In the News

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania received $187,611 in donations from nine area businesses through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s EITC Program allows businesses to donate to organizations approved by the Department of...

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania (FCFP) is proud to grant $48,000 to six nonprofit organizations through its Tree House Fund. Since starting in 2010, the Tree House Fund has benefited over 27,000 children through grants to twelve nonprofit organizations.

The Fund is a regional field of...

Thursday, August 16, 2012

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania (FCFP) has entered into a no surface occupancy lease agreement with Inflection Energy LLC (Inflection) to ensure the preservation and sustainability of Rider Park in perpetuity. On August 10, 2012, the Board of Directors of FCFP unanimously voted to lease gas and...

Thursday, August 2, 2012

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Again this year, the annual Little League Challenger Division exhibition game that is part of the Little League Baseball World Series schedule, will be televised.

Since 2001, two Little League Challenger Division teams have been invited to play in the exhibition game. The first three years the teams came from...

Sunday, July 29, 2012

There are grants, and then there are great grants.

Two Lycoming County nonprofit organizations were recently named the first-ever recipients of the First Community Foundation Partnership's "Great Grants," which are designed to have a major impact on organizations' programming and services.

The foundation, which dates to 1916 in...