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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.

In the Spotlight

Grants Support the Upkeep and Maintenance of Local Police K-9 Units

Grants Support the Upkeep and Maintenance of Local Police K-9 Units

K-9 units have been proven to strengthen local police forces by aiding in crime-fighting efforts. Thanks to the generosity of local residents, Berks County Community Foundation manages several charitable funds that benefit police K-9 teams in the area.   Funding has supported several projects related to…

August 23, 2023

Cindy Milian, Health and Human Services Program Officer
Community Resiliency and Environmental Health in Berks County

Community Resiliency and Environmental Health in Berks County

Earlier this year, more than 45 Berks County leaders met with the Community Foundation to talk about community resiliency and environmental health. The leaders hailed from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and local businesses whose work focuses on critical issues such as stormwater management, land conservation…

August 22, 2023

Emily Smedley, Environment and Energy Program Officer
Funding Available to Support Sustainable Energy Projects

Funding Available to Support Sustainable Energy Projects

(August 21, 2023) – JOHNSTOWN, PA – The Metropolitan Edison/Pennsylvania Electric Company Sustainable Energy Fund (Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund) announced today that a new funding opportunity is available to nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Effective immediately, the fund will offer program-related investments (PRIs) to organizations within…

August 21, 2023

Berks County Community Foundation

Creating a brighter Berks County for us, our children, and future residents.

Together. That’s how we get things done. As a community foundation, we help the people of Berks County do great things by distributing life-changing grants, scholarships, and other forms of support. 

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Our focus areas

Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture

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Environment and Energy

Environment and Energy

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Education

Education

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Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

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Neighborhoods and Economic Development

Neighborhoods and Economic Development

Neighborhoods and Economic Development

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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. 

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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.

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