Grantmaking

Grant Cycles

Key Dates

The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation’s Board of Directors has established semi-annual grant cycles that take place twice each year: once in the spring and once in the fall.

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To make it easier for you, all applications and reports are processed via online submission.

Upcoming Grant Cycles

Technical assistance sessions are intended to help grantees develop compelling and clear applications that respond to and align with PAHWF's results framework. A draft application must be available in your akoyaGO portal 48 hours prior to your technical assistance meeting in order to give staff time to review. 

Fall 2024 Grant Cycle

  • *September 1: Grant Round Opens
  • September 4 - September 21: Technical Assistance
  • *October 1: Application Close
  • October - November: Internal Reviews and Board Decision
  • December 1: Award / Declination Notices
  • January 1: Grant Start Date
  • *August 1: Mid-Term Report (Group Listening Session)
  • *February 1: Final Report (Final Report for 12 month grants)
    • Group Listening Session for grants 18+ months

*Note: Dates that occur on weekends or holidays will be adjusted to the next business day or a date that is communicated directly by PAHWF.

Please revisit our most recent info session for the Foundation’s grantmaking priorities and things of note to align your request with our Results framework.

 

Please revisit our most recent info session for the Foundation’s grantmaking priorities and things of note to align your request with our results framework. 

 

About technical assistance 

60-minute technical writing support sessions from PAHWF Grant Writer Chris Wierzbowski are available to Fall 2024 Applicants from September 4 - September 21. Guidance provided by PAHWF is intended to help grantees develop compelling and clear applications that are in alignment with PAHWF's results framework. An applicant's draft must be in AkoyaGo Portal at least 48 hours before the meeting is held.   Sign-ups are available through this link: Book time with Christopher Wierzbowski: Fall 2025 Technical Writing Support.    Support does not guarantee an award. 

Who We Help

The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation service area is defined by a 10-mile radius around Pottstown. However, your funded organization does not need to be located in our area—it only needs to serve people in our service area.

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