The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation recently announced $75,000 in grants from its 2018-19 Igniting Change Fund to provide additional resources to expand on the important work the Foundation began during its 50th anniversary year of Spark grantmaking in 2017.

Following LVCF’s Be the Spark! Campaign, Dr. Christopher Borick of Muhlenberg College’s Institute of Public Opinion authored the Lötter Reflections Paper, which identified the key issues and needs affecting the Lehigh Valley within the six areas of focus of the Be the Spark! Campaign. The findings helped inform the Foundation’s grantmaking from the Igniting Change Fund.

“For the Igniting Change Fund, we focused our efforts on supporting organizations that use a comprehensive approach in the delivery of services for vulnerable populations,” said Megan Briggs, LVCF’s director of community investments.

LVCF’s Igniting Change Fund grants include:

Human Trafficking

• Truth for Women, Inc., Bethlehem - $5,000

Mental & Behavioral Health

• NAMI Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem -$5,000

Veterans Affairs

• Victory House of Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem - $5,000

For more information on LVCF visit www.lehighvalleyfoundation.org/grants/overview.

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