Community Foundation of Westmoreland County Grant Program

Community Foundation of Westmoreland County Grant Program is sponsored by Community Foundation of Westmoreland County. The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County's grant program supports nonprofit organizations by focusing on Capacity Building, the Greensburg Foundation Fund, Healthy Communities, and Revitalizing Westmoreland.

Hope Garden opened in 2015 thanks in part to a $6,500 grant from CFWC to the Sonward free after-school program in New Kensington. The mission of The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County’s grantmaking is to strengthen communities, promote change and address overlapping community issues. CFWC has worked with partner organizations to create special funding initiatives to respond to some of our region’s most pressing needs.

In 2025, the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County reviewed our grantmaking strategy to better align with the needs of our community and nonprofit organizations. We considered best practices in grantmaking and our grant requests over time, conducted focus groups with nonprofit organizations, held one-on-one conversations with nonprofit CEOs and surveyed the sector.

As a result of this work, CFWC is launching a revised grantmaking strategy in 2026 that better meets the needs of nonprofits as well as increases CFWC's impact. For more information on the new strategy, please download the 2026 FAQs . Download 2026 Grantmaking FAQs Greensburg Foundation Fund Greensburg Foundation Fund Established to serve the Greensburg community through small and community impact grants.

Responding to urgent levels and opportunities within communities experiencing high levels of poverty. CFWC supports the needs of vulnerable populations in the county while helping to develop the places in which they live. Flexible, rapid-response funding to help address unforeseen crises or urgent situations that jeopardize delivery of critical services or operations.