Funds for Grants and Scholarships

Funds for Grants and Scholarships

Change starts with a spark.

Your spark.

We’ll turn it into a shining light across Berks County.

Our mission is to promote philanthropy and improve the quality of life for the residents of Berks County.

We do this by helping people create charitable funds, managing the money in those funds, and distributing grants and scholarships to benefit the community.

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Table of Contents Community Foundation information........................................... 4

Brandywine Heights Area School District............................23

Why Give through Berks County Community Foundation?..... 5

Conrad Weiser Area School District......................................23

Types of Charitable Funds........................................................... 6

Daniel Boone Area School District.........................................23

Funds That Award Grants............................................................. 7

Exeter Township School District.............................................23

Animals........................................................................................... 7

Fleetwood Area School District..............................................23

Arts, Culture & Humanities........................................................ 7

Governor Mifflin School District.............................................23

Education....................................................................................... 9

Hamburg Area School District............................................... 24

Environment & Energy................................................................11

Kutztown Area School District............................................... 24

Healthcare & Public Health.......................................................12

Mount Carmel Area School District...................................... 24

Individuals in Need.....................................................................14

Muhlenberg School District.................................................... 24

Neighborhoods & Economic Development..........................16

Nucla, CO.................................................................................... 24

Public Safety................................................................................18

Oley Valley School District...................................................... 24

Youth Sports.................................................................................18

Parkland School District...........................................................25

Funds That Award Scholarships.................................................19

Reading School District............................................................25

For students from all Berks County Schools........................19

Schuylkill Valley School District..............................................25

For students from Delaware/Montgomery Counties..........21

Tulpehocken School District....................................................26

For students from Schuylkill County......................................21

Twin Valley...................................................................................26

For students in grades K-12.....................................................22

Wilson School District..............................................................26

For students attending Wilkes University............................22

Donor Advised Funds................................................................. 27

Antietam School District..........................................................22

Undesignated Funds................................................................... 27

Berks Catholic............................................................................22 Boyertown Area School District.............................................22

ON THE COVER: Students at Brecknock Elementary School in the Governor Mifflin School District enjoy books provided as incentives through the Teacher Mini-Grant Fund of Berks County Community Foundation.

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WHAT IS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

What is a Community Foundation?

A Community Foundation is a nonprofit corporation that serves as a civic leader for a region by developing, managing, and distributing funds to meet existing and emerging community needs. They are created by residents, governed by a volunteer board of directors, and run by professional staff with expertise in identifying the needs of the community. Today, there are more than 900 community foundations serving towns, cities, and geographic regions across the United States.

Who is Berks County Community Foundation?

What do we do?

Our mission is to promote philanthropy

things:

The Community Foundation does three

and improve the quality of life for the residents of Berks County. We are a team

1. We help Berks Countians create

of passionate, driven people committed

charitable funds.

to helping you create a better berks

The Community Foundation helps

County. Berks County Community

individuals, families, and their

Foundation was founded in 1994 to help

professional advisors determine the best

individuals, families, organizations,

way to meet their charitable goals. This

and businesses achieve their charitable

often includes honoring the memory

objectives. We know that change

of a loved one or supporting a cause

radiates outward, and we help people

about which the individual or family

create a brighter future and a legacy of

cares deeply. In either case, a member

real transformation for all of us.

of the Community Foundation’s senior staff works with the people involved to determine the best way to meet their charitable objectives.

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2. We professionally manage charitable dollars.

The Community Foundation manages the money in the charitable funds.

Funds are created after a simple fund agreement is completed and an initial donation is received. The money is then pooled with the foundation’s other funds and professionally invested to ensure grants or scholarships – and the individual’s or family’s legacy continues in perpetuity.

3. We distribute grants and scholarships.

Our program officers are experts in their fields. The program team conducts site visits and researches pressing issues not only at the county

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

We meet our level, but also regionally, nationally,

and efficiency. We manage each fund

and internationally to ensure grants

separately, handle all the administrative

and scholarships are improving the

paperwork, and we offer a larger tax

quality of life in Berks County. Grantees

break, too.

complete a grant agreement and submit a follow-up report at the end of the

Perpetuity:

grant period. Scholarship recipients

Endowment funds we manage will

must confirm they are attending

live forever, and so will Berks County

school and plan to use the funding for

Community Foundation. We will never

educational purposes.

leave the area or go out of business,

Why Give Through Berks County Community Foundation?

Berks County Community Foundation is here to be your partner in philanthropy to help you make a long-lasting impact in the community. We are just as passionate about improving the quality of life in Berks County as you are. We are just as passionate about improving the quality of life in Berks County as you are. The changes you want to see and improvements you want to make are all possible when you work closely with us.

Convenient and efficient: Compared to starting a private foundation, we offer convenience

so we will always be here making the

mission by helping people create charitable funds, managing the money in those funds, and distributing grants

community a better place to live.

and scholarships

Time:

to benefit the

You may make a gift to us now, receive a tax deduction, and have time to plan for

community.

your grant distribution later.

Mission: If you prefer to give to a cause or mission instead of a specific organization, we can help support your chosen discipline in your name or in the name of a loved one.

Diversity: You may support multiple organizations with a single, annual grant in your name, or in the name of a loved one, forever.

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TYPES OF CHARITABLE FUNDS

Types of Charitable Funds Berks County Community Foundation helps people determine the type of fund that best suits their charitable goals. Nearly all our funds are customized in some way to help our donors achieve their philanthropic vision. The Community Foundation’s Board of Directors approves all grant recommendations.

Donors generally create one of the following types of funds: Donor Advised Funds

Undesignated Funds

Scholarship & Award Funds

With a Donor Advised Fund, you

Some donors establish Undesignated

Scholarships and Awards are granted

recommend grants over time to

Funds, where grants are made

based on specific selection criteria that

organizations and causes that interest

to address critical issues in the

donors determine when they establish

you. Some donors pick family members

community, as determined by the

the fund. In many cases, there may be

to serve on an advisory committee that

Community Foundation’s Board of

a way to support educational causes in

makes the grant recommendations.

Directors. These grantmaking programs

other ways, too, such as through a

Many donors set up Donor Advised

and initiatives evolve and develop over

field-of-interest fund.

Funds instead of private foundations.

time to meet the emerging needs of the

In most cases, Donor Advised Funds

people who live and work in the county.

To determine the method, or mix of

offer significant tax and administrative

Our expert program officers oversee

methods, that make the most sense for

advantages over private foundations.

these initiatives.

structuring a gift through the Community

Designated Funds

Field of Interest Funds

tax or estate planner or reach out to

Grants from Designated Funds are made

Field of Interest Funds allow donors

give@bccf.org.

regularly to nonprofit agencies that you

to support areas of interest, such as

designate when you set up the fund.

education, animal welfare, or the arts.

Some donors endow a Designated Fund in

Sometimes the Community Foundation

their will by leaving a charitable bequest

will establish an advisory committee

to provide annual support to an agency.

of expert volunteers to guide the

Sometimes agencies create their own

distribution of grants.

Foundation, please consult a financial,

funds to provide everlasting support.

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Funds That Award Grants To follow is the current list of open funds that award grants as of June 2024.

ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

ANIMALS Darryl and Susanne Shoff Fund

This fund provides veterinary care to animals in life-threatening situations whose owner is unable to afford such life-saving care.

Baseballtown Charities Fund

This fund supports organizations or programs that enhance youth baseball programs in Greater Reading, with an emphasis on the inner city.

Help the Animals Fund

This fund supports The Animal Rescue League of Berks County, Inc., in memory of Mrs. Alexander Smith.

