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Stanley and Stella Becker Environmental Scholarship Fund Grant

Scranton Area Foundation Inc

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Other requirements

  • Student must be a resident of Monroe County.
  • Student must be a graduating senior from a high school to include public, private, home, online, or charter school.
  • Student must be intending to pursue a degree in a field related to environmental science in a school of higher education

Overview

Scranton Area Community Foundation
For over 70 years, the Scranton Area Community Foundation has served Northeastern Pennsylvania as a steward of charitable resources, a grantmaker, and a catalyst for positive change.
Scholarships
We are honored to be the stewards of over 90 scholarship funds established by philanthropically-minded individuals in our community. Generous donors entrust us to connect them to dynamic students to provide financial resources for their education through scholarships. Our donors establish scholarship funds with criteria they wish to be met by applicants. Our scholarship committee considers the criteria, evaluates the submitted applications, and chooses the best candidates for each scholarship.
This scholarship is awarded to a graduating high school senior who is a resident of Monroe County and intends to pursue a degree in a field related to environmental science in a school of higher education.

Eligibility

Student must be a resident of Monroe CountyStudent must be a graduating senior from a high school to include public, private, home, online, or charter schoolStudent must be intending to pursue a degree in a field related to environmental science in a school of higher education

What Scranton Area Foundation Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
154
Total given
$3.74M
Median grant
$11K
Range
$5,020–$338K
  • By dollars: Pennsylvania >99%, New York <1%, Massachusetts <1%. Top recipient cities: Scranton, PA; Wilkes-Barre, PA; Philadelphia, PA.
  • 87% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 42% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • United Neighborhood Centers of Nepa · Scranton, PA

    To support general purposes, along with food assistance and nepa rise

    $338K

  • Geisinger Health Foundation · Danville, PA

    To provide funding for the janet weis children's hospital

    $258K

  • Commission on Economic Opportunity · Pittston, PA

    To support general purposes

    $256K

  • Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA

    To support general purposes, along with food distribution

    $226K

  • Bloomsburg Area YMCA · Bloomsburg, PA

    To support general purposes

    $95K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Environmental education
  • Education

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