Community Philanthropy

For over 200 years, The York Water Company has supported the York Community. Today, our community extends far beyond York. We’re giving back to our communities in Adams, Franklin, and Lancaster Counties, too.

We support nonprofit organizations in our communities. We sponsor, volunteer, and serve as leaders in numerous organizations.

Our employees regularly volunteer, organize events, and serve on non-profit boards, and we encourage it! It’s part of the culture here at York Water to share our time talent.

Are you interested in a York Water Sponsorship for your organization or event? Send a message to our Community Engagement Team here.

Since Pennsylvania’s inception of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program in 2009, York Water has donated more than $7 million to support non-profit organizations in the communities that we serve.

These are a few of the non-profits York Water has supported through the EITC program.

The Educational Tax Improvement Credit (EITC) provides tax credits to eligible businesses contributing to a Scholarship Organization, an Educational Improvement Organization, and/or a Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Organization.

Field Trips and Classroom Visits

We love field trips and classroom visits. We have hosted educational groups for tours of our various water and wastewater treatment plants to learn how drinking water gets to their tap, and what happens to the water once it goes down the drain.

From Pre-K to Adult Community Organizations

We visit preschool to college classrooms, and we don’t stop there. We meet with community organizations to teach our friends and neighbors about our water and wastewater systems, the stock market (our symbol is YORW), and how to pursue a job in water or wastewater.

Check out our latest field trips and class visits on our blog In Our Community.

Are you interested in a York Water field trip or classroom visit? Send a message to our Community Engagement Team here.

Community Capital Investments

We make strategic investments that support local non-profit and service organizations whose missions lift our residents and improve the communities where we serve and live.
These are just some of the organizations we supported in 2023:

• Logos Academy Campus Expansion
• Penn-Mar Human Services
• The Cultural Alliance
• Leg Up Farm
• Children’s Home of York
• York County Alliance for Learning
• The Appell Center
• York College
• The York County History Center
• United Way of York County