Berks County Arts Fund

This fund supports arts and culture programming in Berks County.

Humane Society of Berks County Fund

Berks County Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Fund for Education, Historic Preservation, and Patriotic Service

This fund supports the Humane Society of Berks County.

Julia Carroll Memorial Fund for German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue This fund will provide financial support to German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue PA, Inc. to help offset medical costs for dogs rescued by the agency.

The Pamela A. and Gregory W. Heid Fund of Berks County Community Foundation provides grants for the direct support of animal care, food, and medicine.

M. Virginia Ebbert Charitable Fund

This fund supports the Animal Rescue League of Berks County and Safe Berks.

Pamela A. and Gregory W. Heid’s Fund for the Animals This fund awards grants to animal welfare organizations for the direct support of animal care, food and medicine.

Pets in Need Fund

This fund provides veterinary care to animals in life-threatening situations when their owners are unable to afford such care.

Rene G. Hill Memorial Fund

This fund supports the Berks County Pony Club.

This fund provides awards to Berks County students who best meet the criteria established annually by the fund committee for an academic contest in which students explore topics central to the mission of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). In the second category, an award may be presented to one or more Berks County citizens who best exemplify outstanding community service and achievement in a way that mirrors the NSDAR’s dedication to “education, historic preservation and patriotic service.

Berks Youth Chorus Fund

This fund supports Berks Youth Chorus.

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Bruce and Renee Dietrich Family Fund

This fund supports the Reading Public Library, Salvation Army - Reading Corps, Helping Harvest, Hope Rescue Mission, and Berks Community Television.

Charles and Ruth Shartle Fund

This fund supports Christ Lutheran Church in Stouchburg, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Womelsdorf, the Womelsdorf Public Library, and the Womelsdorf VFW to maintain the War Memorial.

Earl and Helen Poole Memorial Fund This fund supports Berks Nature for maintenance of the Earl L. Poole Sanctuary, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s raptor education program, the Reading Public Museum, and the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University to support the Earl L. Poole Collection.

First United Church of Christ Mission Fund

This fund supports organizations and causes that were important to the mission of the First United Church of Christ, in Reading, PA.

JK Boyer Boyertown Community Library Fund

Levi W. Mengel Memorial Fund

This fund supports the acquisition, care, and maintenance of materials and exhibits at the Reading Public Museum.

Linda and Paul Garber Memorial Fund

This fund supports St. John’s Gernant United Church of Christ in Leesport and charitable activities at St. John’s Gernant Union Cemetery.

Lucy M. Born Fund

This fund supports Berks Catholic High School, the Catholic Diocese of Allentown, Lifeline of Berks County Inc., and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Manassas and Annie Solt Memorial Fund

This fund supports Stahl Pottery Preservation Society, Huff’s Union Church and Make a Wish Foundation.

Marian S. Snyder Fund

This fund provides grants to charitable organizations in Berks County that were important to Mrs. Snyder, including Animal Rescue League, Berks County Association for the Blind, Foundation for Reading Public Museum, Humane Pennsylvania, and Tower Health at Home.

This fund supports the JK Boyer Boyertown Community Library in memory of John Czerniak and Sandra J. Massaro.

Martha W. Lewis Fund for St. John’s UCC

James P. Born, Sr. Fund

Mensch Mill Growth Fund

This fund supports organizations and ministries whose teachings are consistent with the Catholic faith and whose programs benefit children and/ or promote education.

Juniper Fund

This fund provides grants to educate, promote and preserve the history, heritage, and traditions of Scotland.

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This fund supports St. John’s United Church of Christ in Gibraltar, PA. This fund supports Mensch Mill’s programs, historic buildings, and/or artifacts.

Michael Constantine Film Education Fund

This fund supports ReadingFilmFEST to educate students and emerging filmmakers on how to develop and showcase their craft.

Miriam A. Wentzel Memorial Youth Activities Fund

This fund supports the youth of St. Michael’s Church in Hamburg to attend church-affiliated camps.

Patricia Bear Endowment Fund for Bethany Methodist Church

This fund supports Bethany Methodist Church in Hamburg.

Pennsylvania German Program Fund for Berks Community Television This fund supports the development and production of programs on BCTV devoted to Pennsylvania German culture, language and heritage.

Reading Public Library Foundation Endowment Fund This fund supports the Reading Public Library Foundation.

Reading Symphony Orchestra Fund This fund supports the Reading Symphony Orchestra.

Richard J. Yashek Memorial Fund for Congregation Leadership This fund supports Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom for programs that promote and enhance leadership in the congregation.

Sacred Places Project Fund

This fund supports work to inventory local houses of worship in our county.

Seaman Family Fund

This fund supports St. Michael’s Church in Hamburg.

St. John’s UCC Reading Fund

This fund supports organizations and causes in Southeast Reading or Berks County that reduce hunger, offer shelter or improve housing, meet a pressing need for youth, or create or maintain open space.

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William and Beulah Eshelman Memorial Fund

The Sinking Spring Public Library hosted the First Lego League Robotics Club thanks to support from the Friends of Berks County Public Libraries fund. First Lego League is designed to inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.

This fund supports Calvary United Methodist Church in Mohnton and may provide loans to assist church members in pursuing post-secondary education.

Woman’s Exchange of Reading Fund

This fund supports local artisans in the pursuit of perfecting their art, trade, or craft.

Wummer Family Fund

This fund supports Berks Catholic High School, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, and Villanova University.

EDUCATION All About Children - Reach Out and Read Fund

This fund promotes literacy by providing age-appropriate books to children during their office visits to Penn State Health - All About Children.

Arrow International Scholarship Fund

In addition to providing scholarships, the Arrow International Scholarship Fund supports innovative projects designed to respond to unmet needs of the disadvantaged in the fields of human services, education, and health.

Ben Franklin Trust Fund

This fund supports education as a means of bettering one’s station in life, as stipulated in the bequest of Benjamin Franklin.

Berks County Association of School Retirees Scholarship and Grant Fund This fund supports mini grants for teachers who teach K-12 at one of the public schools in Berks County to support a classroom activity or project.

BISA Attendance Improvement Fund This fund supports initiatives at Berks County’s public schools that improve attendance.

Boyertown Young Woman in Science Fund

This fund supports scholarships for seventh and eighth grade female students in the Boyertown Area School District who show an aptitude for and an interest in science, with a particular emphasis on veterinary science.

Bruce and Renee Dietrich Family Fund

This fund supports the Reading Public Library, Salvation Army - Reading Corps, Helping Harvest, Hope Rescue Mission, and Berks Community Television.

Conrad Weiser Area School District Science Research Institute Fund This fund supports the Conrad Weiser Area School District Science Research Institute.

Friends of Berks County Public Libraries Fund

This fund supports Berks County public libraries for emergency needs and special projects.

Fund for Science Research Institutes This fund supports Science Research Institutes serving students in Berks County schools.

Graduate Nurse Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Alumni Association of The Reading Hospital School of Nursing members and School of Nursing graduates pursuing an advanced degree.

Greater Reading Young Professionals Community Engagement Fund

This fund awards grants to attract, engage and/or retain young professionals in the Greater Reading region.

Hamburg Area Education Foundation Fund

This fund supports the Hamburg Area Education Foundation.

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IDEA Fund

This fund supplements the educational needs of Wilson School District residents who are special education students.

Marian S. Snyder Fund

This fund provides grants to help young men with their education.

This fund provides grants to charitable organizations in Berks County that were important to Mrs. Snyder, including Animal Rescue League, Berks County Association for the Blind, Foundation for Reading Public Museum, Humane Pennsylvania, and Tower Health at Home.

