Berks County Community Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

6 grants matching “encore” · $176,088

• $56,000

  Berks Encore · Reading, PA · 2024

  For support of the free respite care program

• $40,000

  Berks Encore · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the berks encore care+ respite care pilot

• $20,000

  Berks Encore · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the berks encore care and respite care pilot program.

• $5,050

  Clay On Main · Oley, PA · 2024

  For craft programs at mifflin encore

• $5,038

  Clay On Main · Oley, PA · 2023

  For craft programs at mifflin encore

• $50,000

  Berks Encore · Reading, PA · 2021

  For annual support and for the medically tailored meal program

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Berks Nature30 grants · $4.7M
• Foundation for the Reading Public Museum6 grants · $577,650
• The Animal Rescue League of Berks County11 grants · $501,113
• Humane Pennsylvania8 grants · $484,850
• Tower Health at Home4 grants · $424,995
• Berks County Association for the Blind6 grants · $388,619
• Green Building Alliance2 grants · $335,670
• Spotlight Pa3 grants · $325,000
• Safe Berks11 grants · $308,450
• South Mountain Ymca9 grants · $307,550

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 555 grants.

• $1.1M

  Berks Nature · Reading, PA · 2021

  For general operating support

• $1.1M

  Berks Nature · Reading, PA · 2023

  For general operating support

• $1.0M

  Berks Nature · Reading, PA · 2022

  For general operating support

• $750,200

  Berks Nature · Reading, PA · 2024

  For general operating support

• $250,000

  Berks Nature · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the advanced annual distribution

• $250,000

  Foundation for the Reading Public Museum · Reading, PA · 2024

  For collaborations and restorations at the reading public museum

• $185,054

  Green Building Alliance · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  For building sustainable, resilient, and thriving communities project

• $156,816

  Isar Ednannia · Na, PA · 2021

  Funds collected through the fund for ednannia

• $150,616

  Green Building Alliance · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

  For building sustainable, resilient, and thriving communities project

• $150,000

  Dickinson College · Carlisle, PA · 2022

  For f.a.r.m. Lab at dickinson college farm

• $150,000

  Rodale Institute · Kutztown, PA · 2022

  For rodale institute science center

• $142,720

  Berks County Association for the Blind · Reading, PA · 2021

  For individual equipment needs, for general support, for hvac & lighting imprvements, & support for items listed in the 3-year improvement plan

• $140,000

  Tower Health at Home · Wyomissing, PA · 2024

  For the tower health at home 5g device upgrade for epic

• $140,000

  Tower Health at Home · Wyomissing, PA · 2023

  For support of tower health at home epic education

• $135,000

  Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2022

  For a new journalism model for berks county

• $133,400

  Animal Rescue League of Berks County · Birdsboro, PA · 2021

  For general support, for operating support and support for the care of animals & support for items listed in the 2019 proposal

• $132,000

  Safe Berks · Reading, PA · 2021

  Safe berks education, employment, and empowerment program, rapid expansion of prescrption medication assistance, general support, & support for the emergency safe house

• $131,400

  Humane Pennsylvania · Reading, PA · 2021

  For direct support of animal care, food, or medicine, for general support & support of operations outlined in "humane pa near & long-term goals

• $120,000

  Gannon University · Erie, PA · 2021

  For r&d on fault current limiters supporting distributed renewable energy

• $115,999

  Berks County Association for the Blind · Reading, PA · 2022

  For lu/la (limited use/limited application) lift

• $114,000

  Co-County Wellness Services · Reading, PA · 2021

  Berks teens matter (btm) social media & marketing support

• $108,700

  South Mountain Ymca · Reinholds, PA · 2023

  For general support

• $107,700

  Foundation for the Reading Public Museum · Reading, PA · 2021

  For the maintenance and preservation of trudy's garden located on the grounds of the reading public museum, and for capital improvement projects on the grounds of the museum facility

• $106,000

  Humane Pennsylvania · Reading, PA · 2023

  Support of the healthy pets initiative

• $104,450

  Foundation for the Reading Public Museum · Reading, PA · 2023

  For general operating support

• $100,000

  Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2024

  For the launch of the berks county bureau

• $100,000

  The Highlands at Wyomissing · Wyomissing, PA · 2024

  Capital campaign pledge for the redesigned assisted living residence at the highlands

