The Genuardi Family Foundation is privileged to partner with many regional organizations whose direct services aid the most vulnerable and support the development of healthy individuals, families and communities.
2024 Core Grantee Highlights
Catholic Social Services’ Martha’s Choice Marketplace & Community Garden is the largest, most visited, food pantry in Montgomery County. Funding will support general operations, helping to provide healthy, nutritious foods and personal goods to families in need, as well as their Community Farm, which grows culturally meaningful foods with and for the diverse guests they serve. In 2023, they grew nearly 20,000 lbs. of fresh produce at the farm for their food pantry community. Their highest priority goal is to offer consistent and dignified access to healthy foods to their guest community.
Garden of Health Food Bank’s mission is twofold: to provide food to families who are food insecure and have special dietary needs, and to be a food bank providing food to hunger relief agencies throughout Montgomery and Bucks Counties. Located on their own farm in Hatfield Township, they supply food to over 65 hunger-relief agencies who support over 30,000 individuals. General operating funds will support the increased costs necessary to continue their programs, which include distribution to food pantries, Meals on Wheels, weekend school backpack programs, community meals and low-income senior housing.
Kennett Area Community Services has served southern Chester County for 70 years, providing food and housing assistance to low-income families. Funds will support the Kennett Food Cupboard, which offers a supermarket-type layout, where clients choose their own items. With food costs rising, support is needed to ensure that their shelves are full of the healthy foods that families need to thrive.
Family Promise Montco PA, located in Ambler, has been helping families and expanding their programs since 1982. Today, they provide housing and comprehensive support services that empower 30 families annually to regain stable housing and help over 600 families maintain their current housing. General operating support will assist them, as part of a countywide effort, to end homelessness and hunger.
Home of the Sparrow is the only Chester County organization dedicated solely to assisting single women and single mothers experiencing housing insecurity, serving over 900 local women and children annually. General operating support will provide critical services, including eviction prevention, supportive housing, pre-senior bridge housing, shared housing, re-entry from incarceration and graduate support services for participants who have achieved stable housing.
Handi-Crafters, Inc./HC Opportunity Center, located in Thorndale, Chester County, runs one of the largest vocational rehabilitation, non-profit Work Centers for individuals with disabilities in Southeast Pennsylvania. Funding will support general operating expenses through a continuum of services, including individual case management, vocational development focused on skill building and enrichment through having a job, community participation and employment assessment with focused job coaching.
Williamson College of the Trades prepares deserving young men to be respected leaders and productive members of society. General operating support will help these talented, financially disadvantaged students receive three years of post-secondary technical training. All students attend tuition-free. Courses of study include Machine Tool Technology, Power Plant Technology, Construction Technology (carpentry, electrical or masonry) and Landscape Construction and Management. They are proud of their 98% job placement rate, testifying to their success in preparing students for the workforce.