Scranton Area Community Foundation
SCRANTON, PA
$5.5MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Capital campaign
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Essa Bank & Trust Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 20-8227643 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- John E Burrus
- Phone
- (570) 422-0182
- Deadlines
- No specific deadline
- Application materials
- Essa bank & trust foundation application for grant request. Must attach: 1) organization's budget, 2) copy of IRS verification of exempt status/501(c)3 letter, 3) recent annual report
- Restrictions
- Grant recipients must be organizations or agencies with IRS 501(c)3 status, request must be for at least $1,000, limited to one grant within four years per agency, and funds should be used to provide or improve services within monroe county and its contiguous service areas: lehigh valley, scranton/wilkes-barre and philadelphia regions.
Original filing text
- Contact
- JOHN E BURRUS
- Address
- 200 PALMER STREET STROUDSBURG, PA, 18360
- Phone
- 5704220182
- Deadlines
- NO SPECIFIC DEADLINE
- Application materials
- ESSA BANK & TRUST FOUNDATION APPLICATION FOR GRANT REQUEST. MUST ATTACH: 1) ORGANIZATION'S BUDGET, 2) COPY OF IRS VERIFICATION OF EXEMPT STATUS/501(C)3 LETTER, 3) RECENT ANNUAL REPORT
- Restrictions
- GRANT RECIPIENTS MUST BE ORGANIZATIONS OR AGENCIES WITH IRS 501(C)3 STATUS, REQUEST MUST BE FOR AT LEAST $1,000, LIMITED TO ONE GRANT WITHIN FOUR YEARS PER AGENCY, AND FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE SERVICES WITHIN MONROE COUNTY AND ITS CONTIGUOUS SERVICE AREAS: LEHIGH VALLEY, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE AND PHILADELPHIA REGIONS.
Reported organization name: ESSA BANK & TRUST FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | $5.6M |
| 2024 | 16 | $320K |
Where Essa Bank & Trust Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Pennsylvania$5.9M
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Developmental Education Services Foundation
STROUDSBURG, PA
$125KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Capital campaign
Stroudsburg United Methodist Church
STROUDSBURG, PA
$80KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Capital campaign
Cypress House Bakery
SCRANTON, PA
$20KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Capital campaign
East Stroudburg University Foundation
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA
$16KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Capital campaign
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (27 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Essa Bank & Trust Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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