Past grants supported land conservation, air quality, urban parks and beautification, zoos, and outdoor education which includes support for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School and Center City District. Areas of interest, including education and higher education are awarded grants by the foundation in company-operating locations. Grants are awarded by the foundation to support culture, health care, and youth. Preference is given to requests from Dauphin, Cumberland, and Perry Counties of Pennsylvania. Emphasis given to programs in education, and other programs that the foundation supports, but also supports a wide array of programs, generally in communities where GenCorp employees live and work.
Funding is provided by the foundation for programs including educational and other purposes.
Grants are made to Pennsylvania colleges and universities and others. Generally, grants are made to such institutions that are located in south-central Pennsylvania. Past grants supported community organizing,, solar energy, water quality, urban environment, environmental education , and a zoos. Past recipients include the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education , Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Past grants supported planting trees and environmental education.