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Change starts with a spark. Your spark.

We’ll turn it into a shining light across Berks County.

Change starts with a spark. Your spark.

We’ll turn it into a shining light across Berks County.

Change starts with a spark. Your spark.

We’ll turn it into a shining light across Berks County.

Change starts with a spark. Your spark.

We’ll turn it into a shining light across Berks County.

Change starts with a spark. Your spark.

We’ll turn it into a shining light across Berks County.

Scholarship Payment Information: Scholarship payments for 2025 recipients will be sent directly to schools starting on July 1st. It may take several weeks for schools to process payments and apply them to student accounts. Please contact your school directly to confirm receipt of your scholarship payment. For general information about our scholarships, please visit our frequently asked questions page by clicking to the right.

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Our mission is to promote philanthropy and improve the quality of life for the residents of Berks County.

We do this by distributing life-changing grants, scholarships, and other forms of support. Our work is made possible by generous people who created the funds to give back to the community.

About Us

Our areas of focus:

Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture

Life is made richer through the arts, culture, and humanities. Our programs support efforts to bring the arts out into the community.

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Environment and Energy

Environment and Energy

Our goal is to keep Berks beautiful by supporting projects, programs, and partnerships that reduce our environmental footprint.

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Lifelong Learning

Lifelong Learning

We support our diverse community of lifelong learners that are seeking continued or experiential learning.

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Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

We work to ensure our community has access to the healthcare and quality of life services it needs to function at its best.

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Neighborhoods and Economic Development

Neighborhoods and Economic Development

We manage several funds created by local people to ensure the neighborhoods they loved continue to thrive.

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In the Spotlight

Spark Notes - Estate Planning

Spark Notes – Estate Planning

It is our honor to work with so many families and businesses to structure and implement your charitable giving plans. What’s perhaps most rewarding to the team at the Community Foundation is the overwhelming sentiment among our donors that, despite changes in the tax laws…

August 13, 2025

Jen Heydt
Creating a Legacy

Creating a Legacy

Ed Lombardo has a connection to Berks County Community Foundation that goes back many years. A lifelong Berks resident, high school football coach, community volunteer and investment advisor, Ed recognizes the importance of philanthropy.   Earlier this year, Ed reflected on his history of giving, which…

July 25, 2025

Jen Heydt
Tulpehocken Community Outreach: Berks County Community Foundation Tours Local Institutions Receiving Grants, Funding

Tulpehocken Community Outreach: Berks County Community Foundation Tours Local Institutions Receiving Grants, Funding

On Tuesday, July 16th, 2025, leaders from Bernville Heritage and Cultural Center, Rentschler Arboretum, Bernville Area Community Library, Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church and Christ Little Tulpehocken Church welcomed Berks County Community Foundation team members to their spaces to discuss community programming initiatives. The Foundation visited…

July 24, 2025

Jen Heydt

See how our community can help.

Whether you’re looking to give, or need funding to do great things, the outcome is the same – a better Berks County for us all. 

Plan Your Giving

For Current and Potential Donors and Professional Advisors

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For Nonprofits, Organizations & Students

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Shining a light on good work through funds local residents created.

We’re proud to help the local residents of our great community create and manage funds supporting many causes in need of assistance. If you can help any or all of these projects, we’re here to help you make that happen.

Learn About Creating a Fund

The Albany Township Tomorrow Fund

Walter Hamm created this fund in honor of Pauline Levan Hamm and Gloria Longenberger Hamm. Today, the fund provides grant to support community activities in the township they loved.

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Berks County Association of School Retirees Scholarship and Mini-Grant Fund

Retired employees from local schools created this fund to ensure teachers in Berks County’s public schools have funding for special projects and programs that benefit the children in their classrooms.

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Earl and Helen Poole Memorial Fund

The Poole family created this fund to provide ongoing, annual support to Berks Nature, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the Reading Public Museum, and the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University.

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First United Church of Christ Mission Fund

Remaining members created this endowment when the church closed to continue their charitable work of helping children and seniors and reducing hunger in Berks County.

Give to this charitable fund