• $100,000

  Reading Hospital Foundation · Reading, PA · 2023

  For the cardiac catheterization lab at reading hospital

• $100,000

  The Animal Rescue League of Berks County · Birdsboro, PA · 2023

  Assistance in leadership transition support

• $100,000

  Foundation for the Reading Public Museum · Reading, PA · 2022

  To support plan to increase donor engagement and improve fundraising efforts

• $100,000

  Pocono Environmental Education Center · Dingmans Ferry, PA · 2021

  For a sustainability lodge

• $96,225

  Berks Catholic High School · Reading, PA · 2021

  For general support and for 2021-2022 scholarship support

• $95,113

  The Animal Rescue League of Berks County · Birdsboro, PA · 2024

  For expanding access to care in a national veterinary shortage

• $95,000

  Estate of Domingo Cruz · Wyomissing, PA · 2022

  In memory of domingo cruz

• $95,000

  Humane Pennsylvania · Reading, PA · 2022

  For healthy pets initiatives

• $95,000

  The Animal Rescue League of Berks County · Birdsboro, PA · 2022

  For capacity building - capital assessments

• $95,000

  Tower Health at Home · Wyomissing, PA · 2022

  Implementation of the new medical record system for hospice department

• $90,000

  Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg Pa, PA · 2023

  For berks bureau interim & go-forward implementation project

• $90,000

  The Animal Rescue League of Berks County · Birdsboro, PA · 2022

  For the mobile adoption unit

• $86,300

  South Mountain Ymca · Reinholds, PA · 2021

  For general support

• $85,000

  University of Pittsburgh - Bradford · Bradford, PA · 2021

  For solar panels and energy dashboard for university of pittsburgh bradford engineering building

• $78,384

  Institute for Conservation Leadership · Greenbelt, MD · 2024

  For the hamburg area school district rural initiative project

• $77,000

  Western Berks Ambulance Association · West Lawn, PA · 2021

  For general operating support, for western berks central building replacement, & for cardiac monitor replacement

• $74,700

  Institute for Conservation Leadership · Greenbelt, MD · 2022

  For a study to address environmental issues in berks county

• $71,400

  Berks Nature · Reading, PA · 2023

  For assistance with expenses of land protection projects

• $70,000

  Baseballtown Charities · Reading, PA · 2024

  For expenses for the baseballtown dream league and upkeep of gordon hoodak stadium

• $70,000

  Humane Pennsylvania · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the healthy pets initiative (hpi)/spikes pet food pantry

• $70,000

  The Highlands at Wyomissing · Wyomissing, PA · 2021

  For the scholarship committee fund at the highlands, for the wyomissing scholarship program & purchase of mulch blower

• $69,400

  Reading Seventh-Day Adventist Junior Academy · Reading, PA · 2021

  For 2021-2022 scholarship support

• $68,000

  The Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine · Hershey, PA · 2021

  To support the multiple sclerosis and alzheimer's disease research programs

• $61,091

  Barrio Alegria · Reading, PA · 2022

  For general support

• $60,000

  American Cancer Society · Carnegie, PA · 2024

  For the american cancer society hope lodge of philadelphia

• $60,000

  Mom-N-Pa · Shippensburg, PA · 2023

  For the mom-n-pa dental event in reading.

• $57,500

  Jewish Federation of Reading · Wyomissing, PA · 2021

  For general support, for the local community fund & support for the jewish family service program

• $56,908

  Albright College (Scholl Grants) · Reading, PA · 2024

  For baseball & volleyball locker room renovations (invoice #05152507)

• $56,000

  Berks Encore · Reading, PA · 2024

  For support of the free respite care program

• $55,000

  Berks County Association for the Blind · Reading, PA · 2024

  For client education, client supports and website upgrade

• $52,000

  Baseballtown Charities · Reading, PA · 2023

  For expenses for the baseballtown dream league

• $51,480

  Generation180 · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

  For solar for all schools campaign in met-ed and penelec territories

• $50,800

  Albright College · Reading, PA · 2023

  For research on the use of white light vs red light for activating proteins related to brain health

