Grants
The Bethel Park Community Foundation has awarded well over $1,000,000 in grants.
It has touched practically every corner of our community!
Do you have the next project or initiative we can fund?
See below for guidelines and information about our grant process.
Turnaround time for Grant Requests may take up to three months. BPCF Executive Board will not review an incomplete Grant Request. Significant dollar value Grant Requests from the same organization shall be limited to every two years.
For ANY Grant Request over the value of $500, the grant application
MUST be submitted by the 2nd Thursday of the month. Failure to do so unfortunately means the Bethel Park Community Foundation board will not be able to review your request until the next meeting date.
STANDARD GRANT REQUESTS
All grant applications are to be submitted to the Foundation for review and discussion by the trustees-at-large for a vote of approval or disapproval. Grants are not funded for the benefit of only one person or if it is of limited benefit to the community. The Bethel Park Community Foundation thoroughly considers all grant requests which benefit the community in at least one of the five principal areas of enrichment:
• Community Facilities
• Opportunities in Education for Citizens of all Ages
• Expanded Recreational and Leisure Time Activities
• Increased Exposure to the Fine and Performing Arts
• Community Health and Safety
To begin the Grant Request process, click the button below in order to access the application.
To access a downloadable copy of the application to submit click the link here.
SMALL GRANT REQUESTS
Individuals and small groups may apply to the Foundation for
small grants not to exceed $500.
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The Bethel Park School District and the Bethel Park Municipality are excluded from using this type of grant application.
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The Foundation will approve a limited number of small grant requests each year. Once the defined number of small grants has been approved by the trustees for a given year, no other small grant requests will be reviewed in that year.
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As with the traditional grant request, the Foundation will consider requests which benefit the community in at least one of the five principle areas of enrichment (as listed above).
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Small grants will not be funded if they are for the benefit of only one person or are of limited benefit to the Bethel Park community.
To begin the Small Grant Request process, click the button below in order to access the application.
To access a downloadable copy of the application to submit click the link here.
We also offer small grant requests for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts in the community who are working to obtain their different merit awards such as The Gold Award or The Eagle Project.
Please refer to the button below in order to access the grant application for Scouts.
To access a downloadable copy of the application to submit click the link here.
Physical, paper copies of the application which are completed may be emailed to info@bpcf.org or mailed to the:
Bethel Park Community Foundation
PO Box 811
Bethel Park, PA 15102