Heidi Williamson, Senior Vice President for Programs and Initiatives, shares her perspective from where she stands… “On the Ground.”
02 / 23
2021
READING, PA (February 23, 2021) – I’ve been thinking about the Roaring 20s lately, a decade in Western culture sometimes called the “crazy years,” when [...]
12 / 30
2020
READING, PA (December 30, 2020) – All hail the class of 2021! It’s hard to believe that in a few short months, hundreds of Berks County [...]
12 / 11
2020
READING, PA (December 11, 2020) – At the Community Foundation, we do our best to make decisions based on data. Sometimes that means funding research [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
01 / 27
2016
Running a nonprofit is no easy business. A passion for the cause may drive the bulk of your work, but to be successful that passion [...]
01 / 15
2016
If you’ve noticed an uptick in activity in downtown Reading this year, you’re not imagining things. This place is hopping. And now is your opportunity [...]
03 / 04
2015
In fiscal year 2014, Berks County Community Foundation distributed $665,119 in scholarships and $2.4 million in grants from more than 300 funds set up by [...]
01 / 26
2015
To protect children from abuse, updated regulations went into effect in Pennsylvania on Dec. 31, 2014. The regulations expand the categories of people who are [...]
08 / 20
2014
Like most people who work or live around Reading, my car developed a bad case of cellulite after the big hail storm in May. It’s [...]
05 / 06
2014
If you’ve followed the Community Foundation for any period of time, you know that we have about 300 charitable funds that support nearly as many [...]
04 / 14
2014
If you've been around Berks County for any period of time, chances are you've run into Kevin Murphy. As the president of the Community Foundation [...]
01 / 06
2014
For more than a decade the Community Foundation kept an office at 23 South Reading Avenue in Boyertown. Over the years the office was manned [...]
11 / 11
2013
The ladies who contribute to the Power of the Purse in Berks County Fund recently kicked off their second year at a meeting at the [...]
09 / 03
2013
We intuitively understand that the arts add value to our lives. We listen to music, watch live and filmed performances, admire photos, paintings and sculptures, [...]
06 / 18
2013
We recently awarded three grants from the Berks County Tennis Fund to programs that teach kids how to play tennis. The instruction in each program [...]
05 / 10
2013
This month the ladies who make up the Power of the Purse in Berks County Fund will announce the grants they’ve recommended in this, their [...]
04 / 16
2013
This month, the Community Foundation is accepting grant applications from local libraries that plan to run unique and interesting programs later this year. The grants [...]