Several organizations in the Emmaus, Whitehall and Northern Lehigh areas received funding as part of the Harry C. Trexler Trust’s record-setting 2026 grant cycle, which awarded more than $6.3 million to Lehigh County nonprofits and the City of Allentown.
Among grants in the coverage area were $50,000 to Wildlands Conservancy, $25,000 to Emmaus Public Library, $20,000 to the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, $20,000 to Slatington Public Library, $15,000 each to Whitehall Township Public Library, Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative and Coplay Public Library, $10,000 to Emmaus Creative Arts & Innovation Center, $10,000 to the Northern Lehigh Recreation Authority, $10,000 for Border Trail improvements at Trexler Nature Preserve and $5,000 to the Emmaus Historical Society. The Trustees of the Harry C. Trexler Trust awarded 93 grants totaling a record $6,314,025 to 84 Lehigh County nonprofit organizations and the City of Allentown.
The full list of grant recipients includes: Allentown Academy of the Arts Alliance, Art billboards in the halls of William Allen High School, $6,000, Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank, Operating expenses, $105,000, Allentown Art Museum, Operating support, $175,000, Allentown Art Museum, New museum construction pledge payment, $250,000, Allentown Band, Operating expenses, $5,000, Allentown Parknership, Operating expenses, $300,000, Allentown Public Library, Operating expenses, $75,000, Allentown Public Theatre, Backstage theatre arts program, $7,500, Allentown School District Foundation, Teacher Innovation Grants, $30,000, Allentown Symphony Association, Rodale Room lighting, $10,000, Allentown Symphony Association, Operating expenses, $60,000, City of Allentown, Parks improvement and maintenance, $2,104,675, Animal Food Bank Services, Moving expenses, $5,000, Animal Food Bank Services, Operating expenses, $5,000, Baum School of Art, City Arts Camp, $27,550, Baum School of Art, Building expansion pledge payment, $100,000, Baum School of Art, Operating expenses, $100,000, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley, Youth mentoring support, $18,000, Boys and Girls Club of Allentown, Cumberland Gardens support, $30,000, Boys and Girls Club of Allentown, Operating expenses, $60,000, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, Operating expenses, $30,000, Camelot for Children, Summer camp, $3,000, Cancer Support Community, Programs and services, $3,000, Casa Guadalupe Center, Education program, $90,000, Cedar Crest College, Scholarship pledge payment, $25,000, Century Promise, Program expenses, $10,000, Civic Theatre of Allentown, Operating expenses, $30,000, Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania, Operating and program expenses, $100,000, Community Action Development Corporation, Organic food program, $15,000, Community Action Development Corporation, Sixth Street Shelter services, $35,000, Community Bike Works, Operating expenses, $80,000, Community Bike Works, Franklin Park Youth Bike Hub, $100,000, Community Music School, Operating expenses, $35,000, Community Services for Children, Bus safety equipment, $35,000, Coplay Public Library, Operating expenses, $15,000, Da Vinci Discovery Center, Operating expenses, $25,000, Da Vinci Discovery Center, Budget assistance, $75,000, Emmaus Creative Arts & Innovation Center, $10,000, Emmaus Historical Society, $5,000, Emmaus Public Library, $25,000, Essentials Cafe, Operating expenses, $8,000, Everlasting Life Ministries, Food pantry, $35,000, Family Promise, $20,000, Girls on the Run, $7,500, Grace Community Foundation, $40,000, Habitat for Humanity LV, $90,000, Jewish Community Center, $100,000, Lehigh Conference of Churches, $180,000, Literacy Center, $87,000, Meals on Wheels, $50,000, Northern Lehigh Recreation Authority, $10,000, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, $20,000, Pinebrook Family Answers, $100,000, Planned Parenthood Keystone, $30,000, Promise Neighborhoods, $30,000, Salvation Army, $175,000, Slatington Public Library, $20,000, Via of the Lehigh Valley, $100,000, Whitehall Township Public Library, $15,000, Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative, $15,000, Wildlands Conservancy, $50,000, Wildlife Information Center, $30,000, YWCA, $75,000.