Foundations Community Partnership Inc

- Respond to human service needs within the nonprofit organization community in Bucks County.
- Encourage development of innovative services and collaboration within the Bucks County nonprofit community through grants and educational services.
- Provide opportunities for the community to participate in resolving issues of concern to all Bucks County residents.
- Recruit, train, supervise and provide leadership for qualified young adults to participate in service learning opportunities to help meet community needs.
- Support research efforts to identify and communicate practical and effective treatment guidelines and disseminate them through workshops, seminars and professional publications.

FCP provides program grants, capital, emergency, target funding, and technical assistance support to move its mission forward and have a greater impact in Bucks County. Furthermore, FCP offers a scholarship to a graduating senior at all public and vocational high schools, and collaborates with the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce to support their Women in Business scholarship program, which recognizes young women who have overcome special challenges and are finding a career path.

In addition to grant-making and scholarships, FCP is committed to its Summer Youth Corps service-learning program and Professional Education Workshops. The service-learning program provides an outstanding paid internship experience for Bucks County students returning home after their freshman or sophomore year of college, while the Fall and Spring Professional Education Series offers state-of-the-art continuing education workshops for psychologists, MSWs, educators, professional counselors, among others.

While always being open to new opportunities to increase its impact in Bucks County, FCP strives to continuously improve and refine its systems and practices. Integrated with GuideStar by Candid, the foundation's grant-making system provides charity status verification to ensure grant eligibility. Additionally, the staff provides an annual grant-writing workshop that teaches grantees how to use FCP's system and write clear and effective grant requests.

As a private foundation, FCP is committed to the public good and providing responsible stewardship of its resources. To that end, the Board of Directors and management team provide constant and thorough oversight of the financial endowment, ensuring effective governance.

In December of 2007, FCP gave out its first grant. Since then, the foundation awarded nearly $5.5 million in grants to more than 500 non-profit agencies that serve special needs youth and their families in Bucks County, Pa. Providing grants to vital nonprofits, technical assistance to emerging 501(c)(3) organizations, scholarships and internships to the next generation of concerned citizens, and ongoing professional education and development to those serving the behavioral health needs of Bucks County's youth, are vital to FCP's past, present, and future. The Board of Directors and management are committed to good governance, best practices, responsible stewardship, and serving the Bucks County community.