Tamaqua Area Community Partnership

Background

The Tamaqua Area Community Partnership claims to focus on community and economic development as well as addressing policy issues of poverty, addiction, and healthcare access.  ^{2  1}

As of 2025, Tamaqua’s listed partners include Blueprint Communities, Elm Street, Pennsylvania’s Main Street Program, Rural LISC, and the Schuylkill River National Heritage Area.  ³

In November 2025, it was announced that that Tamaqua Area Community Partnership would be working with Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry  to develop a “rural dental education center and clinic.”  ⁴

In January 2026, it was reported that the group was also involved in the construction of a new Tamaqua Police Department headquarters as well as a local community center. The $4.5 million project was largely funded by a 2021 $2 million grant from the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, and a matching grant from the John E. Morgan Foundation.  ⁵

Funding

In 2024, the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership reported $4,506,983 in revenue, $1,637,670 in expenses, and $6,027,547 in total assets. In the same year, the group reported $3,595,449 in government grants, which accounted for nearly 80% of the group’s total revenue that year.  ⁶

In 2024, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation gave $45,000 to Tamaqua, $33,000 in 2022, and $11,500 in 2021.  ⁷

In 2024, the Wendy and Douglas Topkis Charitable Foundation gave $2,000 in general support to Tamaqua.  ⁸

In 2024, the John E. Morgan Foundation gave $50,000 to Tamaqua, $630,000 in 2023, $420,000 in 2022, and $1 million in 2020.  ⁹

In 2016, the PPL Foundation gave $20,000 to Tamaqua and $20,000 in 2015.  ¹⁰

Leadership

As of 2026, Micah Gursky was listed as the executive director of the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership and was a director at the St. Luke’s University Health Network.  ^{11  2}