Square Roots Community Initiative awards $208,000 in grants

The non-profit Square Roots Community Initiative (SRCI) recently announced the award of $208,000 in grants to support a variety of local community organizations in southern Chester County.

The grants will benefit, among others, Family Promise of Southern Chester County, Friends of Anson B. Nixon Park, Voices Underground, and PowerCorpsPHL, an acclaimed AmeriCorps workforce training program that trains young adults for careers in community-focused fields.

The 2025 grants mark the fourth consecutive year in which SRCI has awarded community grants in southern Chester County. The four-year grants total more than $750,000, all of which comes from the profits generated by Square Roots Collective’s (SRC) financial investments and for-profit businesses, and all of which are then reinvested for community improvement in Kennett Square.

SRCI is the philanthropic engine of SRC, which is dedicated to improving quality of life through a range of initiatives in Kennett and Southern Chester County. SRCI is the non-profit owner of SRC businesses like The Creamery, Artelo and other ventures, and it recycles 100 percent of all profits back into the community.

“Our model has been to reinvest the profits from our businesses like The Creamery and Artelo to support the great work of community organizations like these,” said Stephanie Almanza, president of the SRCI Board of Directors. “Our bottom line is that SRCI exists to benefit our community and region.”

Continue reading at the Chester County Press, and learn more about the Square Roots Community Initiative.