{"id":243685,"date":"2026-07-15T04:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243685\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:44:12","slug":"nepa-gives-2026-raises-1-6-million-plus-for-over-400-local-nonprofits-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243685\/","title":{"rendered":"NEPA Gives 2026 raises $1.6 million-plus for over 400 local nonprofits \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scranton Area Community Foundation announced that NEPA Gives 2026 raised over $1.6 million in just 24 hours to support 400-plus nonprofit organizations across Northeast Pennsylvania. The seventh annual event, held in June, saw more than 7,800 donors come together to uplift the critical work of nonprofits. NEPA Gives is hosted by the Scranton Area Community Foundation in partnership with the Luzerne Foundation, Wayne County Community Foundation, Greater Pike Community Foundation, Carbon County Community Foundation, Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers, Community Foundation of Monroe County, Schuylkill Area Community Foundation, Posture Interactive and dozens of community sponsors. Since launching in 2020, NEPA Gives has raised more than $8.3 million for local nonprofits, with this year\u2019s event marking a nearly 25% increase over last year. From left, back row: Lisa Peifer, NEPA Gives campaign director; Brittany Pagnotti, director of donor relations and communications, SACF; Dana Hunter, operations manager, SACF; Jacob Torba, philanthropy associate, SACF; Rebecca Farrell, grants and scholarships manager, SACF; Frank Caputo, senior grants and scholarships manager, SACF; Vivian Williams, vice president of strategy, SACF; Brad Reid, philanthropy manager, SACF; Ryan Eckersley, finance manager, SACF; and Kristy Blanco, staff accountant, SACF. Front row: Jana Nelhybel, sustainability and impact manager, SACF; Mary Joyce, communications manager; Amy Betts, lead community impact manager, SACF; Laura Ducceschi, president and CEO, SACF; David Price, board chair, SACF; Cathy Fitzpatrick, vice president of grants and scholarships, SACF; Maggie Martinelli, chief financial and operating officer, SACF; Koren Clark, community impact and outreach manager, SACF; Shante English, receptionist, SACF; and Ryanne Jennings, president and CEO, Wayne County Community Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scranton Area Community Foundation announced that NEPA Gives 2026 raised over $1.6 million in just 24 hours&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[524,201,182,28,727,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-243685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-community","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}