The President’s Journal by Kevin K. Murphy, On the Ground by Heidi Williamson, and blog posts from other team members offer inside perspectives on work at the Community Foundation and life in Berks County.
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 [...]
06 / 10
2019
READING, PA (June 10, 2019) – This year, Berks County Community Foundation is awarding $635,421 in scholarships to 283 students (mostly from Berks County) to help [...]
04 / 02
2019
READING, PA (April 2, 2019) – Locally-owned businesses are the strongest part of the fabric that makes up our business community. Many of our top [...]
12 / 10
2018
December 10, 2018 — When many of us look forward to the holidays, we anticipate treasured times with friends and loved ones. But it is also [...]
10 / 30
2018
October 30, 2018 — Pennsylvania’s decision to legalize the production and sale of medical marijuana makes it one of 31 states to decide that the drug [...]
10 / 04
2018
October 4, 2018 — A few years ago, the Community Foundation needed to hire a new accounting firm. It is a routine process that happens every [...]
09 / 21
2018
September 21, 2018 — At the Community Foundation, we frequently talk about how Berks County “shows up” at meetings with outsiders. It is not uncommon for [...]