Lancaster Farmland Trust
With its $7.5 million capital campaign – to preserve 4,000 acres of land on 50 farms – nearing successful completion, Lancaster Farmland Trust is contemplating its path forward. We’re proud of our role as ‘farmland protector’. We know that agriculture is critical to addressing a variety of pressing community needs like food insecurity and clean water. Through this capacity building grant, LFT will chart the course for the next phase of the organization by engaging a consultant to lead us through a strategic planning process that will result in a clear vision for the future.
Safe Communities, a program of Humanitarian Social Innovations
The key to building our organization into a strong and sustainable nonprofit that will serve Lancaster County for many years is strengthening our capacity for fund raising. Although we have years of experience in designing and delivering programs to stop child sex abuse and support adult survivors, we lack Development expertise. This grant will pay for a development consultant familiar with Lancaster County to help us grow our donor base, plan for a fund raising event we can build on in subsequent years, cultivate corporate sponsorships and more effectively identify grant opportunities.
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
PIRC is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2021 and has hired a strategic planning consultant to guide an in-depth review of PIRC’s current business model, mission, vision, values, and internal culture to ensure that PIRC continues to provide life-saving services for another 25 years. A planning retreat and development of the strategic plan are funded by existing funding. LCCF funds will be used for consultant support for implementation of the strategic plan, support for board structure and engagement efforts, and operational/administrative expenses related to the strategic planning process.
Lancaster Family YMCA
The Lancaster Family YMCA is looking to purchase Finance and Budgeting software so that staff can more efficiently and effectively compile, adjust, and implement budgets and finance operations. After the upcoming merger with the YMCA of York and York County, the Lancaster Family YMCA, which will be called the YMCA of the Roses, will grow from an $7,000,000 organization to about a $15,000,000 organization so this software will be necessary to increase its capacity to handle the increased and more complex finance and budget needs.
Occupational Development Center
This grant would help us purchase needed video equipment and editing software. We serve Lancaster County adults with I/DD. The unemployment rate for this population is greater than 80%. As we train our individuals for future employment, we have found that traditional resumes don’t capture who they are and what they are capable of doing. Shooting video resumes gives them a better chance to be seen, and show off their personality and skill sets. Additionally, we would use this equipment to record employment scenarios to show prospective employers what it means to hire someone with I/DD.
Bench Mark Program
Bench Mark Program is embarking on a gym relocation project in order to expand programming. Building renovations will be needed in addition to the purchasing of a building. Bench Mark Program will be engaging in their very first Capital Campaign over the next year.
Parish Resource Center
A reliable Internet presence and strong CMS have become essential to serving post-pandemic digital consumers. In an effort to make official PRC’s COVID-responsive programming and grow into our evolving identity as a community-connector and direct services provider in Lancaster County, PRC is requesting $10,000 to fund an updated website and branding strategy. PRC will work with a local marketing firm to streamline our message, update our visuals, and retain a web developer to optimize our website to make it user-friendly for volunteers, clients, and our 77 community partners.
