For Donors
Start a Fund
The Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) helps donors create charitable funds based on donor interest, charitable purpose, and amount of contribution. A donor can create a permanent or non-permanent fund and select from the options of fund types. CFFC’s mission would not be possible without the generosity of individuals and businesses, so we thank our many donors.
If you are interested in creating a fund, please contact Renee M. Couser, Executive Director, at 724-437-8600 x1. CFFC is happy to help you reach your charitable giving goals.
Fund Advisor Portal
Already have a fund? You can access your Fund Advisor Portal here to make a grant or donation, check your fund balance, and more.
How We Help
CFFC is a matchmaker for charitable giving. We learn about a donor’s passions and charitable giving goals, and match them with a personalized plan to make the most meaningful impact in the community. CFFC helps pair donors with nonprofits and programs that address the causes they hold near to their heart. Creating a fund may be your perfect match, and we are here to help.
Resources
Types of Funds
At the Community Foundation of Fayette County, donors have the option to create Permanent Funds and Non-Permanent Funds. For more details, please contact Renee M. Couser, Executive Director, at 724-437-8600 x1.
Unrestricted Funds
Your gift will address ever-changing needs – including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time your gift is made. We evaluate all aspects of community well-being: arts and culture, economic development, education, environment, health and human services, community revitalization and more. The flexibility of your unrestricted gift enables CFFC to respond to the community’s most pressing needs, today and tomorrow.
Donor advised funds
You have ongoing involvement in how your gift is used to support charitable causes. You recommend grants to qualified nonprofits. Your recommendations are submitted to our board for approval, then we distribute grant dollars. Donor advised funds are great for individuals, families and businesses.
Field of interest funds
You can target your gift to address needs in an important area of community life that’s most important to you: arts, the environment, youth or aging, etc. You identify your interest area when making your gift; our board awards grants to nonprofits that are making a difference in the area you select.
Donor Designated funds
You can direct your gift to a specific nonprofit organization. The fund provides a steady and reliable source of annual support.
Scholarship Funds
CFFC Funds
| Achievement in the Arts - Fayette County Cultural Trust/Rotary Fund |
| Alfred E. Jones, Jr. and Anna B. Jones Charitable Fund |
| Allen Craft Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Angela Phillips Memorial Fund |
| Anonymous Fund |
| Arthur and Millicent Gabriel Legacy Fund |
| Arthur and Millicent Gabriel Scholarship Fund |
| Betty Bayne Barnes Scholarship Fund for Women |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region Permanent Fund |
| Blaney Fund for the State Theatre Center for the Arts |
| Braun Family Charitable Endowment Fund |
| Bridgeport Cemetery Fund |
| Brownsville Free Public Library Permanent Fund |
| Bruning Fund for the Girl Scouts of Western PA |
| Building a Stronger Fayette Fund |
| Burchinal Family Endowment Fund |
| Burden Fund for East End United Community Center |
| Career and Technical Education Scholarship Fund |
| Carl S. Micarelli Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Carroll Cemetery Fund |
| Casteel Family Advised Fund |
| CFFC Board of Directors Scholarship Fund |
| CFFC Grantmaking |
| Charitable Fund of Specialty Conduit and Manufacturing, LLC |
| Charity Fund |
| Charles H. Gorley Permanent Fund |
| Charmaine Sampson Memorial - CFFC Permanent Fund |
| Chris G. and Alice Omiros Scholars Fund |
| Christian Church of Connellsville Laugherty Fund |
| City Mission - Living Stones Permanent Agency Fund |
| CJCK Charitable Fund |
| COE Distributing Charitable Giving Fund |
| Community Action Fund |
| Community Beautification Fund |
| Connect to Classrooms Agency Fund |
| Cupelli Family Charitable Fund |
| Darrell L. & Norma R. Uphold Family Scholarship Fund |
| Deana Martorella Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Debra A. Mascia Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Dowling Family Advised Fund |
| Dr. Denise M. Martin Educational Fund |
| Dr. Dennis F. Brestensky Scholarship Fund |
| Dr. Paul Pipik Fund for Study in the Health Sciences |
| Dr. William C. Thomas, Jr. Perseverance Scholarship Fund |
| Eberly Family Permanent Fund for Girl Scouting |
| Eberly Foundation |
| Eberly Marital Endowment |
| Educate Fayette Scholarship Fund |
| Educational Improvement Organization Programs |
| Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program - Scholarship For Pre-K |
| Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program - SO K-12 Program |
| Edward T. Yezioro Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Ewing Family Giving Fund |
| Fayette County 4H and Youth Development Endowment Fund |
