{"id":248580,"date":"2026-07-21T16:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248580\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:18:06","slug":"harry-c-trexler-trust-awards-more-than-6-million-to-lehigh-county-non-profits-city-of-allentown-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248580\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry C. Trexler Trust awards more than $6 million to Lehigh County non-profits, City of Allentown | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agency<\/p>\n<p>Purpose<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grant Amount<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Academy of the Arts Alliance, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Art billboards in the halls of William Allen High School<\/p>\n<p>$6,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$105,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Art Museum<\/p>\n<p>Operating support<\/p>\n<p>$175,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Art Museum<\/p>\n<p>First of five payments on $1,250,000 pledge for construction of a new art museum<\/p>\n<p>$250,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Band, Inc. (The)<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of Lehigh County programs and performances<\/p>\n<p>$5,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Parknership, The<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$300,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Public Library<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$75,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Public Theatre<\/p>\n<p>Program support of backstage theatre arts for Allentown youth<\/p>\n<p>$7,500<\/p>\n<p>Allentown School District Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the Teacher Innovation Grant awards<\/p>\n<p>$30,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Symphony Association, Inc<\/p>\n<p>To improve the Rodale Room lighting<\/p>\n<p>$10,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Symphony Association, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$60,000<\/p>\n<p>Allentown, City of<\/p>\n<p>Improvement, extension, and maintenance of all its Parks<\/p>\n<p>$2,104,675<\/p>\n<p>Animal Food Bank Services, Inc<\/p>\n<p>One-time grant for moving expenses<\/p>\n<p>$5,000<\/p>\n<p>Animal Food Bank Services, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of Lehigh County services<\/p>\n<p>$5,000<\/p>\n<p>Baum School of Art (The)<\/p>\n<p>City Arts Camp<\/p>\n<p>$27,550<\/p>\n<p>Baum School of Art (The)<\/p>\n<p>Second payment on pledge for building expansion<\/p>\n<p>$100,000<\/p>\n<p>Baum School of Art (The)<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$100,000<\/p>\n<p>Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Youth mentoring program support for Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$18,000<\/p>\n<p>Boys and Girls Club of Allentown<\/p>\n<p>One-time award to sustain Cumberland Gardens clubhouse<\/p>\n<p>$30,000<\/p>\n<p>Boys and Girls Club of Allentown<\/p>\n<p>Operating Expenses<\/p>\n<p>$60,000<\/p>\n<p>Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses for services to Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$30,000<\/p>\n<p>Camelot for Children, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Summer camp for medically fragile Lehigh County youth<\/p>\n<p>$3,000<\/p>\n<p>Cancer Support Community of the Greater Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Programs and services for Lehigh County patients and families<\/p>\n<p>$3,000<\/p>\n<p>Casa Guadalupe Center<\/p>\n<p>Expenses of the education program for Allentown youth<\/p>\n<p>$90,000<\/p>\n<p>Cedar Crest College<\/p>\n<p>Final payment on scholarship pledge<\/p>\n<p>$25,000<\/p>\n<p>Century Promise<\/p>\n<p>Operating and program expenses in the Allentown School District<\/p>\n<p>$10,000<\/p>\n<p>Civic Theatre of Allentown<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$30,000<\/p>\n<p>Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p>Operating and program expenses for Lehigh County services<\/p>\n<p>$100,000<\/p>\n<p>Community Action Development Corporation of the Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Growing and distribution expenses of organic food for Lehigh County food pantries<\/p>\n<p>$15,000<\/p>\n<p>Community Action Development Corporation of the Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Sixth Street Shelter case management, shelter, and services for homeless families<\/p>\n<p>$35,000<\/p>\n<p>Community Bike Works<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses for Lehigh County services<\/p>\n<p>$80,000<\/p>\n<p>Community Bike Works<\/p>\n<p>First of two payments on $200,000 pledge for construction of a Franklin Park Youth Bike Hub<\/p>\n<p>$100,000<\/p>\n<p>Community Music School<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses for Lehigh County programs<\/p>\n<p>$35,000<\/p>\n<p>Community Services for Children, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Purchase of safety equipment for buses<\/p>\n<p>$35,000<\/p>\n<p>Coplay Public Library<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$15,000<\/p>\n<p>Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Inc. (The)<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses for Lehigh County services<\/p>\n<p>$25,000<\/p>\n<p>Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Inc. (The)<\/p>\n<p>One-time grant to assist with 2026 budgetary needs<\/p>\n<p>$75,000<\/p>\n<p>Emmaus Creative Arts &amp; Innovation Center<\/p>\n<p>Support for