Crestlea Foundation

About Crestlea Foundation

Crestlea Foundation Inc’s recent giving includes a $75,000 grant to Meet Me at the Well Foundation for safe housing for victims of sex trafficking, alongside a $75,000 award to Zoe Ministries for ongoing operational support. Those two grants capture an important feature of the foundation’s work: it backs both direct-service organizations and the operating needs that keep them functioning. Across its recent grant list, Crestlea supports housing, food access, education, health care, cultural and environmental work, and civic organizations, with awards often tied to a specific building, vehicle, technology upgrade, or program expansion. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches organizations serving people experiencing homelessness, survivors of sex trafficking, children in schools and afterschool programs, older adults, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and pet-owning families. It has funded emergency repairs, classroom improvements, maker spaces, and food programs, suggesting a practical orientation toward organizational capacity and service delivery. Recent awards also include support for arts and history institutions, animal welfare work, and conservation projects, showing a broad local portfolio within Delaware and southeastern Chester County, Pennsylvania.

What Crestlea Foundation Funds

Housing and basic needs appear prominently in Crestlea Foundation Inc’s recent grants. It gave $40,000 to Sojourners' Place for Hope for the Homeless and $25,000 to St Patrick's Center Inc for an emergency food program, indicating support for organizations meeting immediate shelter and food needs. Education is another recurring area. The foundation awarded $50,000 to Upland Country Day School for a school van replacement and $45,000 to Centreville Layton School for a school-wide technology upgrade. It also supported The Summer Learning Collaborative Inc with $30,000 for Tyler's Camp and First Community Foundation with $30,000 for the Chemours STEM Hub. Crestlea also funds arts, culture, and environmental work. It gave $35,000 to Hagley Museum and Library for machine shop renovations, $25,000 to the Museum of the American Revolution for the Witness to Revolution exhibition, and $35,000 to Delaware Wild Lands Inc for protection of Roberts Farm biodiversity.

How Crestlea Foundation Gives