• $50,000

  Berks County Association for the Blind · Reading, PA · 2023

  For the pavement of the parking lot and bilingual driver

• $50,000

  Foundation for Reading Area Community College · Reading, PA · 2022

  For racc's 50th anniversary signature challenge

• $50,000

  Rodale Institute · Kutztown, PA · 2022

  For beekeeping

• $50,000

  American Cancer Society Incnortheast Region · Carnegie, PA · 2021

  To support the costs for cancer patients from berks county at the astrazeneca hope lodge of philadelphia

• $50,000

  Berks Encore · Reading, PA · 2021

  For annual support and for the medically tailored meal program

• $50,000

  Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education · York, PA · 2021

  For horn farm center farmhouse rebuild

• $50,000

  Opportunity House · Reading, PA · 2021

  For general support, for the playground renovation, for mom & me moving forward through education & employment, & for ending & healing covid

• $50,000

  Reformation Lutheran Church · Reading, PA · 2021

  For rooftop solar array

• $50,000

  The Producer Partnership · Livingston, MT · 2021

  For general support

• $49,995

  Tower Health at Home · Wyomissing, PA · 2021

  To support the hiring of a bereavement specialist

• $49,720

  Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

  For solar for all schools in met-ed and penelec territories

• $46,380

  Helping Harvest Food Bank · Sinking Spring, PA · 2023

  For general support

• $46,100

  Ymca of Reading & Berks County · Reading, PA · 2021

  Youth mental health first aid training initiative, for the day care center & blood pressure self-monitoring program

• $45,609

  Berks Catholic High School · Reading, PA · 2022

  For 2022-2023 tuition support

• $45,000

  American Cancer Society · Carnegie, PA · 2023

  Patient navigation - access to care for berks county residents

• $44,200

  Berks Nature · Reading, PA · 2023

  For easement management and defense

• $43,200

  Building a Better Boyertown · Boyertown, PA · 2021

  For building a better boyertown staff sustainability 2021-2022

• $42,600

  Hawk Mountain Sanctuary · Kempton, PA · 2021

  For energy audit at hawk mountain sanctuary, for the international training program, for education & general support

• $42,000

  Baseballtown Charities · Reading, PA · 2022

  For renovations at the rip-it baseball training facility

• $40,000

  Berks Encore · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the berks encore care+ respite care pilot

• $40,000

  Opportunity House · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the smile 2 program

• $40,000

  United Disabilities Services Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024

  For the community aging in place advancing better living for elders (capable) program

• $40,000

  Vision To Learn · Losangeles, CA · 2024

  For the increased access to vision care for underserved students

• $40,000

  Western Berks Ambulance Association · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the life pack 35 upgrade

• $40,000

  Planned Parenthood Keystone · Warminster, PA · 2023

  For rapid testing for hiv and stis in berks and lancaster counties

• $40,000

  The Energy Efficiency Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For catalyzing clean energy workforce development in the meted & penelec territo

• $40,000

  Foundation for Reading Area Community College · Reading, PA · 2021

  For general support & scholarship assistance for veterans & serving military members

• $39,950

  The Animal Rescue League of Berks County · Birdsboro, PA · 2023

  For general support

• $39,744

  Alvernia University · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the alvernia university american house student-run physical therapy/occupational therapy pro bono clinic

• $39,000

  Alvernia University · Reading, PA · 2024

  For working the musical

• $38,900

  Hcsc Blood Center Dba Miller-Keystone Blood Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2022

  For miller-keystone blood center uses centrifuge technology to process blood pro

• $37,748

  Drexel University College of Medicine · Wyomissing, PA · 2024

  For the drexel university college of medicine (ducom) health outreach project (hop)

• $37,735

  Emergency Medical Training · Reading, PA · 2023

  For community cpr/aed classes

• $37,100

  United Way of Berks County · Reading, PA · 2023

  For general support

• $36,300

  South Mountain Ymca · Reinholds, PA · 2022

  For general support

• $36,020

  Helping Harvest Food Bank · Sinking Spring, PA · 2022

  For the weekender program

• $35,421

  Alvernia University · Reading, PA · 2024

  For the support of texpl mind scholars: neuroresearch & education initiative

• $35,000

  Foundation for Reading Area Community College · Reading, PA · 2024

  For scholarship assistance for veterans and serving military members

• $35,000

  Helping Harvest Food Bank · Sinkingspring, PA · 2024

  For general operating support

• $35,000

  Helping Harvest Food Bank · Sinking Spring, PA · 2022

  For general operating support

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