James P. Born, Sr. Fund

Marlene L. Driscoll Fund

Ira M. Becker Fund for Men

This fund supports organizations and ministries whose teachings are consistent with the Catholic faith and whose programs benefit children and/ or promote education.

Jean G. Roberts Memorial Fund for Gifted Education This fund supports educational opportunities for students enrolled in the gifted educational program of the Tulpehocken Area School District.

Junior Achievement of Berks County, Inc. Fund

This fund supports Junior Achievement programs in Berks County.

Kiwanis Club of Greater Reading Berks County

This fund supports the Kiwanis Club of Greater Reading-Berks to carry out their charitable mission of changing the world, one child and one community at a time.

Leonard I. and Anna M. Miller Fund

This fund provides grants to organizations that benefit the residents of the Boyertown Area School District.

Patrick D. O’Pake Fund

This fund supports students at St. Margaret’s School and projects for children in the Glenside area.

Penny Jar Fund

This fund provides non-tuition related assistance to students enrolled in college who encounter an unexpected financial crisis.

Prevention of Child Abuse/ Americanism Fund

This fund provides grants to Victim Services Center of Montgomery County for their “Keeping Touches Healthy and Safe” program; The Girl Scouts of Eastern, PA, Boyertown Service Unit; and The Hawk Mountain Council for Boy Scouts, Boyertown Area.

Public Education Foundation Fund for Instructional Innovation

This fund supports “The Company Program” from Junior Achievement in Berks County schools.

This fund supports instruction in public elementary and secondary schools in Berks County.

Lucy M. Born Fund

Reading Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center Education Fund

This fund supports Berks Catholic High School, the Catholic Diocese of Allentown, Lifeline of Berks County Inc., and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

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This fund supports students at Reading Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center.

Scholl Albright College Fund

This fund supports Albright College to fund the renovation of the locker rooms in the Bollman Center.

Teacher Mini-Grants Fund

This fund supports teachers in K-12 public schools in Berks County for special materials, activities, projects, and programs.

United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund

This fund supports the United Methodist Student Day Program.

VOiCEup Fund

This fund supports the local VOiCEup program, which promotes individual and community growth by connecting people and organizations with meaningful volunteer and servicelearning opportunities.

Wummer Family Fund

This fund supports Berks Catholic High School, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, and Villanova University.

Wyomissing Public Library Endowment Fund

This fund supports the Wyomissing Public Library.

Youth and Philanthropy Fund

This fund provides grants to organizations that address issues that impact young people in Berks County as recommended by the Youth Advisory Board of Berks County Community Foundation and VOiCEup Berks.

Zock Foundation Designated Fund of Tulpehocken Area School District This fund supports projects and purposes which benefit students attending Tulpehocken Area High School.

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Community Gardens Fund for Berks Nature

This fund supports Berks Nature for the maintenance and support of their community gardens’ physical locations and programs.

Conrad Weiser Area School District Science Research Institute Fund This fund supports the Conrad Weiser Area School District Science Research Institute.

Conservation Equity Fund Permanent Endowment Pool

This fund supports the preservation and conservation of open space, environmentally sensitive areas, farmland, and historic properties in Berks County.

Conservation Easement Stewardship Fund for Berks Nature Grants for international students to study environmental management and conservation education in Berks County, primarily at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, are made possible in part due to support from the Jim Brett Global Conservation Education Fund of Berks County Community Foundation.

ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY Berks Nature Endowment Fund

This fund supports the annual operating needs of Berks Nature, a regional conservation and environmental organization.

Cathy and Doug Weaver Fund

This fund supports animal welfare, the environment, and/or health and human services in Berks County.

This fund supports Berks Nature to support monitoring and stewardship for properties on which easements are held and serve as a defense fund should legal issues related to any conservation easements arise which Berks Nature is responsible for in perpetuity.

Earl and Helen Poole Memorial Fund This fund supports Berks Nature for maintenance of the Earl L. Poole Sanctuary, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s raptor education program, the Reading Public Museum, and the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University to support the Earl L. Poole Collection.

Farmland Preservation Fund

This fund supports the preservation of farmland and open space within Berks County in conjunction with Berks Nature.

Golden Meadows Management Fund for Berks Nature This fund supports Berks Nature for the maintenance of a specific property.

Innovation Fund

This fund provides grants to projects focused on improving environmental health and climate resiliency in Berks County.

Jim Brett Global Conservation Education Fund

This fund provides grants for international students to study environmental management and conservation education in Berks County, primarily (but not exclusively) at Hawk Mountain.

Land Protection Bridge Fund for Berks Nature

This fund supports Berks Nature to assist with transactional and capital expenses of permanent land protection projects.

Metropolitan Edison Company Sustainable Energy Fund

This fund supports sustainable energy projects in the territory served by First Energy’s Metropolitan Edison Company in Pennsylvania.

Mount Penn Preserve Partnership Fund

This fund supports improvements that protect, promote, and enhance the natural beauty, heritage, and attractions of the Mount Penn Preserve.

Muhlenberg Wetland Management Fund for Berks Nature

This fund supports Berks Nature for the conservation management of a specific property.

Nature Preservation and Trail Management Fund for Berks Nature This fund supports trail maintenance and improvement of trails, properties, and nature preserves owned by Berks Nature.

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Ray and Carole Neag Endowment Fund for Environmental Education at Berks Nature This fund supports Berks Nature for environmental education programs.

Robert H. Clymer Conservation Education Endowment Fund for Berks Nature

Arthur O. and Clara M. Schlegel Memorial Fund for Deformed Children of Berks County

This fund supports medical costs of treating and correcting physical differences in Berks County children whose guardians are unable to meet such expenses.

This fund supports Berks Nature for the development, promotion, and implementation of educational lectures for the community related to the benefits of trees, tree selection, and tree care.

B Strong B Rich Fund

Roberts Family Fund for Stream and Wetland Preservation

Berks County Parrot Head Club Angel Fund

This fund supports the preservation, improvement and/or conservation of streams and wetlands in Berks County.

Trudy’s Garden Fund

This fund supports the maintenance and preservation of Trudy’s Garden at the Reading Public Museum.

HEALTHCARE & PUBLIC HEALTH Annie M. Nolf Charitable Gift Fund This fund supports the Allentown Rescue Mission; American Diabetes Association, Allentown Chapter; American Red Cross, Berks County Chapter; Good Shepherd Rehab Network, Allentown; and the Salvation Army-Reading Corps.

Arrow International Scholarship Fund In addition to scholarships, the Arrow International Scholarship Fund supports innovative projects designed to respond to unmet needs of the disadvantaged in human services, education, and health.

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This fund provides financial assistance for expenses not covered by insurance for Berks County residents under 30 and diagnosed with or recovering from cancer.

This fund supports individuals in extraordinary situations where a nominal amount of intervention is likely to yield life-changing outcomes.

Berks County Transition Coordinating Council Fund

This fund supports the successful transition for local youth with disabilities from school to adult life.

Bill Woolworth Memorial Fund for Berks Teens

This fund supports Co-County Wellness Service’s Berks Teens Program.

Boyertown Lions Community Ambulance Service, Inc. Fund

This fund supports the Boyertown Lions Community Ambulance Service, Inc.

Brynn Lee Feather Fund

This fund supports the McGlinn Family Regional Cancer Center and Setebaid Services, Inc.

Camella Maggs Client Memorial Fund This fund supports Berks County children who have learning and physical disabilities.

Cathy and Doug Weaver Fund

This fund supports animal welfare, the environment, and/or health and human services in Berks County.

Community General Hospital Healthcare Fund

This fund provides grants to support nonprofit hospitals in the City of Reading, scientific research, educational activities, and the general health of the Berks County community.

