Funding search · EIN 251292553 · Franklin, PA

Bridge Builders Community Foundations

Name: Bridge Builders Community Foundations grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

86
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

distribution library county venango clarion eccles park technology

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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.

Top recipients

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

United Way of Venango County3 grants · $720,763
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library2 grants · $193,000
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library Trust1 grant · $130,000
Venango Area Chamber of Commerce2 grants · $120,000
City of Oil City1 grant · $118,246
Franklin Civic Operetta Association2 grants · $115,264
Oil Region Library Association3 grants · $105,144
Venango County Economic Development Authority2 grants · $100,000
Allegheny Valley Trails Association2 grants · $66,000
Gems (Girls Excelling in Math & Science)1 grant · $59,050

Giving over time

$671,657

2022

$869,872

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

$499,270
United Way of Venango County · Reno, PA · 2024
Distribution
$216,394
United Way of Venango County · Reno, PA · 2023
Distribution
$130,000
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library Trust · Rimersburg, PA · 2022
Operating expenses and projects for eccles library
$118,246
City of Oil City · Oil City, PA · 2022
Donations towards 2020 electrical consumption and arts council
$100,000
Franklin Civic Operetta Association · Franklin, PA · 2024
Distribution
$98,000
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library · Rimersburg, PA · 2024
Eccles-lesher memorial library
$95,000
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library · Rimersburg, PA · 2023
Eccles-lesher memorial library
$76,851
Oil Region Library Association · Oil City, PA · 2024
Distribution
$70,000
Venango Area Chamber of Commerce · Oil City, PA · 2023
Be here & young professionals
$59,050
Gems (Girls Excelling in Math & Science) · Franklin, PA · 2023
Grant - gems
$58,824
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022
Invoice paid for supplies for gems program from fund, gems
$50,000
Allegheny Valley Trails Association · Franklin, PA · 2024
Distribution
$50,000
Oil City Arts Council · Oil City, PA · 2024
Grant
$50,000
Venango Area Chamber of Commerce · Oil City, PA · 2023
Grant - oc riverfront study
$50,000
Venango County Economic Development Authority · Franklin, PA · 2023
Oc national bank building
$50,000
Venango County Economic Development Authority · Franklin, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$39,300
Oil City Take Pride · Franklin, PA · 2023
Pnc pass thru grant
$37,583
Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial · Punxsutawney, PA · 2023
Grant - retirement of fund
$35,709
Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society · Punxsutawney, PA · 2023
Grant
$33,645
Venango County Fair · Franklin, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$31,500
Oil City Library · Oil City, PA · 2024
Annual distribution
$29,868
American Red Cross · Northwest Washington, DC · 2023
Bear crat grant
$29,868
Salvation Army · West Nyack, NY · 2023
Bear crat grant
$28,000
Vengango Area Chamber of Commerce · Oil City, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$24,949
Northwestern Roofing Co · Dunkirk, NY · 2024
Material, labor & equipment for roofing
$23,693
Knox Ambulance Service · Knox, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$21,443
Oil Region Library Association · Oil City, PA · 2022
To assist with library technology upgrades
$21,285
Forest County · Tionesta, PA · 2024
Original grant sent to wrong organization
$21,285
Forest County Ems Authority · Marienville, PA · 2023
Ambulance radios
$20,700
Heavenly Gaits Trc · Knox, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$19,500
Oil City Heritage Society · Oil City, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$16,000
Allegheny Valley Trails Association · Franklin, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$15,506
Rimersburg Medical Center · Rimersburg, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$15,264
Franklin Civic Operetta Association · Franklin, PA · 2024
Distribution
$15,000
Cooperstown Public Library · Cooperstown, PA · 2024
Grant
$14,500
Rimersburg Cemetery · Rimersburg, PA · 2023
Road improvements for rimersburg cemetery
$14,468
