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Empowerment Grant is sponsored by The Provident Bank Foundation. Provides multi-year grants to nonprofit organizations in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, focusing on education, human services, and workforce development.
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2025 Grants & Guidelines | The Provident Bank Foundation 2025-27 Empowerment Grant Partners 2025-27 Empowerment Grant Partners 2026 Application Guidelines PBF’s guidelines are an important part of the partnership we seek to achieve with applicants. We offer these guidelines as a way to help organizations determine whether their request is the right fit for our funding priorities, and to offer insight into the application process.
Download the 2026 Empowerment Grant Guidelines document ( updated 1/6/2026 ). PBF's Empowerment Grants provide two years of flexible funding support for programs, projects, or initiatives that are based within our geographic footprint and align with at least one of our newly revised funding priorities and the corresponding areas of interest.
Funding requests must demonstrate community enhancement and meaningful impact over the grant term. Grants will be awarded to eligible organizations in the range of $5,000-$10,000 per year for two years for organizations with operating budgets between $50,000-$1 million per year, and in the range of $10,000-$25,000 per year for two years for organizations with operating budgets between $1 million-$15 million per year.
Application Window: April 1–30 Grant Notification: ~July 31 PBF Review and Assessment: May 1–July 15 Grant Term: August 1, 2026–July 31, 2028 We are pausing the Signature Grant Program in 2026. Organization’s Operating Budget 2025 Grants Budget Allocation 501(c)3 AND 509(a)1 or 509(a)2 * 990-N e-postcards are not accepted!
Serves at least one community where there is a Bank branch, or a community contiguous to a branch 501(c)3 AND 509(a)1 or 509(a)2 Audited/reviewed financial statements * 990-N e-postcards are not accepted!
Serves at least one community where there is a Bank branch, or a community contiguous to a branch Program budget/narrative (expenses + revenues) Audited/reviewed financial statements Program budget/narrative (expenses + revenues) Organizations seeking a grant from PBF must be certified as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code and classified as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a)1 or 509(a)2.
We recommend checking your organization’s status at www. guidestar. org .
Applicants must serve or demonstrate impact in at least one community where Provident Bank has a physical presence . Requests will not be accepted from organizations in an active grant term or with outstanding progress reports. Additional eligibility criteria can be found in the grant guidelines document (forthcoming).
Requests that do not meet these requirements will be declined. Organizations applying for an Empowerment Grant will complete a single-stage application with supporting documentation, as detailed in the guidelines document . All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
2025 Empowerment Grant Timeline Application Opens April 1 at 9:00 AM Application Due April 30 at 5:00 PM Notification from PBF July 31 Grant Term August 1, 2026 – July 31, 2028
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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The Fund for Women & Girls Grant Program is sponsored by The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC). The Fund for Women & Girls, an initiative of TFEC, makes grants to local nonprofit organizations in specific South Central PA counties. The grants support projects that advance the lives of women and girls by providing opportunities to address basic needs, develop economic self-sufficiency, and strengthen health and safety needs.
VGF grants will be used to develop and/or support community-based entities to recruit, manage, and support volunteers. CNCS seeks to fund effective approaches that expand volunteering, strengthen the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers, and develop strategies to use volunteers effectively to solve problems. Specifically, the VGF grants will support efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments.Applicants that receive funding under this Notice may directly carry out the activities supported under the award, or may carry out the activities by making sub-grants to community-based entities, supporting volunteer generation at these entities.). Funding Opportunity Number: AC-05-25-21. Assistance Listing: 94.021. Funding Instrument: G. Category: O. Award Amount: $6.1M total program funding.