Cystic Fibrosis Fund of Berks County

This fund provides grants for both the treatment and care of individuals and families impacted by cystic fibrosis and cystic fibrosis research.

Dental Treatment Fund

This fund provides grants for dental treatment for Berks or Schuylkill County residents who are otherwise unable to pay for care, in honor of the Berks Schuylkill Dental Hygienists Association.

Embracing Aging Fund

This fund provides grants to address the needs of Berks County’s older residents by removing barriers to aging well.

Emmanuel “Manny” Dimitriou Memorial Fund

This fund supports Berks County children with critical medical, social, or educational needs to improve their ability to achieve their full potential in life and contribute to society.

Distributions also support the needs of individuals in the Berks County Treatment Courts.

Fund for Ednannia

This fund supports ISAR Ednannia’s Emergency Fund. ISAR Ednannia is a Ukrainian national network for the development of local philanthropy.

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Home Health Care Foundation Fund

This fund provides grants to organizations and programs that benefit the health of residents in Berks and nearby counties, with preference for those that serve Berks.

Jess’s Sunshine Fund

This fund helps families of children with special needs in the Boyertown area, particularly those suffering from a longterm catastrophic illness or injury.

Lauren Fitzgerald Memorial Fund for Brain Tumor Research This fund supports research at the American Brain Tumor Association.

Lucy M. Born Fund

This fund supports Berks Catholic High School, the Catholic Diocese of Allentown, Lifeline of Berks County Inc., and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Margaret B. Moeller Memorial Fund for Alzheimer’s Home Care Companions

This fund supports families in the Boyertown Area School District with members who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia.

Marian S. Snyder Fund

This fund provides grants to charitable organizations in Berks County that were important to Mrs. Snyder, including Animal Rescue League, Berks County Association for the Blind, Foundation for Reading Public Museum, Humane Pennsylvania, and Tower Health at Home.

Marlene L. Driscoll Fund

This fund provides grants to organizations that benefit the residents of the Boyertown Area School District.

Nolf-Unger Fund for Senior Living

This fund supports Phoebe Ministries and Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries for special meals and/or events, or plants and flowers that enhance the dining and aesthetic experience for its residents.

Patricia L. Unger Fund

This fund supports research for multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease.

Ralph H. and Florence Moyer Designated Fund

This fund supports programs related to the cure and study of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease; and provides scholarships for post-secondary study or vocational training to a Berks County youth who has potential and whose family has financial need.

Russell S. Bickel Family Fund

This fund provides grants to improve the quality of communication between health care providers and their patients in Berks County and to improve access to palliative or hospice care.

Safe Berks Endowment Fund

This fund ensures that assistance is available to all survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault in our region.

Seidel Family Fund for Phoebe Berks This fund supports Phoebe Berks Health Care Center, Inc.

William Kline and Kathryn Kline Fund This fund supports the United Way of Berks County.

Reading Pride Celebration Gives Back Fund

This fund supports projects and programs that affirm and enhance the lives of LGBTQ youth in Berks County.

Richard D. and Linda Reed McCrae Clothing Fund

This fund supports Muhlenberg Middle School students with items like clothing, sneakers, and glasses they may not be able to afford.

Visit our website to learn more about applying for grants.

Richard L. Henry Memorial Fund

This fund supports the Jewish Federation of Reading; Safe Berks; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; and Ronald McDonald House locations in Philadelphia and Hershey. In addition, the fund addresses issues related to breast cancer and visual impairment among residents of Berks County.

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INDIVIDUALS IN NEED This section also includes funds that provide grants for organizations that serve individuals.

Arthur O. and Clara M. Schlegel Memorial Fund for Deformed Children of Berks County

This fund supports medical costs of treating and correcting physical differences in Berks County children whose guardians are unable to meet such expenses.

B Strong B Rich Fund

This fund provides financial assistance for expenses not covered by insurance for Berks County residents under 30 and diagnosed with or recovering from cancer.

Berks County Parrot Head Club Angel Fund

This fund supports individuals in extraordinary situations where a nominal amount of intervention is likely to yield life-changing outcomes.

Berks County Veterans Treatment Court Fund This fund supports participants of the Berks County Veterans Court who have expenses not covered by other resources.

Boyertown Area YMCA Endowment Fund

This fund supports the Boyertown YMCA.

Bridge Fund

This fund supports the critical needs of juveniles and those responsible for their care who are under the jurisdiction of Berks County judges handling youth and domestic issues.

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Female students at John Paul II Center for Special Learning in Shillington participate in the “Girl Talk 101” program thanks to support from the Power of the Purse (POP) Fund of Berks County Community Foundation. This program creates a safe space for female students ages 10-45 with any disability to talk about their bodies, rights, safety, and self-advocacy with staff and community experts.

Camella Maggs Client Memorial Fund

This fund supports Berks County children who have learning and physical disabilities.

Cystic Fibrosis Fund of Berks County This fund supports both the treatment and care of individuals and families impacted by cystic fibrosis and cystic fibrosis research.

Diversity Alliance Endowment Fund

This fund supports projects or programs that address issues impacting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Berks County.

Emmanuel “Manny” Dimitriou Memorial Fund

This fund helps Berks County children with critical medical, social, or educational needs to improve their ability to achieve their full potential in life and contribute to society.

Distributions also support the needs of individuals in the Berks County Treatment Courts.

Erich O. Hemmerich Fund

This fund benefits South Mountain YMCA.

Fallen Firefighter’s Bravery Fund This fund provides assistance for families of fallen firefighters within the service area of Tri-County Fire Prevention Associates, Inc. and its affiliated organizations.

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Friends of the Drug Treatment Court Fund

This fund supports participants in the Berks County Treatment Courts.

Fund for Ednannia

This fund supports ISAR Ednannia for its Emergency Fund. ISAR Ednannia is a Ukrainian national network for the development of local philanthropy.

Gene M. Wilkinson Fund

This fund supports South Mountain YMCA.

Helping Harvest Fund

This fund supports Helping Harvest.

James L. and Kathleen M. Adams Fund for The Hope Rescue Mission This fund supports Hope Rescue Mission in Reading.

Jess’s Sunshine Fund

This fund helps families of children with special needs in the Boyertown area, particularly those suffering from a longterm catastrophic illness or injury.

Jim and Margie Fegley Fund for Hope Rescue Mission This fund supports Hope Rescue Mission.

M. Virginia Ebbert Charitable Fund

This fund supports the Animal Rescue League of Berks County and Safe Berks.

Margaret B. Moeller Memorial Fund for Alzheimer’s Home Care Companions

This fund supports families in the Boyertown Area School District with members who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia.

Military Assistance Fund

This fund supports charitable and educational programs and organizations that help those who served in any of the five branches of the United States of America’s Armed Forces, the National Guard, or the Military Reserves.

New Journey Community Outreach, Inc. Endowment Fund This fund supports New Journey Community Outreach, Inc.’s soup kitchen and food pantry and other charitable activities of the organization.

Power of the Purse in Berks County Fund

This fund supports causes that improve the quality of life for women and children in Berks County.

R. David and Jeannette L. Wood Fund This fund supports South Mountain YMCA.

Richard D. and Linda Reed McCrae Clothing Fund

This fund supports Muhlenberg Middle School students with items like clothing, sneakers, and glasses they may not be able to afford.

Robert Welliver Memorial Fund

Susan E. Kraus/Robert W. Gill Fund This fund supports adults who were once children in foster care and need assistance with educational and/or transitional housing expenses.

Tara D’Orazio-Milligan Family Foundation Fund

This fund helps local families who suffer the loss of a parent, leaving adolescent children behind.