Charitable Deeds and Services · Shippenville, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$13,850
Venango County Department of Veterans Affairs · Franklin, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$13,168
Borough of Punxsutawney · Punxsutawney, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$11,500
Catholic Rural Ministry of Oc Deanery · Oil City, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$10,000
Franklin Rotary Foundation · Franklin, PA · 2024
Dog park
$10,000
Catholic Rural Ministry · Oil City, PA · 2023
Crm venango veteran's crisis fund
$10,000
Clarion Blueprint Community · Clarion, PA · 2023
Clarion multi-generational community park
$10,000
Franklin Public Library · Franklin, PA · 2023
Teen room improvment for the cooperstown public library
$10,000
Scenic Rivers Ymca · Oil City, PA · 2023
Ymca outdoor education and healthy play 365 project request
$10,000
Venango County Fair · Franklin, PA · 2023
Grant - fair upgrades
$10,000
Borough of Cooperstown · Cooperstown, PA · 2022
Playground equipment
$10,000
Rimersburg Cemetery · Rimersburg, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$9,724
Scenic Rivers Ymca · Oil City, PA · 2024
Camp coffman summer day camp amphitheater
$9,000
Clarion Free Library · Clarion, PA · 2024
Front stair renovation project
$8,869
Venango County Department of Veterans Affairs · Franklin, PA · 2023
Grant
$8,755
Vision for the Poor · Erie, PA · 2024
Grant
$8,500
Vision for the Poor · Erie, PA · 2023
Grant
$8,474
Clarion Blueprint Community · Clarion, PA · 2024
Clarion multi-generational park
$8,332
Keystone Smiles Community Learning Center · Knox, PA · 2024
House of trades program (hot)
$8,240
Vision for the Poor · Erie, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$8,168
Southside Neighborhood Association · Oil City, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$8,000
Brockway Center for Arts & Technology at Titusville · Titusville, PA · 2024
Brockway center for arts & technology
$8,000
Keystone Community Education Council · Oil City, PA · 2024
Welding technician certificate program-venango county
$8,000
Seneca Hills Bible Conference · Polk, PA · 2024
2025 internship program
$8,000
University of Pittsburgh - Titusville · Titusville, PA · 2024
Mac training for venango county residents
$7,930
Keystone Community Education Council · Oil City, PA · 2023
Welding technology certificate program
$7,930
University of Pittsburgh - Titusville · Titusville, PA · 2023
Mac training for venango county residents
$7,750
Northwestern Roofing Co · Dunkirk, NY · 2024
Asbestos removal
$7,750
Valley Grove School District · Franklin, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$7,500
Glade Run · Utica, PA · 2024
Community based instruction (cbi) at st. Stephen's utica
$7,500
Glade Run · Utica, PA · 2023
St. Stephen's utica outdoor education and recreation program
$7,500
The Borough of Cooperstown · Cooperstown, PA · 2023
Cooperstown christmas island- cooperstown old fashion christmas
$7,309
Community Services of Venango County · Oil City, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$7,200
Franklin Area School District · Tionesta, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$7,050
Shriners Hospital of Erie · Erie, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$6,850
Oil Region Library Association · Oil City, PA · 2024
Theater project
$6,821
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie · Erie, PA · 2023
Grant
$6,692
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie · Erie, PA · 2024
Grant
$6,247
Oil Region Alliance · Oil City, PA · 2022
Oc main st program, tpioc programming
$6,036
Community Services of Venango Co · Oil City, PA · 2024
Grant
$6,000
Scenic Rivers Ymca · Oil City, PA · 2024
Clarion county ymca all-kids bike program
$6,000
Forest County Historical Society · Tionesta, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$5,860
Community Services of Venango Co · Oil City, PA · 2023
Grant
$5,620
Ozo Edu · Newport Beach, CA · 2024
Inv. 59624
$5,464
Oil Region Catholic Community · Oil City, PA · 2024
Grant
$5,305
Oil Region Catholic Community · Oil City, PA · 2023
Grant
$5,190
Grace Caroll · Franklin, PA · 2024
Donation
$5,150
Oil Region Catholic Community · Oil City, PA · 2022
To assist with the programs and operations of the organization
$5,100
Safe · Clarion, PA · 2023
Safe, inc.
$5,099
United Way of Venango County · Reno, PA · 2024
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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.