program services to Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$10,000<\/p>\n<p>Emmaus Historical Society<\/p>\n<p>Restoration and renovation of the garage<\/p>\n<p>$5,000<\/p>\n<p>Emmaus Public Library<\/p>\n<p>Reconstruction costs of the library front entrance<\/p>\n<p>$25,000<\/p>\n<p>Essentials Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of the Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>$8,000<\/p>\n<p>Everlasting Life Ministries<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses for the food pantry serving Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$35,000<\/p>\n<p>Family Promise of the Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of services for Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$20,000<\/p>\n<p>Fund to Benefit Children &amp; Youth, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Support for basic needs of Lehigh County children<\/p>\n<p>$5,000<\/p>\n<p>Girls on the Run Lehigh Valley &amp; Pocono<\/p>\n<p>Program scholarships for Allentown School District girls<\/p>\n<p>$7,500<\/p>\n<p>Grace Community Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of the food pantry<\/p>\n<p>$40,000<\/p>\n<p>Grace Montessori School<\/p>\n<p>Scholarships for Allentown children<\/p>\n<p>$12,000<\/p>\n<p>Guardianship Support Agency, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of services for Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$10,000<\/p>\n<p>Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Program expenses of the Lehigh County home repair program<\/p>\n<p>$90,000<\/p>\n<p>Haven House<\/p>\n<p>Food purchases and building repairs<\/p>\n<p>$30,000<\/p>\n<p>iHave iNeed<\/p>\n<p>Purchase costs of food cold storage equipment<\/p>\n<p>$4,800<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem House Ministries<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of services for Allentown residents<\/p>\n<p>$50,000<\/p>\n<p>Jewish Community Center of Allentown, Penna<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$100,000<\/p>\n<p>Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Program support for the Community Connections Program<\/p>\n<p>$45,000<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Costs to update and market educational courses in healthcare<\/p>\n<p>$50,000<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Conference of Churches<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses and data collection system upgrade<\/p>\n<p>$180,000<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County Historical Society<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$25,000<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County Humane Society<\/p>\n<p>Building renovations to create a second operating room<\/p>\n<p>$7,500<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County Senior Citizens, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$25,000<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of services for Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$40,000<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh, County of<\/p>\n<p>Safety improvement costs for the Border Trail at the Trexler Nature Preserve<\/p>\n<p>$10,000<\/p>\n<p>Literacy Center (The)<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of services to Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$87,000<\/p>\n<p>Loads of Blessings<\/p>\n<p>Program expansion expenses in Lehigh County<\/p>\n<p>$5,000<\/p>\n<p>Manito Life Center<\/p>\n<p>Program expenses for services to Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$35,000<\/p>\n<p>Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Program expenses of the Lehigh County Meal Subsidy Program<\/p>\n<p>$50,000<\/p>\n<p>Mercy School for Special Learning<\/p>\n<p>Operating Expenses<\/p>\n<p>$45,000<\/p>\n<p>Miracle League of the Lehigh Valley (The)<\/p>\n<p>Purchase and installation of an inclusive play feature for the playground<\/p>\n<p>$35,000<\/p>\n<p>Muhlenberg College<\/p>\n<p>Program expenses of the Community Internships Program<\/p>\n<p>$20,000<\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood Center, The<\/p>\n<p>Operating expenses of services for Allentown youth<\/p>\n<p>$45,000<\/p>\n<p>Northern Lehigh Recreation Authority<\/p>\n<p>Summer camp program expenses<\/p>\n<p>$10,000<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (The)<\/p>\n<p>Program and expansion expenses of educational outreach in Lehigh County<\/p>\n<p>$20,000<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra<\/p>\n<p>Concert expenses for Lehigh County performances<\/p>\n<p>$7,000<\/p>\n<p>Pinebrook Family Answers<\/p>\n<p>Behavioral and mental health program expenses for Lehigh County youth<\/p>\n<p>$100,000<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood Keystone<\/p>\n<p>Provision of services at the Allentown Health Center<\/p>\n<p>$30,000<\/p>\n<p>Promise Neighborhoods of Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Operating and capacity building expenses for services in Allentown<\/p>\n<p>$30,000<\/p>\n<p>Public Library of Catasauqua<\/p>\n<p>Expanding the collection and program and operating expenses<\/p>\n<p>$15,000<\/p>\n<p>Refugee Community Center<\/p>\n<p>Operating and program expenses for Lehigh County residents<\/p>\n<p>$45,000<\/p>\n<p>Repertory Dance Theatre<\/p>\n<p>Program expenses for services in the Allentown School District<\/p>\n<p>$6,000<\/p>\n<p>Resurrected Community Development Corporation, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Summer cultural and literacy 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