Unending Promise Fund

This fund awards grants to improve the quality of life for adults living with autism, primarily in Berks County.

William H. Krause Memorial Fund

This fund provides support to the surviving spouse of a firefighter, police officer, or paramedic killed in the line of duty and to specific organizations.

YMCA of Reading and Berks County Fund

This fund supports the YMCA of Reading and Berks County, in honor of Richard Eshelman.

Youth and Philanthropy Fund

This fund provides grants to organizations that address issues that impact young people in Berks County.

This fund supports camperships, repairs, and maintenance at the Pennsylvania Lions Beacon Lodge Camp for children and adults with special needs.

Safe Berks Endowment Fund

This fund ensures that assistance is available to all survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault in our region.

South Mountain Camps Fund

This fund supports the camps at South Mountain YMCA.

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NEIGHBORHOODS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Albany Township Tomorrow Fund

Boyertown Community Center, Inc. Fund This fund supports nonprofit meeting places where community groups can gather in Boyertown Borough and/or the public library.

This fund supports community-minded organizations and initiatives that benefit the residents of Albany Township in Berks County.

Building a Better Boyertown Endowment Fund

America 250 PA Berks County Fund

Building Industries Exchange of Reading and Berks County Fund

This fund supports the cost of the America 250 PA Berks County celebration.

Bellman Fund for Berks Nature

This fund supports maintenance and improvements at the Brownsville Road property in Lower Heidelberg Township.

Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation Fund

This fund supports the Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation, in memory of Carrie Knabb.

Berks County Vietnam Memorial Maintenance Fund

This fund supports the overall maintenance of the Berks County Vietnam War Memorial located in City Park.

Boyer Foundation Fund

This fund supports Boyertown-area health, social, recreational and safety organizations in memory of Daniel and Blanche Boyer.

Boyertown Area Community Fund

This fund supports charitable programs in the area served by Boyertown Area School District.

Boyertown Area YMCA Endowment Fund

This fund supports the Boyertown YMCA.

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This fund supports Building a Better Boyertown, Inc.

Earl and Helen Poole Memorial Fund This fund supports Berks Nature for maintenance of the Earl L. Poole Sanctuary, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s raptor education program, the Reading Public Museum, and the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University to support the Earl L. Poole Collection.

Foundation for the Reading Pagoda Restoration Fund This fund supports the restoration of the Reading Pagoda.

This fund supports the construction or renovation of facilities owned by or for charitable organizations in Berks County.

Frank C. Kiehne Charitable Fund

Building Justice in Berks Fund

This fund supports research on Berks County’s jail population.

This fund supports the property and programs under the domain of the Berks County Parks & Recreation Department.

Charles and Ruth Shartle Fund

Gilmore | Henne Community Fund

This fund supports Christ Lutheran Church in Stouchburg, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Womelsdorf, the Womelsdorf Public Library, and the Womelsdorf VFW to maintain the War Memorial.

Conservation Equity Fund Permanent Endowment Pool

This fund supports the preservation and conservation of open space, environmentally sensitive areas, farmland, and historic properties in Berks County.

Daniel G. Ebbert Charitable Fund

This fund supports Bear Creek Camp, Wilkes-Barre; Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries; Gettysburg College; Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Reading; and Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.

This fund supports the YMCA of Reading and Berks County and YMCA of the USA.

Friends of the Parks Fund

This fund supports recreational programs, maintenance and improvements at parks in Berks County.

Happy Birthday Reading Fund

This fund will make distributions to the City of Reading to be used to underwrite the cost of the City of Reading’s 275th Anniversary celebration.

JK Boyer Boyertown Community Library Fund

This fund supports the JK Boyer Boyertown Community Library in memory of John Czerniak and Sandra J. Massaro.

Jeffrey S. Waltman, Sr. Legacy Fund This fund supports improvements to recreational spaces and supports recreational programs in the City of Reading, PA.

Marlene L. Driscoll Fund

This fund provides grants to organizations that benefit the residents of the Boyertown Area School District.

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Mohnton Anniversary Fund

This fund provides grants to the Borough of Mohnton to develop events and activities to commemorate the Borough’s future anniversary celebrations.

Mount Penn Preserve Partnership Fund

This fund provides grants for improvements that protect, promote, and enhance the natural beauty, heritage, and attractions of the Mount Penn Preserve.

National Penn Bank Field of Interest Fund

This fund provides grants to United Ways and capital campaigns within the trading area of the former National Bank of Boyertown.

Patricia Bear Endowment Fund for the Muhlenberg Community Library This fund supports the Muhlenberg Community Library.

Patrick D. O’Pake Fund

This fund supports students at St. Margaret’s School and projects for children in the Glenside area.

Reading Area Firefighters Museum Fund

This fund supports the Reading Area Firefighters Museum.

Reading Rising Summit Fund

This fund supports a conference aimed at encouraging innovation in the City of Reading.

Reading Tricentennial Fund

This fund will provide start-up capital for the City of Reading’s 300th Anniversary Celebration in 2048.

The Earl and Helen Poole Memorial Fund is one of several funds managed by Berks County Community Foundation that provides support for the Reading Public Museum.

St. John’s UCC Reading Fund

This fund supports organizations and causes in Southeast Reading or Berks County that reduce hunger, offer shelter or improve housing, meet a pressing need for youth, or create or maintain open space.

Upper Bern Township Preservation Fund

This fund supports Upper Bern Township’s preservation of conservation and agricultural land in the Agricultural Preservation District, Conservation Overlay District or Blue Mountain Preservation District; as well as the maintenance and construction of Shartlesville Park facilities and equipment; and the preservation, maintenance, and construction of township facilities.

West Reading Disaster Recovery Fund

This fund provides aid to members of the community who were affected by the 2023 explosion in West Reading.

Wyomissing Public Library Endowment Fund

This fund supports the Wyomissing Public Library.

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PUBLIC SAFETY Berks County Chief of Police Fund

This fund supports education and training for officers of the police forces of the City of Reading and Berks County and members of the Berks County Sheriff’s Department.

Berks County Law Enforcement Memorial Fund

This fund supports the Berks County Law Enforcement Memorial near the Berks County Heritage Center in Bern Township.

Boyer Foundation Fund

This fund supports Boyertown-area health, social, recreational and safety organizations in memory of Daniel and Blanche Boyer.

Darrell and Gloria Rank K9 Corps Fund

This fund supports the acquisition, training, and ongoing maintenance of K9 corps for governmental entities in Berks County.

Fallen Firefighter’s Bravery Fund This fund provides assistance for families of fallen firefighters within the service area of Tri-County Fire Prevention Associates, Inc. and its affiliated organizations.

Friends of Berks County Emergency Response Team Fund This fund will support the mission for the Berks County Emergency Response Team.

Friends of Berks County Sheriff K9 Fund

This fund supports the Berks County Sheriff K9 Unit.

Friends of the Reading Police K9 Unit Fund

This fund supports the acquisition, training, and ongoing maintenance of the K9 Unit for the City of Reading Police Department.

Friends of the West Reading Police Department and K9 Unit Fund

This fund supports public engagement through community policing; innovative, emerging law enforcement needs; and public safety gains in a time of diminishing resources.

Reading Area Firefighters Museum Fund

This fund supports the Reading Area Firefighters Museum.

Richard Groff and Meda Kern K-9 Corps Endowment Fund

This fund supports law enforcement agencies in Berks County and contiguous counties to help them acquire and maintain protective equipment, training, and education for any municipal law enforcement K-9 Corps.

