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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.

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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In the Spotlight

Innovation Fund Awards $102,500 in Grants to Environmental Projects 

Innovation Fund Awards $102,500 in Grants to Environmental Projects 

Reading, PA (June 23, 2025) – Berks County Community Foundation granted $102,500 to support 10 local projects that will address critical environmental challenges, promote sustainable practices, and build collaborative partnerships. Grants were made from the Innovation Fund of Berks County Community Foundation, which supports projects…

June 23, 2025

Molly McCullough Robbins, Vice President for Philanthropic Services
Berks Internship Summit for Employers

Berks Internship Summit for Employers

The Community Foundation may be best known for our grantmaking, but a considerable portion of our time is spent on community initiative work. One such project is focused on attracting and retaining college students to Berks County.  Albright College, Alvernia University, Kutztown University, Penn State…

June 18, 2025

Molly McCullough Robbins, Vice President for Philanthropic Services
Home Health Care Foundation Entrusts Assets to Berks County Community Foundation

Home Health Care Foundation Entrusts Assets to Berks County Community Foundation

Reading, PA (June 12, 2025) – Home Health Care Foundation and Berks County Community Foundation announced that they have merged.   Home Health Care Foundation became an affiliate of Berks County Community Foundation in 2020. The transaction adds $7.3 million to the Community Foundation’s assets. Home…

June 12, 2025

Molly McCullough Robbins, Vice President for Philanthropic Services

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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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