by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Jul 28, 2016 | CFFC News, Grants
The Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) is accepting grant applications for the Chevron Community Fund. The deadline is October 15, 2016.
The Chevron Community Fund is based at the Community Foundation of Fayette County. Grant requests from Fayette and Greene County non-profits only will be considered in this cycle, and requests for projects of up to $10,000 will be accepted. Funding is focused on, but is not limited to, the following areas: STEM Education, Workforce Development, and Basic Human Needs.
If you have any questions, please contact CFFC at 724-437-8600.
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Jul 1, 2016 | News Releases
Eligible organizations must be non-profit (recognized under Section 501 (c)(3) or equivalent, of the I.R.S. Code), tax-exempt, and located in Fayette County, PA. The Foundation also considers the grant requests of organizations from other areas whose purposes and programs benefit Fayette County.
The Community of Foundation of Fayette County’s General Grant-Making Fund gives priority to programs in the following areas: Arts and Culture, Education, Community Development, and Health and Human Services.
To apply, complete a Fall Grant Application by September 1, 2016.
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Jun 15, 2016 | CFFC News, Fayette Philanthropy
The 2016 Fayette Philanthropy Project is now underway with five individuals competing to raise the most money for one of CFFC’s current funds or to create a new fund. The winner of this year’s competition will be announced at the Fayette Philanthropy Dinner on Thursday, October 6 at the Historic Summit Inn, Farmington, PA.
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation will be honored as the 2016 Philanthropist of the Year. The Benedum Foundation was founded in 1944, and has awarded over $410 million in Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Benedum Foundation was one of the first donors to the CFFC and continues to partner with us on a variety of programs.
Please consider a Sponsorship or Tickets for the Dinner. Your support of our Fayette Philanthropy Project, at any level, will be much appreciated!
Last year, 200 people attended the event! Uniontown resident Jim John, who raised $12,000 for a charitable fund he created in memory of his late brother, was named winner of the Community Foundation of Fayette County’s first Fayette Philanthropy Project.
2015 Participants from Left to Right: Gina Jones, Jim John, Clara Pascoe (CFFC Executive Director), Ryan Galiotto & Jim Protin
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Jun 2, 2016 | CFFC News, Scholarships
Joshua Swimmer, Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) Board of Directors’ Chairperson, has announced the Foundation’s 2016 Scholarship Awards at the Foundation’s recent Scholarship Event held at Duck Hollow in Uniontown on May 26.
Swimmer remarked, “These scholarship funds were created by individuals or families for different purposes – some in honor or memory of a loved one and others to give back to the community. All were created with the intent to provide quality post-secondary educational opportunities to Fayette County students. Approximately $160,000 will be awarded this year, with individual award amounts ranging from $500 to $7000. Qualifying students are also eligible for a potential match through our partnership with the Pennsylvania Access to Higher Education Program. Important to note is that in 2011, we awarded only $60,000 in scholarships, and today, five years later, we are awarding $100,000 more.”
CFFC Board Chair, Joshua Swimmer
CFFC Board Members Philip Rishel and Joy Huston
Jim Foutz, Past-Chair, Clara Pascoe, Executive Director, Joshua Swimmer Board Chair
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Browne with four-year scholarship recipient Dominic Gibson
Event Chair and CFFC Board Member Angela Braun and Beth Casteel, Board Secretary
Mr. and Mrs. Oppermann with recipient James Malone
Scholarship Recipients
Pam Hughes and the Laurel Highlands Academic Foundation recipients
Scholarship Recipients
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Community Foundation of Fayette County held a Grant Award and Fund Distribution Event on May 11 at the Connellsville Canteen, 131 West Crawford Ave, Connellsville, PA. At this event, checks were presented for CFFC Spring Cycle Grant Awards, Chevron Community Fund Spring Cycle Grant Awards, and the CFFC’s annual Endowment or Donor Designated Fund distributions. Over a quarter million dollars was handed out at this event.
Organizations receiving CFFC Spring Cycle Grant Awards include: Bullskin Twp VFD; Christian Layman Corps; City Mission-Living Stones; East End United Community Center; Greater Uniontown Heritage Consortium -State Theatre; Uniontown Public Library, and Wesley Health Center.
Chevron Community Fund made awards to City Mission-Living Stones; Connellsville Community Ministries; Fayette County Community Action Agency; Greater Uniontown Heritage Consortium-State Theatre; Highlands Hospital Autism School; Uniontown Public Library; Washington Health System-Greene County, and Wesley Health Center.
Groups receiving annual distribution checks for their Endowment or Donor Designated Funds held at the CFFC include: American Red Cross; Asbury United Methodist Church; Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region; Bridgeport Cemetery; Brownsville Free Public Library; Connect to Classrooms; Farmington Bethel Church of the Brethren; Fayette County Agricultural Improvement Association; Fayette County Community Action Agency; Fayette County Cultural Trust; Fayette Friends of Animals; Fay Penn Economic Development Council; Girl Scouts of Western PA; Greater Uniontown Heritage Consortium – State Theatre; Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh; Highlands Hospital; Jumonville Retreat Center; Laurel Highlands Academic Foundation; Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pittsburgh; Mt. Macrina Manor; Penn State Cooperative Extension; Pleasant View Cemetery; Redstone Foundation; Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great; St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church; St. Peter’s Anglican Church; St. Peter’s Lutheran Church; Three Rivers Community Foundation; Touchstone Center for Crafts; Uniontown Area YMCA; Uniontown Hospital; Uniontown Public Library; Uniontown Rotary Club; United Way of Southwestern PA, and Westmoreland Fayette Council of the Boy Scouts of America.