About Pa Cleanways
PA Cleanways Inc. funds practical environmental work that keeps Pennsylvania public spaces cleaner, greener, and easier to maintain. The foundation’s recent grants show a strong preference for local, small-to-mid-sized awards that support cleanup, stewardship, and community improvement projects rather than broad unrestricted giving. In 2024, it awarded $20,000 each to Horn Farm Center for Ag Ed in York, City of Lancaster Compost in Lancaster, Dickinson College in Carlisle, York Fresh Food Farms in Brogue, Phoenixville Area Community Services in Phoenixville, Aclamo in Norristown, Fairmount Park Conservancy in Philadelphia, Riverside School District in Taylor, Quiet Creek Herb Farm in Brookville, and Share Food Program in Philadelphia. Those awards point to a funder that backs hands-on work in farms, schools, parks, and neighborhood service settings. The foundation also supports environmental stewardship through Pennsylvania-based programs such as IllegalDumpFreePA, Pick Up PA, and community improvement mini-grants. Its giving pattern is place-based and tightly tied to local projects across the state, with most grants staying in Pennsylvania.
What Pa Cleanways Funds
Community stewardship appears across the foundation’s funding. It gave $20,000 to City of Lancaster Compost for composting work, and $20,000 to Fairmount Park Conservancy in Philadelphia, reflecting interest in public-space maintenance and local environmental care. Education and youth engagement are also present: Dickinson College in Carlisle received $20,000, while Evergreen Elementary School in Telford received $10,000, both suggesting support for learning environments connected to stewardship. The foundation also funds food and community resilience work, including $20,000 to York Fresh Food Farms in Brogue and $10,000 to Share Food Program in Philadelphia. These grants sit alongside support for community organizations such as Aclamo in Norristown and Phoenixville Area Community Services in Phoenixville, showing a mix of environmental and neighborhood-serving projects.
How Pa Cleanways Gives
Typical grants are small and consistent: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are $5,000, $10,000, and $10,000, respectively. Recent records show repeated $10,000 awards across 2023 and 2024, alongside a cluster of $20,000 grants in 2024, which suggests a program that uses standard award tiers rather than highly variable grant sizes. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF or an individual-giving vehicle, and it makes local grants rather than national ones. Recipients appear across multiple years in the recent record, indicating ongoing relationships rather than one-time support.
