Funding search · EIN 208227643 · Stroudsburg, PA

Essa Bank & Trust Foundation

Name: Essa Bank & Trust Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

77
grants reported: $8.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

capital campaign improvement equipment improvements douglass memory william

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “calving” · $7,500

$7,500
Second Harvest Food Bank Calv · Nazareth, PA · 2023
Capital improvement

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Scranton Area Community Foundation1 grant · $5.5M
Monroe County Historical Association1 grant · $1.0M
West End Fire Company2 grants · $266,666
Developmental Education Services Foundation2 grants · $250,000
The Salvation Army2 grants · $200,000
Northampton Community College Foundation4 grants · $112,000
Pocono Family Ymca2 grants · $97,512
Stroudsburg United Methodist Church1 grant · $80,000
Animal Welfare Society of Monroe1 grant · $80,000
Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center1 grant · $65,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$767,474

2023

$320,000

2024

$5.6M

2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$5.5M
Scranton Area Community Foundation · Scranton, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$1.0M
Monroe County Historical Association · Stroudsburg, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$133,333
West End Fire Company · Brodheadsville, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$133,333
West End Fire Company · Brodheadsville, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$125,000
Developmental Education Services Foundation · Stroudsburg, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$125,000
Developmental Education Services Foundation · Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$100,000
The Salvation Army · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$100,000
The Salvation Army · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2022
Capital improvements
$83,000
Northampton Community College Foundation · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$80,000
Stroudsburg United Methodist Church · Stroudsburg, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$80,000
Animal Welfare Society of Monroe · Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$65,000
Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center · Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$54,371
Pocono Family Ymca · Stroudsburg, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$50,000
Pocono Area Transitional Housing Path · Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$43,141
Pocono Family Ymca · Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$25,000
Kiwanis Club of Stroudsburg Scholarship Foundation · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$25,000
Ripple Commnity · Allentown, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$20,000
Cypress House Bakery · Scranton, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$20,000
Feeding Families Ministry · Newfoundland, PA · 2023
Capital equipment
$20,000
Pocono Pride · Saylorsburg, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$20,000
Friends of West End Park & Open Space Commission · Brodheadsville, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$20,000
Monroe County Habitat for Humanity · Tobyhanna, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$20,000
Women'S Resources of Monroe County · Delaware Water Gap, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$16,000
East Stroudburg University Foundation · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$15,000
Community Foundation of Monroe County · Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$15,000
Pocono Services for Families and Children · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital equipment
$15,000
Miller-Keystone Blood Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Capital equipment
$13,000
Northampton Community College Foundation · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$10,000
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health · Newfoundland, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$10,000
Garden of Giving · Saylorsburg, PA · 2025
Capital improvements
$10,000
Nepa Educational Television Association (Wvia) · Pittston, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$10,000
Maternal and Family Health Services · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$10,000
McTi Foundation · Bartonsville, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$10,000
Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church · Stroudsburg, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$10,000
Suburban Emergency Medical Services · Stroudsburg, PA · 2024
Capital improvement
$10,000
Valor Clinic Foundation · Brodheadsville, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$10,000
Youth Infusion · Delaware Water Gap, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$10,000
Child Hunger Outreach Partners · Towanda, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$10,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2022
Capital equipment
$10,000
East Stroudsburg Little League · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$10,000
King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Capital equipment
$10,000
Misericordia University · Dallas, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$10,000
Muhlenberg College · Allentown, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$10,000
Multiculteral Community Family Services · Upper Darby, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$10,000
Rimrock Masonic Center Association · Stroudsburg, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$8,000
Northampton Community College Foundation · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$8,000
Northampton Community College Foundation · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$8,000
Barrett Township Volunteer Fire Co · Cresco, PA · 2023
Capital equipment
$8,000
East Stroudburg University Foundation · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$8,000
Pinebrook Family Answers · Allentown, PA · 2022
Capital equipment
$7,500
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm · Bartonsville, PA · 2024
Capital improvement
$7,500
Second Harvest Food Bank Calv · Nazareth, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$7,500
Burn Prevention Network · Allentown, PA · 2022
Capital equipment
$6,500
Kettle Creek Enviromental · Stroudsburg, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$5,500
East Stroudburg University Foundation · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$5,000
Fusia Community Arts · Stroudsburg, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$5,000
Clymer Library · Pocono Pines, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$5,000
Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center · Stroudsburg, PA · 2024
Capital improvement
$5,000
West End Fair Association · Gilbert, PA · 2024
Capital improvement
$5,000
Arts Quest · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$5,000
Food Dignity · Forty Fort, PA · 2023
Capital equipment
$5,000
Friends of Stroud Region Open Space and Recreation Commission · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$5,000
Knights of Columbus Council 11935 · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2023
Capital equipment
$5,000
Scranton Public Library · Scranton, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$5,000
Brodhead Chapter #289 Trout Unlimited · Tannersville, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$5,000
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor · Easton, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$5,000
Greater Wyoming Valley Ymca · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Capital campaign
$5,000
Phoenixville Area Community Services · Phoenixville, PA · 2022
Capital improvement
$5,000
University of Scranton · Scranton, PA · 2022
Capital equipment
$2,637
Lehigh Valley Monthly Meeting (Lv Quakers) · Lehigh Valley, PA · 2025
Capital campaign
$2,500
Pocono Township · Tannersville, PA · 2025
Capital improvements
$2,500
East Stroudburg University Foundation · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2024
Capital campaign
$2,500
Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity · Kingston, PA · 2023
Capital improvement
$2,000
East Stroudburg High School South Band Parent Boosters · East Stroudburg, PA · 2024
Capital improvement
$2,000
Lehigh Valley Zoo · Schnecksville, PA · 2023
Capital campaign
$1,000
Camp Papillon Animal Shelter · Stroudsburg, PA · 2025
Donation in memory of william p. Douglass
$1,000
Community Foundation of Monroe County · Stroudsburg, PA · 2022
Capital campaign

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.