The President’s Journal and On the Ground offer inside perspectives on work at the Community Foundation and life in Berks County.
03 / 31
2020
READING, PA (March 31, 2020) – This week, the Community Foundation launched an emergency grant program to help Berks County nonprofits fill critical gaps in [...]
03 / 21
2020
READING, PA (March 21, 2020) – It's a popular question these days. And the answer is surprisingly simple. The resources of our community are strained [...]
02 / 21
2020
READING, PA (February 21, 2020) – One of the many projects Berks County Community Foundation supports is Berks Vital Signs. It’s our effort to provide objective, [...]
02 / 20
2020
READING, PA (February 20, 2020) – Each year, the Knight Foundation provides a gathering space for leaders from journalism, technology, philanthropy, and civic organizations like [...]
02 / 18
2020
READING, PA (February 18, 2020) – These are the children who are among the most distressed residents in Berks County: the ones who are in [...]
02 / 10
2020
READING, PA (February 10, 2020) – In the spring of 2014, the City of Flint, Mich., switched the source of its water supply, but failed [...]
01 / 02
2020
READING, PA (January 2, 2020) – Many employees of nonprofit organizations confront tragedy and trauma every day. They may work with abused children or care [...]
12 / 30
2019
The Conrad Weiser Science Research Institute is one of many reasons that Berks County's future is looking bright. READING, PA (December 30, 2019) [...]
12 / 27
2019
READING, PA (December 27, 2019) – I’d pick up the phone. He’d start the conversation with something like an obscure (to me) quote from Shakespeare, [...]
12 / 23
2019
READING, PA (December 23, 2019) – It took a while to write this blog post. Several previous attempts are lying in the electronic trash [...]
12 / 17
2019
READING, PA (December 17, 2019) – In the 18 years that the Community Foundation has been working to ignite a spark to revitalize the [...]
11 / 04
2019
READING, PA (November 4, 2019) – I was interviewed by a regional publication recently and the reporter asked me, “What makes a nonprofit different from [...]
08 / 22
2019
READING, PA (August 22, 2019) – A few years ago, the Association for Fundraising Professionals Berks Regional Chapter (AFP) and the Community Foundation partnered to [...]
08 / 21
2019
READING, PA (August 21, 2019) – As Berks County students head back to school, many will face new uncertainties in light of changes in immigration [...]
08 / 19
2019
READING, PA (August 19, 2019) – September will mark 10 years since Berks County Community Foundation moved into its current environmentally-friendly headquarters. When it opened [...]
08 / 05
2019
READING, PA (August 5, 2019) – There have been times when I’ve encountered individuals and I haven’t been sure if they were having an emotional [...]
07 / 10
2019
READING, PA (July 10, 2019) – In an earlier entry in The President’s Journal, I discussed the Community Foundation’s project to identify and catalog all [...]
07 / 03
2019
READING, PA (July 3, 2019) – This summer, the Community Foundation is hosting three interns to begin what may be a very long process. [...]
07 / 01
2019
READING, PA (July 1, 2019) – Today marks the end of an era for the Greater Reading region. After more than 150 years of family [...]
06 / 21
2019
READING, PA (June 21, 2019) – We’re very proud at the Community Foundation to, most years, host summer interns who become important contributors to our [...]