Nonprofit organizations will have an opportunity to learn more about grants available from the PPL Foundation. 

The PPL Foundation recently awarded $500,000 in funding to support 17 nonprofit organizations working to improve the lives and well-being of individuals throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania.

With the help of a $5,000 grant from the PPL Foundation, the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown is bolstering its educational training on diversity equity and inclusion. 

The PPL Foundation said it has made $450,000 in grants to nearly 100 nonprofit organizations throughout eastern and central Pennsylvania as part of the foundation's sustaining grants program, which supports efforts to build sustainable communities, enhance education and promote diversity, equity and inclusion.