William H. Krause Memorial Fund

This fund provides support to the surviving spouse of a firefighter, police officer, or paramedic killed in the line of duty and to specific organizations.

The Royals Youth Hockey Fund provides opportunities for youth to participate in ice hockey lessons, camps, clinics, or leagues.

YOUTH SPORTS Baseballtown Charities Fund

This fund supports organizations or programs that enhance youth baseball programs in Greater Reading, with an emphasis on the inner city.

Berks County Tennis Fund

This fund supports programs that enhance the quality of life for children and adults of Berks County through tennis and education programs.

Forest Crigler, Jr. Memorial Fund in Support of Youth Swimming This fund supports programs that develop, encourage, and promote youth swimming in Berks County.

Royals Youth Hockey Fund

This fund provides financial support for youth to participate in ice hockey lessons, camps, clinics, or leagues.

Wyomissing Area Soccer Club McCanney Fund

This fund helps pay registration fees for youth whose families have a financial need.

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FUNDS THAT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

Funds That Award Scholarships To follow is the current list of open funds that award scholarships as of June 2024.

FOR STUDENTS FROM ALL BERKS COUNTY SCHOOLS Albert Boscov Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors from a Berks County high school who will be pursuing their education in performing arts, entertainment, or sports management.

Alumni Association of the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Nursing Program Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships to students enrolled in The Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesNursing Program.

Arrow International Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County students who are high achievers, with a preference to applicants whose parents or grandparents worked at Arrow International on October 1, 2007.

Battle of the Badges Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to seniors from Berks County high schools who are children of active, retired, or deceased police officers or firefighters who served in the City of Reading.

Berks Best Fund

This fund supports scholarships for the recipients of the annual Berks Best recognition by the Reading Eagle.

Berks County Association of School Retirees Scholarship and Grant Fund

This fund supports scholarships for a high school senior who will be attending a four-year college or university to major in elementary or secondary education.

Berks County Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Fund for Education, Historic Preservation, and Patriotic Service

This fund provides awards to Berks County students who best meet the criteria established annually by the fund committee for an academic contest in which students explore topics central to the mission of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). In the second category, an award may be presented to one or more Berks County citizens who best exemplify outstanding community service and achievement in a way that mirrors the NSDAR’s dedication to “education, historic preservation and patriotic service.

Visit our website to learn more about applying for scholarships.

Berks County Scholastic Athletic Trainers’ Association Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Berks County seniors who participated in student training during high school and who intend to pursue a four-year degree in sports medicine.

Beth Lynn Negley Manweiler Award for Compassionate Nursing Care This fund provides awards to senior nursing students at The Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences - Nursing Program who consistently demonstrated compassionate nursing care during their enrollment in the nursing program.

Building Industries Exchange of Reading and Berks County Fund

This fund provides scholarships for local students pursuing careers in the construction or design trades, or financial assistance to acquire such things as tools or clothing required for apprenticeship programs.

Byron F. “Corky” Knoll Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for graduating male or female seniors who are planning to major in either Professional Turfgrass Management or the Professional Golf Management Program.

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FUNDS THAT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

Carpenter Technology Retired Employees Scholarship Fund

This fund supports scholarships for children of non-officer Carpenter Technology employees (Berks County site only) who are furthering their education.

Christine Louise Rebman-Roller Scholarship Fund

This fund will provide grants as determined by Christine’s family to best honor her memory.

Christopher M. Stephen Memorial Altar Server Award Fund This fund will support scholarships for one or more altar servers at St. Columbkill Catholic Church in Boyertown.

Community General Hospital Foundation June A. Roedel Healthcare Scholarship Fund

This fund helps residents of Berks County undertake or further careers in healthcare.

Edith Dohner Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Reading High School seniors who will continue their education to become teachers.

Elizabeth Horvath Swimming Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County high school seniors who swam on a school or club team and who intend to swim in college on a school or club team.

Greg Prosseda Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County school district seniors who played on a high school golf team in his or her senior year.

GRIP Dreamer Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to immigrant students who are not eligible for Federal and/or Pennsylvania financial aid or are otherwise ineligible for financial aid.

Hispanic Center Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to students in Berks County with Hispanic heritage.

Iris M. Balthaser Adam Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County high school seniors who will major in education at Kutztown University.

Irv Noll Memorial Scholarship Fund This fund awards scholarships to Berks County high school seniors who played on the golf, basketball or baseball team for at least two years and who will further their education.

Jim and Margie Fegley Orchestral String Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County residents pursuing a degree or certificate in music, specifically in orchestral strings.

Jim and Ruth B. Daley Family Fund

This fund awards scholarships to students who attend Olivet Boys and Girls Club regularly and who will continue their education after high school.

This fund provides scholarships for Berks County residents to pursue master’s degrees in social work, or further their education in the mechanical, technical, trade, or automotive fields.

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County residents furthering their education. The main distribution from the fund will be primarily for living expenses, professional testing fees, books, childcare, transportation, uniforms and other emergency needs.

DJ Wetzel Fund

Helen M. Clymer Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to single mothers who are furthering their education at an institution in Berks County.

John Catalano Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to members of Berks County United Churches of Christ who are continuing their education after high school.

Earl and Mary Redner and Gary W. Redner Scholarship Fund

Henry E. Williams, Jr. Memorial Golf Award Fund

Dave McCanney Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to employees of Redner’s Markets, Inc., or to children or stepchildren of employees of Redner’s Markets, Inc.

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Haupt Family Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County students planning to attend college to major in the Professional Golf Management Program, second to a student who is enrolling in the PGA Club Professional School, and third to a student who intends to play golf in college; preference will be given to students in that order.

This fund awards scholarships to students with Italian heritage who are studying education at Albright College.

Joseph W. and Margaret McMahon Scholarship Fund This fund awards scholarships to undergraduate civil engineering students focusing their major in transportation engineering.

FUNDS THAT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

Liz Martelli “Voices” Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County seniors who wrote articles in the Reading Eagle Voices newspaper or Berks Bards while in high school. If no recipients match those eligibility requirements, the fund will support graduating high school seniors who were active members of and wrote articles for their school newspaper.

Matthew Kelly Epitome of Courage Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County students with cystic fibrosis and who will further their education after high school.

Nancy Stump Seiger Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to graduating Berks County seniors who will be attending Kutztown University, majoring in Education.

Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial Berks County Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to seniors who are children of police officers serving in Berks County, or who attend Wilson High School and are players, umpires or children or grandchildren of players or umpires in the Reading Softball Association.

Ralph H. and Florence Moyer Fund

This fund awards scholarships for post-secondary study or vocational training to a Berks County youth who has demonstrated a financial need and potential.

Reading-Berks Association of Realtors Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County high school seniors who intend to continue their education in a business program after high school.

Scott G. Daelhousen Engineers’ Award Fund

This fund provides two annual awards: one to the student with the highest grade on the annual MathCounts test administered by the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, and the other to the student with the highest grade on the annual ReadingBerks Science and Engineering Fair Test.

Seidel Family Scholarship Fund The fund provides scholarships to deserving current or former Berks County residents entering The Dickinson School of Law.

St. Andrew United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships for members of St. Andrew United Methodist Church who are high school seniors and whose scholastic record indicates success in education.

Suzanne C. Funk Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to students who intend to pursue a degree at a two-year or four-year institution and who attended Tyson-Schoener Elementary School in Reading, PA.

Sweet Street Desserts Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to the children of employees at Sweet Street Desserts.

Thomas T. and Christine Hegeman Wheatley Memorial Scholarship Fund This fund awards scholarships to Berks County residents to pursue an education as an EMT, paramedic, or in phlebotomy or nursing.

