Lancaster Clean Water Partners Award $87,000 in 2025 to Support Local Projects
The Lancaster Clean Water Fund serves as a catalyst for increased collaboration to efficiently achieve clean and clear water in Lancaster County by 2040.
The Lancaster Clean Water Fund serves as a catalyst for increased collaboration to efficiently achieve clean and clear water in Lancaster County by 2040.
Meet the 2025-2026 Lancaster County Community Foundation Scholarship Recipients. Learn how local students are using scholarships to pursue careers in nursing, education, engineering, and more.
2025 Cycle 1 Grants will fund projects that provide a variety of services, including homebound geriatric neighbors access to healthcare, help connect local gardeners to rural food pantries, improve early childhood education programs, spark historical preservation, and more.
Much of the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development funding goes to local "Continuum of Care," HUD's term for the interrelated network of services provided to address local homelessness
Proposed funding cuts and program changes could result in higher local cost of living and more people without stable housing in Lancaster County.
Seven organizations focused on supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community have received grants totaling $74,000 in 2025.
Medicaid cuts could have an outsized impact not only on community health, but on the healthcare economy in Lancaster County.
In Lancaster County alone, tourism brought nearly 10 million visitors to Lancaster County in 2023 and generated $2.58 billion in visitor spending. The loss of federal funding would curtail this economic growth.
Nonprofits and small businesses are the lifeblood of Lancaster County's local economy. Losing federal funding would put jobs at risk and stifle economic growth.
Numerous organizations — local governments, state and local agencies, nonprofits, private companies — collaborate on environmental initiatives in various ways. Much of their work is undergirded by federal funding, funding that is now at risk. Were it to be curtailed, it would have a significant impact, local nonprofit leaders say.