Community Initiatives

The driving force behind many life-changing projects here in Berks County. 

Good works are in the works.

We partner with local organizations to support initiatives that actively improve the welfare of the residents of Berks County. Our years of experience give us the resources to join forces and make change happen.

Our Areas of Focus

Although we manage funds for many different causes in Berks County, we focus our undesignated grantmaking and resources on the following community initiatives.

Our focus areas

Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture

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Environment and Energy

Environment and Energy

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Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

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Education

Education

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Neighborhoods and Economic Development

Neighborhoods and Economic Development

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We turn initiatives into action.

With the help of community partners and committed volunteers, we take what we learn and put it to work through specific programs.

Current programs

Met Ed Sustainable Energy Fund

A Brighter Energy Future

We work in partnership with the Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund to improve energy efficiency and support green energy projects and education across a broad swath of Pennsylvania.

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Generational Change for Women and Girls

A program of the Power of the Purse in Berks County Fund

By supporting programs that help women and girls enter the workforce or get the education they need to do so, this program seeks to empower women and end generational poverty.

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Youth Advisory Board

A program of VOiCEup Berks and the Youth Fund

Each year, 40 local high school students study the issues their peers face, volunteer their time to address them, and undertake a process to award $15,000 in grants aimed at making an impact.

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The Sacred Places Project

A program to catalog purpose-built church buildings in Berks County

With the help of Partners for Sacred Places in Philadelphia and a cadre of interns, this program is inventorying the existing church buildings in Berks County, with an eye toward preserving historically significant properties.

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Our knowledge is your power.

We’ve been creating change since 1994. Our program officers know initiatives in Berks County inside-and-out and can answer all your questions

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