Wendell Yoder Education Award Fund This fund provides awards to children, grandchildren, and step-grandchildren of current Wexcon, Inc. employees who exemplify traits valued by Wendell Yoder, founder of Wexcon, Inc. Traits valued by Wendell are those of trust, loyalty, and honesty.

Western Berks Ambulance Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to graduating seniors who attend a Berks County high school or graduates of a Berks County high school who reside in Berks County who will be pursuing a certification as an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, or a paramedic.

Preference will be given to students graduating from Wilson High School, Wyomissing Area Junior-Senior High School, Daniel Boone High School, and Conrad Weiser High School. Preference will also be given to students who have participated in the Western Berks Ambulance internship program.

FOR STUDENTS FROM DELAWARE/ MONTGOMERY COUNTIES Stephen J. Faralli Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to seniors with a parent who passed away.

FOR STUDENTS FROM SCHUYLKILL COUNTY John Rich Curran Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to students graduating from a high school in Schuylkill County.

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FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 Berks County Scholarship Tax Credit Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Berks County students who pay tuition to attend grades kindergarten-12 in public or private schools in Pennsylvania and whose families demonstrate financial need.

Opportunity Tax Credit Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for Berks County children who reside within the attendance boundary of a low-achieving K-12 school to attend another school.

Private School Tuition Assistance Fund

This fund helps students with a demonstrated need for financial support attending Roman Catholic elementary and secondary schools within Berks County.

FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING WILKES UNIVERSITY Helen Monkiewicz Kubacki Scholarship Fund for Wilkes University

This fund awards scholarships to students who have completed at least one year in the generic or registered nurse undergraduate program at Wilkes University.

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FOR STUDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS: ANTIETAM Antietam Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to students graduating from Antietam High School.

Howard D. and Rose E. Goodwin Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Antietam High School seniors to further their education.

R. Stuart Stump and Nancy Seiger Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Antietam High School seniors who will major in education.

BERKS CATHOLIC Lombardo Family Memorial Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Berks Catholic High School seniors who participated in extracurricular activities in school and in their community.

BOYERTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Boyertown AMBUCS Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to one or more graduating seniors of Boyertown Area Senior High School who plan to further their education in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, music therapy, or hearing audiology.

Boyertown Area Education Association Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for Boyertown Area High School graduates pursuing a bachelor’s degree and teaching certification in the K-12 classroom.

Boyertown Woman in Life Science Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships to female graduates of Boyertown Area High School who enroll in four-year degree programs in biology or the health sciences and intend to pursue careers in veterinary science or the health professions.

Carl A. Yescavage Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships for students of Boyertown Area School District who will be furthering their education after high school.

Gene D. Schoch Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Boyertown Area School District graduates who received no other scholarships and need tuition assistance to further their education.

George V. and Dorothy M. Prutzman Family Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships for students in the Boyertown Area School District who will be furthering their education after high school.

James DiCindio, Jennifer Gilbert, Leslie Saponsky, Boyertown Area Key Club, Kiwanis Club Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for graduates of Boyertown Area Senior High School who were members in good standing of the Boyertown Area Senior High School Key Club and who have achieved academic success, demonstrated leadership and have provided service to others.

FUNDS THAT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

Robert and Kenneth Mace Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Boyertown Area School District graduates who are continuing their education.

William M. Hoffman Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships to Boyertown High School seniors who will major in law enforcement or criminal justice.

Snyder Family Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Conrad Weiser High School seniors who will major in education.

Wallburga E. Weber Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships to Conrad Weiser High School seniors who pursue an education degree, with a preference to those who intend to teach biology, chemistry or physics.

BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

DANIEL BOONE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Earl L. Speicher Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Daniel Boone High School seniors who excel in music and will pursue a college degree.

This fund provides scholarships for students graduating from Brandywine Area School District who will be continuing their education and demonstrate a well-rounded involvement in sports, music, and school or community activities.

CONRAD WEISER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Conrad Weiser Area Student Loan Fund

This fund provides loans to Conrad Weiser Area High School graduates for accredited post-high school courses that will further their education.

Small Steps Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Conrad Weiser School District graduates pursuing post-secondary education.

Jere O’Boyle Memorial Scholarship Fund for Daniel Boone High School

EXETER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT Georgine Dorrian Kearney Memorial Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships to a graduating Exeter High School female student who will be furthering her education to pursue a career in the medical field.

James E. Mabon Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to students graduating from Exeter School District who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance, involvement in community service and school activities, and are in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree. Preference will be given to students studying engineering.

FLEETWOOD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Coach Ray Buss Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Fleetwood Area School District seniors who played boys varsity soccer, displayed team leadership and good sportsmanship, and will play soccer in college.

Jeffrey S. Remley Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Fleetwood Area School District varsity soccer players who will play soccer in college.

GOVERNOR MIFFLIN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Amos Lemon Burkhart Art Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors from Governor Mifflin High School who display extraordinary artistic promise.

Fred W. and Pearl P. Griemes Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to outstanding Governor Mifflin High School graduates who are furthering their education.

Governor Mifflin Continuing Education Loan Fund

This fund provides loans to graduates of Governor Mifflin Senior High School for use in an accredited post high school program.

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FUNDS THAT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

James W. Churchill Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Governor Mifflin Area Senior High School wrestlers who will be pursuing a fouryear degree after high school.

Joseph W. Favinger Scholarship Fund This fund awards scholarships to Governor Mifflin High School seniors who exhibit passion and dedication to the sport they play or will pursue further education in a medical field and who exhibit passion and dedication to caring for the needs of others.

Michael Kostzewa Study Abroad Scholarship Fund

This fund provides support for study abroad scholarships for graduating seniors from the Governor Mifflin School District who excelled in high school social studies.

Russell L. Hiller Charitable Trust Scholarship

This fund provides scholarships for Governor Mifflin High School seniors who are pursuing higher education.

HAMBURG AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Larry J. Kramer Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors from Hamburg Area High School who will be attending Kutztown University majoring in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Development, Math or Secondary Education with a concentration in Math.

Martha Ann Boyer and Morris William Boyer Scholarship Fund

This fund provides two scholarships each year. One scholarship will be awarded to a Hamburg senior pursuing a two-year or four-year registered nurse program upon graduation from high school. The other scholarship will be awarded to a student who will be pursuing a degree in business administration upon graduation from high school.

Taylor N. Seitzinger Hamburg Area High School Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Hamburg Area High School seniors, with preference to those attending DeSales University and/or those who will play women’s soccer in college.

KUTZTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Marion L. and Ernest L. Angstadt Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Kutztown Area High School seniors to pursue a degree in agricultural science.

Pamela A. Heid Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Kutztown Area High School seniors who will major in education.

MOUNT CARMEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Helen Monkiewicz Kubacki Scholarship Fund for Mount Carmel High School

This fund provides scholarships to students enrolled in the generic or registered nurse undergraduate program at Wilkes University.

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MUHLENBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT Lombardo Family Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships to Muhlenberg High School seniors who participated in varsity sports, have a positive attitude, and show team leadership and good sportsmanship.

Tim Braun Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Muhlenberg High School seniors who participated on the softball team.

NUCLA, COLORADO Carrol A. and L. May Weimer Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors of Nucla High School in Nucla, Colorado.

OLEY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Marc Mario McKently Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to seniors from Oley Valley High School who faced a difficult challenge or hardship.

Mr. and Mrs. George R. Weidner Scholarship Fund

This fund provides an annual scholarship to the best all-around and best-liked male and female graduating senior from Oley Valley High School as selected by the Senior Class.

FUNDS THAT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

Oley Valley Community Education Scholarship Fund

Barry and Deborah Weinhold Scholarship Fund

Olivia L. Barres Memorial Scholarship Fund

Bertolet M. Bossler Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Oley Valley School District graduates seeking post-secondary education.

