This fund supports organizations that were important to the mission of First Baptist Church. Distributions from the fund shall be made annually to support the following organizations:
- Helping Harvest Food Bank
- Living Christian Church Ministries
- Hope Rescue Mission
- Avivamiento Cristiano Emanuel
If Avivamiento ceases to exist, its distributions will be reallocated to Living Christian Church Ministries. If any of the other above-mentioned organizations cease to exist, distributions will be reallocated equally amongst the remaining organizations.
If you have questions about this fund, please email Cindy Milian, Health and Human Services Program Officer of Berks County Community Foundation, at cindym@bccf.org.
South Mountain YMCA Neag Endowment for Camper Financial Assistance
The purpose of the fund is to provide campership support at the South Mountain YMCA.
Najarian Fund for Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library
The purpose of the fund is to support the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library.
Building Justice in Berks Fund
This fund will support research on Berks County’s jail population.
The Buddy Fund
Grants from this fund will further or carry out the charitable, cultural, educational and scientific purposes of the Foundation. In 2024, this fund will benefit the Laney’s Legacy of Hope and Helping Harvest.
Reading Public Library Foundation Endowment Fund
The fund will benefit the Reading Public Library Foundation.
Julia Carroll Memorial Fund for German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue
The fund provides financial support to German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue, PA, Inc. to help offset medical costs for dogs rescued by the agency.
Berks County Angel Funds
The Community Foundation manages several funds that provide grants of $25 to $1,000 for specific needs of children (under 18) in Berks County.
- The Berks County Parrot Head Club Angel Fund provides grants for children (under 18) who are in an extraordinary situation where a nominal amount of intervention is likely to yield life-changing outcomes. Preference is given to Berks County children who have a physical or medical need that the family is unable to afford.
- The Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Dimitriou Memorial Fund provides grants for children (under 18) with critical medical, social, or educational needs that will enhance their ability to achieve their full potential. Distributions also support the needs of individuals in the Berks County Treatment Courts.
- The Camella Maggs Client Memorial Fund provides grants for children (under 18) who have learning and physical disabilities.
A parent, guardian, teacher, social worker, caseworker, or court official may complete the application on a child’s behalf to be considered for a grant. If a parent or individual applies, these applications must be substantiated by a caseworker, school, medical, or court official. Decisions are generally made within 14 days of receiving application and the referral.
Bill Woolworth Memorial Fund for Berks Teens
This fund support’s Co-County Wellness Service’s Berks Teens Program.
Berks Teens is an education and outreach campaign that engages young people to work with their peers. Armed with reliable, well-accepted information and data about the impact of teenage pregnancy and medically sound information about avoiding unwanted pregnancy, the campaign fanned out across the city through social media, youth ambassadors, and outreach to parents.
Emergency Fund for Ukrainian Community Foundations
The Fund for Ednannia collects and distributes donations to community foundations in Ukraine.
All funds raised are distributed to ISAR Ednannia for its Emergency Fund. ISAR Ednannia is a Ukrainian national network for the development of local philanthropy.
This fund was established at Berks County Community Foundation in the spring of 2022 to help Ukrainian community foundations address the most pressing needs in their communities.
Examples of initiatives that have so far been supported by the Fund for Ednannia:
- Food packages were delivered to 910 households made up of the most vulnerable populations in southern Ukrainian town and 10 nearby villages. Among those assisted were senior citizens who cannot access their pensions during the war, families with children, and people with disabilities. Pictures of this operation are featured below.
- New medical equipment — fetal monitors, pulse oximeter monitors, neonatal pulse oximeters, children’s heated mattresses — was delivered to a maternity hospital in in northern Ukraine where other nearby hospitals have been destroyed. The hospital expects the equipment to assist in the delivery of 350 children over six months.
To learn more about the projects and programs that have been funded, read the People to People Impact Report prepared by ISAR Ednannia.
