St. Francis Neighborhood Center

Literacy/Education​​​​​​

Grant: $25,000

St. Francis Neighborhood Center has served the Reservoir Hill and Penn North community since 1963, providing holistic intervention programs for youth and families. Services include after-school and summer programming for children K-8, paid internships for high schoolers, food giveaways, programs for seniors, girls’ groups, neighborhood clean-ups and much more. Our grant will provide operating funds for use in expanding student capacity by 100%, increasing the number of classes offered, adding workforce development programming and covering the operating costs of a new classroom building. St. Francis Neighborhood Center is truly the beating heart of Reservoir Hill.