funding Amount
$10,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
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
Program Type: Capacity building grants for nonprofit organizations
Geographic Scope: Lehigh Valley region (Pennsylvania)
Target Organizations:
- Organizations whose leadership identifies as Black, Brown, Latinx/o/a, or Asian
- Committed to serving Lehigh Valley's Black and Brown communities
Funding Details:
- Each organization receives $10,000 grant for general operating expenses
- Renewal cycle for 2021-22 funding year (historical)
- First year participants received $14,000
Program Components:
- Grant funding for capacity-building projects
- Community of Practice participation
- Space for individual reflection in community
- Deepening relationships with peers
- Facilitated sessions on equity, racism, and inclusion
- Storytelling and narrative-building sessions
Background:
- Launched as pilot in 2018
- Designed to provide targeted internal infrastructure support
- Strengthens nonprofit effectiveness in various ways
- Recognition that diverse organizations provide culturally-centered approaches in service delivery
Contact:
- Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
- Director of Community Investments: Megan Briggs
- 840 West Hamilton Street, Suite 310
- Allentown, PA 18101-2422
- Phone: 610-351-5353
- Email: Info@LVCFoundation.org
- Website: www.lvcfoundation.org/grants
What Lehigh Valley Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 132
- Total given
- $8.61M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,250–$1.12M
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 93%, New York 4%, Tennessee <1%. Top recipient cities: Allentown, PA; Bethlehem, PA; Easton, PA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 17% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Lehigh Valley Hospital · Allentown, PA
Health
$1.12M
Lafayette Collete · Easton, PA
Education
$1.1M
Desales Univeristy · Center Valley, PA
Education
$1.03M
New Bethany Inc · Bethlehem, PA
Human services
$808K
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA
Community & economic development
$574K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
- BIPOC
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