03 / 09
2021
READING, PA (March 9, 2021) – Robotics programming, virtual reality, and other digital projects were popular among those that sought funding this year from Berks [...]
01 / 25
2021
READING, PA (January 25, 2021) – The Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund awarded a $340,000 grant to a Berks County company developing an innovative [...]
01 / 14
2021
READING, PA (January 14, 2021) – Seven organizations have been awarded grants totaling $141,300 for programs that improve the health and well-being of Berks [...]
08 / 11
2020
READING, PA (August 11, 2020) – The mission of the former First United Church of Christ in Reading continues. A charitable fund that the [...]
07 / 15
2020
READING, PA (July 15, 2020) – The Met-Ed Sustainable Energy Fund of Berks County Community Foundation has awarded three grants totaling $72,577 to support the [...]
04 / 20
2020
READING, PA (April 20, 2020) – Berks County Community Foundation has released $307,800 in emergency grants to 59 Berks County nonprofit organizations to fill critical [...]
01 / 30
2020
READING, PA (January 30, 2020) – Increasing the variety of reading material available to students was a popular goal among projects that sought funding this [...]
11 / 05
2019
BOYERTOWN, PA (November 5, 2019) – The Boyertown Area Charitable Program of Berks County Community Foundation has awarded $64,741 in grants to six projects. The [...]
08 / 30
2019
MORGANTOWN, PA (August 30, 2019) – The blast furnace at Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works has been preserved in time for the 43rd annual Hay [...]
08 / 01
2019
READING, PA (August 1, 2019) – Berks County Community Foundation has awarded $45,300 to 10 organizations to bring arts programs to downtown Reading. This [...]
07 / 18
2019
READING, PA (July 18, 2019) – Berks County Community Foundation awarded $33,300 in grants to support K9 units at various law enforcement agencies in the [...]
07 / 11
2019
READING, PA (July 11, 2019) – The mission of the former First United Church of Christ in Reading continues. A charitable fund that the church [...]
06 / 18
2019
READING, PA (June 18, 2019) – Four programs that engage youth and contribute to an improved atmosphere in the City of Reading have been awarded [...]
04 / 04
2019
READING, PA (April 4, 2019) – A dozen residents from Bethany Children's Home enjoyed a beach vacation courtesy of a grant awarded by the First [...]
04 / 01
2019
READING, PA (April 1, 2019) – A group of local women started the Power of the Purse in Berks County Fund in 2012. Group members’ [...]
02 / 13
2019
READING, PA (February 13, 2019) – Programs that seek to reduce teen pregnancy, improve oral health, and enhance children’s nutrition and fitness are among the [...]
12 / 13
2018
READING, PA (December 13, 2018) – In the penultimate round of distribution from the $2.5 million BB&T Economic Growth Fund of Berks County Community Foundation, a [...]
11 / 07
2018
READING, PA (November 7, 2018) – Berks County Community Foundation has awarded nine grants totaling $66,812 to bring plays, an art camp, a film premiere, [...]
10 / 24
2018
READING, PA (October 24, 2018) – With Halloween and its associated candy and sugar nearly upon us, parents and caregivers should make sure their children [...]
10 / 09
2018
In Berks County, we're fortunate to have people who support the Diversity Alliance Endowment Fund of Berks County Community Foundation. Thanks to the generosity of its [...]