This fund provides an annual scholarship to a senior graduating from Oley Valley High School who will be entering the medical profession.

PARKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT (LEHIGH COUNTY) Annie B. Fritch Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for female students graduating from Parkland School District in Allentown who will major in elementary education at a four-year college or university in Pennsylvania.

READING SCHOOL DISTRICT Amin Family Nursing Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Reading High School seniors who plan to study nursing, have good grades, a good attendance record, and a financial need.

Amin Family Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Reading High School seniors who will further their education after high school, have achieved good grades, have a good attendance record, and have financial need.

This fund provides scholarships to Reading High School seniors who exemplify the characteristics of altruism.

This fund provides scholarships for Reading High School seniors who were active in Arxalma, Knight Life, Red and Black, or Red Pen.

Bruce R. Helwig Reading High School Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors from Reading High School who will be furthering their education at a four-year college or university and who have a financial need and have an above average academic standing.

Chris A. Luppold Accounting Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Reading High School graduates who are pursuing an accounting career.

Daniel C. Kubacki Sportsmanship Award Fund

This fund provides scholarships for graduating seniors of Reading High School who have demonstrated the quality of sportsmanship through their involvement in sports at Reading High.

Elizabeth Martelli Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to a Reading High School senior who demonstrates a talent and passion for writing and who will be furthering his or her education after high school.

John A. and Suzanne C. Funk Scholarship Fund

The fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors of Reading High School who were active members of the high school basketball team and who are pursuing post-secondary education.

Jorge Luis Acevedo, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarships to a graduating senior of Reading High School who intends to enroll in a culinary arts program following high school.

Linda Schrufer - Whitey Miller Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Reading High School seniors who will continue their education at a four-year college or university in engineering.

Masano Family Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to students graduating from Reading High School.

Reading High School Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to a graduating senior at Reading High School.

Third Ward Democratic Scholarship Fund in Memory of Kenneth C. Mock This fund provides awards to wellrounded students enrolled in grades six, seven or eight at Southern Middle School in Reading.

SCHUYLKILL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Charles Hottenstine Memorial Award Fund

This fund provides scholarships for a senior student at Schuylkill Valley High School who has exhibited superior achievement and contributions in at least two (2) varsity sports during his or her junior and senior years.

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FUNDS THAT AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS

Douglas S. Miller Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides an annual scholarship for a graduating senior student at Schuylkill Valley High School who intends to pursue a four-year degree in the field of engineering or science.

Gudrun R. Wilson Schuylkill Valley Middle School Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for a student who is: 1) pursuing a degree in the field of education; 2) or for a student who was at one time, or is currently, identified as learning support or learning disabled and is pursuing a degree in any field; 3) or for a student who has overcome adversity in his or her life and is pursuing a degree in any field.

Otis S. Rothenberger Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to a Schuylkill Valley High School graduating senior who is furthering his or her education at a four­-year college or university to major in education.

Samuel Brooklyn Reed Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides an annual scholarship for a graduating senior student at Schuylkill Valley High School who intends to pursue a fouryear degree at a college or university.

Preference will be given to recipients interested in anthropology, archeology, or history or in distance running (competitively or recreationally).

TULPEHOCKEN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Carol and David Batdorf Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to the male and female students at Tulpehocken High School with the highest class rank upon graduation.

Gerald and Pauline Seiler Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Tulpehocken Area Senior High School graduates to pursue a vocational education that does not require a bachelor’s degree, or, alternatively, to pursue an agricultural science or elementary education degree.

Kurr Scholarship Fund of Tulpehocken Area School District

This fund provides scholarships to Tulpehocken High School graduates who attended Bethel Elementary School or reside in the area currently served by Bethel Elementary.

TWIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Betty M. Moulder Elementary Education Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Twin Valley High School seniors who will further their education at a fouryear college or university to major in education.

Jan Millard Memorial Fund

This fund provides college scholarships for students from Berks County with preference given to students in the Twin Valley School District, when such scholarships would encourage participation in high school cross country.

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Twin Valley Community Education Foundation/Dorothy S. Groff Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to outstanding students in the senior class of Twin Valley School District.

WILSON SCHOOL DISTRICT Andrew J. Straka, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for Wilson High School seniors who participated in at least two sports in each of their high school years.

Bill Brumbach Sportsmanship Award Fund

This fund provides awards for Wilson High School seniors known for team spirit, fair play, enthusiasm and willingness to hustle.

Christopher Whitehead Memorial Fund

This fund provides scholarships for seniors from Wilson High School who suffered from and overcame physical difficulties to lead a positive life.

Clayton Schannauer Memorial Fund

This fund provides scholarships to a graduating senior who played Wilson football and who possesses the qualities exemplified by Clayton Schannauer.

Dave McCanney Scholarship Fund This fund provides an annual scholarship to a female Wilson High School senior who played on Wilson High School’s lacrosse team in at least her junior and senior years and who is furthering her education after high school at a four-year college or university.

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS/UNDESIGNATED FUNDS

Guenter Family Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to well-rounded graduating athletes from Wilson School District who are dedicated to both education and athletics.

Haupt Family Fund

This fund provides scholarships to Wilson High School seniors majoring in engineering.

Marguerite E. Swartz Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to students graduating from Wilson High School.

Michael S. Ziolkowski Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships to both male and female graduates of Wilson High School who have participated in sports at Wilson. The recipients will be pursuing college degrees and will be playing sports in college.

Snyder Family Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships in memory of Mary Jane Snyder and in honor of Roy Snyder to seniors graduating from Wilson High School who have been members of Wilson swim or dive teams.

Steven Yeager Swimming Scholarship

This fund provides scholarships to a Wilson High School senior who has been a member of the high school swim team or dive team for at least three years, including his or her senior year.

Wilson Scholarship Fund

This fund awards scholarships to Wilson High School seniors pursuing postsecondary education of any kind.

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Alexa Taylor and Morgan Grace Schutt Fund Allen R. Schutt Memorial Fund Alsdorf Family Fund Amy Hatlee Memorial Fund Anonymous Donor Advised Fund Bob and Donna Rhoads Fund Boomerang Fund Brad and Carroll Scribner Donor Advised Fund

Kline Family Fund Kyle Pagerly Memorial Fund National Penn Bank Donor Advised Fund Nick and Risa Marmontello Fund The PMS Fund Ronald L. and Beverly A. Bashore Fund Rosalye Levine and Richard J. Yashek Family Fund S. Marcellus Fund Scholl Fund Stoltzfus Charitable Fund

Butterworth Family Fund

Summers Select Fund

Dale and Stephanie Mills Fund

VA Productions, Inc. Charitable Fund

David L. Thun Family Fund Ehlerman Family Fund Elisa and Tom Dooley Charitable Fund Hartman Charitable Fund Heider Fund Helen M. and Harry O. Hahn Fund Irvin G. and Beatrice M. Shaffer Fund James K. and Nancy Lang Boyer Family Fund Jay and Elaine Rosenson Fund Jenkins Klein Family Fund John and Lisa Gallen Fund Ketchum Family Fund Kim and Kevin Murphy Fund

Wright Family Fund

UNDESIGNATED FUNDS These funds provide grants that address the most pressing needs in Berks County as they arise and change over time.

Alfred G. Hemmerich Memorial Fund Don and Joanne van Roden Fund Gustav Oberlaender Fund Hawley and Myrtle Quier Fund Howard O. and Jean S. Beaver Undesignated Fund Kline Family Undesignated Fund 27

Berks County Community Foundation Berks County Community Foundation develops, manages and distributes funds for charitable purposes in the community.

The official registration and financial information of Berks County Community Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1.800.732.0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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