JACKSON TWP — The Seneca Valley Foundation received a donation of $22,500 on behalf of Nex-Tier Bank through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Education Improvement Tax Credit Program grant.

“NexTier is pleased to continue our partnership with SVSD and support additional student programming through the PA EITC program,” said Clem Rosenberg, NexTier president and CEO. “The engineering and other STEM programs Seneca Valley offers to students are quite innovative and highly beneficial to students. We are especially proud to support the Women in Engineering class that provides young women with exposure to engineering concepts and may help encourage them to explore future careers in engineering.”

A statewide program, EITC enables businesses to make donations to organizations they choose from a commonwealth-approved list.

EITC, a statewide initiative enacted by the state Department of Community and Economic Development in 2001, enables eligible businesses, such as NexTier Bank, to apply credits against their tax liability for the tax year in which they make a contribution to support education in Pennsylvania.