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Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County

Accepts applications West Grove, Pennsylvania · EIN 233090992

Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County is a private foundation in West Grove, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $154,000 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $7,000 and the largest $42,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $132,000 the year before.

83% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$142,00023$3.4 million
2023$132,00020$3.9 million
2024$154,00012$4.1 million

How to apply

ContactFor Community Grants Richard White
PO Box 374, West Grove, PA 19390
Phone or email(484) 272-5848, richardwhite2014@outlook.com
What to submitAll forms, criteria, and information can be found at hwfscc.org.
DeadlinesCommunity grant deadline and further information can be found at hwfscc.org.
RestrictionsCommunity grants are awarded to healthcare-related organizations in the geographic area served by octorara, oxford, avon grove, kennett consolidated, and unionville-chadds ford school districts. The organizations eligible for grants provide: prenatal care dental care mental health diagnosis or treatment access to pharmaceutical affordability services or facilitation of two or more of the four priorities above

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania9$131,000
North Carolina1$9,000
Alabama1$5,000
Maryland1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Education$42,000
Mighty Writers
Philadelphia, PA
Programmatic support$25,000
West Chester University
West Chester, PA
Education$18,000
RSVP
King of Prussia, PA
Programmatic support$15,000
Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA
Education$11,000
Elon University
Elon, NC
Education$9,000
Alvernia University
Reading, PA
Education$5,000
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
Education$5,000
Millersville University
Millersvillepa, PA
Education$5,000
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Education$5,000
Towson University
Towson, MD
Education$5,000
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Education$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Community grant deadline and further information can be found at hwfscc.org.

How much does Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County give?

$154,000 in tax year 2024, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $7,000.

Who runs Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County?

Its 2024 filing lists Richard E White (Board Chairman), Joan Deming-Murphy (Treasurer), Marsha Spencer (Recording Secretary) and Mayra R Castillo (Director) among 9 officers and trustees.

What does Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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