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Foundations Community Partnership Inc

Doylestown, PA   |  http://www.fcpartnership.org

Mission

Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) is a non-profit, private grant-making foundation established to support the behavioral health and human service needs of children, young adults, and families in Bucks County, Pa. In response, the organization provides grants and technical assistance, scholarships, and professional development as well as service learning opportunities through collaborative partnerships.

Ruling year info

1964

Executive Director

Dr. Tobi Bruhn

Main address

1456 Ferry Rd Ste 404

Doylestown, PA 18901 USA

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Formerly known as

Delaware Valley Mental Health, Inc.

Foundations Behavioral Health

EIN

23-6299881

NTEE code info

Private Grantmaking Foundations (T20)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-PF.

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) is a private, independent foundation formed to improve the quality of life for special needs children, young adults, and families in Bucks County, Pa. We endeavor to establish collaborative partnerships linking public agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses, colleges and young adults within our community. FCP is a valued community resource — solving problems, inspiring youth, and creating partnerships with organizations and higher learning institutions to enhance the quality of life in the region. To this end, we pledge to use our resources to fulfill our vision, mission, goals and objectives while remaining true to our philosophy and values.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grants (BIIG)

Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grants (BIIG) range in value up to $15,000, recognizing innovative ideas to improve the quality of life for children, young adults, and families in Bucks County, Pa.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
At-risk youth

This program provides paid human service internship opportunities for motivated college students from Bucks County, Pa., who are entering their second or third year in college. Interns are “matched” with selected Bucks County, non-profit human service organizations during the summer for the 10-week SYC program with the opportunity to earn college credits.

Population(s) Served
Students

Capital Improvement Grants range in value up to $10,000 and support structural facility improvements, such as new buildings or additions, extensive renovations, and adding durable equipment to existing structures.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Young adults

Partnership in Youth Services Grants (PYS) award $3,000 to non-profit organizations that are dedicated to solve community problems and enhance the quality of lives for children, young adults, and families in Bucks County, Pa.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Young adults

Technical and Tuition Assistance Grants support the strategic and professional development needs of non-profit organizations.

Population(s) Served

Target Funding Grants-General Operating Support (GOS) range in value up to $60,000 and support non-profit organizations focused on the behavioral health and human service needs of children, young adults, and their families in Bucks County, Pa.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Young adults

Emergency Action Grants range in value up to $10,000 to address an unanticipated reduction in public funding or a non-reimbursable catastrophic event impacting direct delivery of services.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Young adults
Children and youth
Young adults

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total number of grants awarded

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, Young adults

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The total grants awarded number is for the calendar year.

Total dollar amount of grants awarded

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, Young adults

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The total grant dollars awarded amount is for the calendar year.

Number of organizations applying for grants

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, Young adults

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The total application number is for the calendar year.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

- Respond to behavioral health and human service needs within Bucks County's non-profit community.
- 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.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.
  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    Grantee feedback caused the launch of a new grant cycle.

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

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Foundations Community Partnership Inc

Board of directors
as of 01/25/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Mrs. Abigail Halloran

Universal Health Services, Inc.

Term: 2022 - 2024


Board co-chair

Mrs. Tracy Pasternak Willis

Haven Behavioral Healthcare

Term: 2022 - 2024

Terence McGlinchey

Banking Professional

Falesha Grasty

Penn Community Bank

Amy Conte

Penndel Mental Health Center

Abigail Halloran

Universal Health Services, Inc.

Stephanie Bunin

Licensed Psychologist

Sean Schmid

Penn Investment Advisors, Inc.

Tracy Pasternak Willis

Haven Behavioral Healthcare

Patricia Smallacombe

Bucks County Community College

Judith Stern Goldstein

Gilmore & Associates, Inc.

Thomas Hanna

Central Bucks School District

Morgan Bryan

Travis Manion Foundation

Rachael Neff

County of Bucks

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section.

  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 3/16/2022

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability