2025 saw a record number of competitive grant

applications to the Clinton County Community Foundation!

Thanks to the benevolence of donors, the Clinton County Community Foundation is honored to offer an annual competitive grant program for eligible nonprofits and municipal entities. Since its founding in 1968, the Foundation has provided millions of dollars in grants to help nonprofits and emergency first-responders to provide critical services to thousands of Clinton County residents, while also funding cultural, community betterment and public park improvement initiatives.

Each January, the board of directors gathers to review dozens of grant applications. For 2025, the Foundation received a record 88 individual grant applications seeking a total of just under $1 million in grant funding! Further, the 88 applicants pledged to invest another $1 million to support their services and projects.

Here is the list of approved grants for this (2025) calendar year.

RECIPIENTS 2025

A Woman's Concern Pregnancy Resource Clinic, $5,000

American Red Cross of Central PA, $5.000

Annie Halenbake Ross Library, $10,433 (3 grants)

Artpost Awareness, $952

Bucktail Medical Center, $6.703

Boxes of Hope, $1,798 (2 grants)

Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, $10,000

City of Lock Haven (Beach), $2,000

City of Lock Haven (Concert Series), $5,000

Clinton County Arts Council, $7,650

Clinton County Community Dental Clinic, $8,000

Clinton County Conservation District, $1,500

Clinton County Economic Partnership, $7,500

Clinton County Fair Association, $20,863

Clinton County Historical Society, $1,500

Clinton County Housing Coalition, $2,700

Clinton County Police Camp Cadet, $9,500

Clinton County Camp Cadet Lacy Day, $1,800

Clinton County United Way, $7,500

Covenant United Methodist Church, $800

Dogwood Circle Garden Club, $1,250

Downtown Lock Haven Inc., 3,726.90

Dunnstable Township, $3,000

Dunnstown Volunteer Fire Co., $6,330

Flemington Borough, $3,250

Foundation for Free Enterprise Education, $4,170

Goodwill Hose Co. Ambulance Assn., $9,000

Greater Renovo Heritage Park, $5,100 (2 grants)

Horses of Hope Inc., $2,500

Infant Development Center, $6,500

Kent's Fest, $6,000

Keystone Central School District, $2,500

Lock Haven Area Shoe Bank, $10,000

Mill Hall Community Pool, $50,000

Mill Hall Vol. Fire Co., $3,000

Millbrook Playhouse, $6,000

Nittany Valley Vol. Fire Co., $14,465

PA State Flaming Foliage Festival, $5,000

Piper Aviation Museum, $7,629

Precise for Paws Inc., $3,303

Regatta Foundation, $3,800

Salvation Army Lock Haven, $10,000

St. Paul's Food Pantry, $3,500

Sugar Valley Community Fire Co., $9,000

Sugar Valley Lions Food Pantry, $3,000

Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Co., $9,000

Western Clinton County Recreation Authority, $12,559.40

Western Clinton County Sportsman's Association, $5,500

Woolrich Community Center, $1,200