The Mt. Lebanon Community Foundation aims to build, promote, and manage a permanent fund to sustain and enhance the quality of life in Mt. Lebanon. It envisions preserving Mt. Lebanon as a vibrant community with character, emphasizing core values such as Family, Education, Community, Diversity, Nature, Faith, and Health.
The grant program by the Mt. Lebanon Community Foundation focuses on supporting the community through various initiatives. Its main goals include promoting programs and services for families and children to ensure they are strong and functional, funding efforts for senior citizens to engage actively in society, and enhancing community life through support for cultural, artistic, recreational, and aesthetic programs. The Foundation's grant making priorities are designed to address the specific needs of youth, older residents, and the broader community, thereby sustaining and enhancing the community's overall quality of life. Grants are awarded quarterly as funding allows, and proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.
Priority is afforded to entities and initiatives based in Mt. Lebanon, PA, or those that directly advantage the inhabitants of Mt. Lebanon, PA.