Harrisburg, PA. — The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) announced today just over $5 million in state Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program funding for security enhancement projects for 130 churches, synagogues, and other nonprofit organizations serving diverse communities throughout the Commonwealth.
Established by Act 83 of 2019, the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program directs PCCD to administer grants to nonprofit organizations who principally serve individuals, groups or institutions that are included within a bias motivation category for single bias hate crime incidents as identified by the FBI's Hate Crime Statistics publication. Applicants were eligible to apply for grant awards ranging from $5,000 to $150,000 for security enhancements designed to protect the safety and security of their membership, including:
- Safety and security planning
- Purchase of safety and security equipment
- Purchase of security-related technology, which may include, but is not limited to:
- Metal detectors
- Protective lighting
- Surveillance equipment
- Special emergency communications equipment
- Electronic locksets
- Deadbolts
- Trauma kits
- Theft control devices
- Safety and security training
- Threat awareness and response training
- Upgrades to existing structures that enhance safety and security
- Vulnerability and threat assessments
- Specialty-trained canines
Any other safety or security-related project that enhances safety or security of the non-profit organization
A full listing of the recipients can be found attached to this release. More information about the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program and the application process can be found on PCCD's website.
PCCD's mission is to enhance the quality, coordination and planning within the criminal and juvenile justice systems, to facilitate the delivery of services to victims of crime, and to increase the safety of our communities.
CONTACT: Kirsten Kenyon, 717-265-8505
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2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Recipients
County | Organization Name | Amount |
ALLEGHENY | Chabad Lubavitch of the South Hills, Inc. | $25,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Congregation Poale Zedeck | $150,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Tzohar Seminary | $56,312 |
ALLEGHENY | Saint Brendan's Episcopal Church | $25,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Beth El Congregation of the South Hills/United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism | $56,391 |
ALLEGHENY | Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh | $75,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Ebenezer Baptist Church | $120,000 |
ALLEGHENY | The Neighborhood Academy | $18,800 |
ALLEGHENY | Congregation Beth Shalom | $24,500 |
ALLEGHENY | Temple Ohav Shalom of Pittsburgh | $25,000 |
ALLEGHENY | National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section | $45,112 |
ALLEGHENY | Shaare Torah Congregation | $24,800 |
ALLEGHENY | Shepherd Wellness Community | $16,805 |
ALLEGHENY | First Baptist Church of Penn Hills | $25,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Tree of Life | $150,000 |
ALLEGHENY | The Aleph Institute | $21,219 |
ALLEGHENY | Lubavitch Center | $75,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Allies for Health & Wellbeing | $38,023 |
ALLEGHENY | Bnai Emunoh Chabad INC | $75,000 |
ALLEGHENY | The New Riverview (Riverview Apartments, Inc.) | $94,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Jewish Association on Aging | $82,087 |
ALLEGHENY | Beth Hamedrash Hagodol-Beth Jacob Cemetery | $17,300 |
ALLEGHENY | Islamic Center of Pittsburgh | $50,000 |
ALLEGHENY | The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh, Inc. | $15,902 |
ALLEGHENY | Temple B'nai Israel | $5,200 |
ALLEGHENY | Holy Family Institute | $150,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Greater Hope Restoration Ministries | $20,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Persad Center | $25,000 |
ALLEGHENY | Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater Pittsburgh | $22,869 |
ARMSTRONG | Saint Mary Catholic Church | $22,950 |
BEAVER | Beth Samuel Jewish Center | $12,000 |
BERKS | Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom | $9,897 |
BERKS | The LGBT Center of Greater Reading | $11,525 |
BERKS | Abilities in Motion | $6,500 |
BLAIR | Juniata United Methodist Church | $15,878 |
BLAIR | Hollidaysburg Area YMCA d/b/a Blair Regional YMCA | $25,000 |
BRADFORD | Endless Mountain Mission Center | $14,800 |
BUCKS | Planned Parenthood Keystone | $25,000 |
BUCKS | St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church | $13,346 |
BUCKS | St. Mark A.M.E. Zion | $24,995 |
BUCKS | Temple Judea of Bucks County | $21,847 |
BUCKS | Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church | $25,000 |
BUCKS | Jewish Center of Eastern Bucks Inc. DBA Chabad Lubavitch of Yardley | $12,838 |
BUCKS | Mid-States Habonim Camping Association, Inc. | $25,000 |
BUCKS | Ohev Shalom of Bucks County | $24,503 |
BUCKS | Abrams Hebrew Academy | $24,975 |
CHESTER | Chabad Lubavitch of Chester County.com | $24,500 |
CHESTER | Kesher Israel Congregation | $23,000 |
CHESTER | Congregation Or Shalom | $23,456 |
CUMBERLAND | Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church | $8,000 |
CUMBERLAND | West Shore Jewish Community | $9,005 |
CUMBERLAND | Islamic center of Pennsylvania | $25,000 |
CUMBERLAND | Sikh Society of Harrisburg | $75,000 |
DAUPHIN | Islamic Society of Greater Harrisburg | $59,857 |
DAUPHIN | Kesher Israel Congregation | $150,000 |
DAUPHIN | Islamic Center Masjid Al-Sabereen | $73,645 |
DAUPHIN | Beth El Temple | $48,750 |
DAUPHIN | Harrisburg Christian Performing Arts Center | $8,500 |
DAUPHIN | Linglestown Life, A United Methodist Church | $5,000 |
DELAWARE | Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid | $23,565 |
DELAWARE | Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy | $142,765 |
DELAWARE | Cheder Chabad - Philadelphia | $25,000 |
ERIE | Islamic Association of Erie | $24,955 |
ERIE | Urban Erie Community Development Corporation | $21,125 |
ERIE | Temple Anshe Hesed | $20,498 |
FAYETTE | Tyrone Presbyterian Church | $19,500 |
FRANKLIN | Mental Health Association of Franklin County, Inc. | $18,967 |
FRANKLIN | Capital Camps and Retreat Center | $48,872 |
LACKAWANNA | Outreach Center for Community Resources | $24,337 |
LANCASTER | Congolese Community of Central Pennsylvania | $15,100 |
LANCASTER | Temple Beth El | $12,898 |
LANCASTER | Islamic Community Center of Lancaster (ICCL) | $24,882 |