| Fayette County Charities Endowment |
| Fayette County Community Trust Endowment Fund |
| Fayette County Cultural Trust Fund |
| Fayette County Fair Fund |
| Fayette Emergency Medical Services Permanent Fund |
| Fayette Friends of Animals No-Kill Animal Shelter Fund |
| Fay-Penn Fund |
| Fay-Penn Workforce Development Fund |
| Flecker Family Foundation Fund |
| Franklin K. and Jean H. Smith Family Fund |
| Fueled for Good Fund |
| Fund for Mount Saint Macrina |
| George J. Plava Educational Fund |
| George M. & Anna W. Hochheimer Educational Fund |
| Girls Hope Fund in Memory of Shirley A. Gearing |
| GIVE Fayette |
| Gnagey Huston Family Fund |
| Greater Uniontown Heritage Consortium Permanent Fund |
| Healthcare Workforce Development Fund |
| Helen Hulvey Scheggia Nursing Scholarship Fund |
| Helen V. & Julian Grubb Memorial Endowment Fund |
| Henry J. Oppermann Scholarship Permanent Fund |
| Herman M. Buck Community Service Award Fund |
| Highlands Hospital Endowment Fund |
| Hughes Family Scholarship |
| Idea Fund |
| Imagination Library Endowment Fund |
| Jack and Diane Hughes Family Fund |
| James and Tammer Gabriel Charitable Fund |
| James E. Tobal Education Fund |
| James Gabriel Family Foundation Fund |
| John A. Fiesta Family Charitable Advised Fund |
| Johnson Matthey Community Fund |
| Johnson Matthey Scholarship Fund |
| JVF |
| Kathleen DiMarco Gulino Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Keith and Marie Owens Memorial Fund |
| Kerr Family Charitable Endowment |
| La Carte Enterprise Fund |
| Laurel Business Institute Scholarship Fund in Memory of Ruth and Milton Decker |
| Laurel Highlands Academic Foundation Fund |
| Laurel Highlands Music Education Fund |
| Laurel Highlands Mustang Academic Scholarship Fund |
| Lawrence and Helen Filiaggi Family Charitable Fund |
| Legacy Scholarship Fund of Ernst Gottlieb Braun |
| Levi Komarinski Memorial Fund |
| Lillian's Legacy Fund |
| Lulu A. Dudley Scholarship Fund |
| M. Frances and George J. Plava Scholarship Fund |
| Margaret E. Crawford - James Evans Finley Memorial Endowment Fund |
| Mary & John J. Depcrymski Memorial Fund |
| Mary D. Gabriel Fund |
| Mary Jane Dailey Wood Scholarship Fund |
| Mary T. Page Memorial Endowment |
| Matthew Ryan John Memorial Fund |
| Maurice M. Bortz & Bessie D. Rinehart Memorial Fund |
| McCune Foundation |
| Melva P. Roland Fund |
| Melvin J. and Beatrice Vance Keller Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Michael and Mary Jane Wood Family Fund |
| Michael H. Prestia Educational Endowment Scholarship Fund |
| Michael S. Carbonara Memorial Educational Fund |
| My Mother's Legacy Fund |
| Nancy Flanegan McManus Nursing Scholarship |
| Nancy Vance Jones Scholarship Fund |
| Nathan Bacharach Memorial Fund |
| Nelson Foundation Fund |
| Oak Grove Cemetery of Fayette County Trust Fund |
| O'Neil Family Charitable Advised Permanent Fund |
| Orville and Ruth Eberly Workforce Development Fund |
| Paige Nagy Memorial Fund |
| Palmer F. Sabatine Scholarship Fund |
| Parker A. Hess Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Patricia and Robert Metz Educational Fund |
| Patrick McIlvain Veteran Assistance Fund |
| Pleasant View Cemetery Permanent Fund |
| Procyk Family Fund |
| Ptak Family Fund |
| Queen Ester, Edward and Phyllis Thomas Memorial Fund for East End United Community Center for Arts Programming |
| Rendu Fund |
| Rev. Msgr. Edward J. McCullough Endowment for Financial Assistance to Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School |
| Richard H. Burkland Charitable Fund |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation |
| Rita P. Peters Scholarship Fund |
| Robert and Marjorie Rager Scholarship Endowment Fund |
| Robert and Patricia Metz Library Fund |
| Robert E. & Elouise R. Eberly Scholarship Endowment |
| Roger Gallet Foundation Fund |
| Samantha Anders Legacy Fund |
| Sam's Symphony of Love Scholarship |
| Sanders Family Fund |
| Sarah B. Schmelzlen Memorial Fund |
| Scott and Carol Whyel Advised Fund |
| Sergeant Eric Hull Memorial Fund |
| Springfield Township Volunteer Hose Company |
| St. Peter's Anglican Church Capital Advised Fund |
| St. Peter's Anglican Church Permanent Fund |
| St. Peter's Lutheran Church Permanent Fund |
| Stephen A. and Rita P. Peters Permanent Fund |
| Stephen and Helen Blazek Memorial Educational Endowment Fund of St. Peters Lutheran Church |
| Strawberry Patch Fund |
| Sturge Hughes Memorial Fund |
| Sunyecz Family Fund |
| Suzanne J. McMonagle Nursing Scholarship |
| Swimmer Family Advised Fund |
| T. S. Wright Fund for the Preservation of Bridgeport Cemetery |
| The Family Fund |
| The Maykuth Family Memorial Fund |
| Thelma L. Solomon Davis Charitable Fund |
| Thomas A. Waggoner, III Charitable Fund |
| Thompson Fund |
| Three Rivers Community Foundation Fund |
| Tolstoi Family Scholarship Fund |
| Touchstone Center for Crafts Endowment |
| Tree of Life Holy Society Cemetery Fund |
| Tylar Andaloro Advised Fund |
| Tylar Andaloro Memorial Endowment Fund |
| Tyler Charles Swenglish Memorial Fund |
| Uniontown Area Community Charities Fund |
| Uniontown City Police K-9 Fund |
| Uniontown College Club |
| Uniontown Legacy Endowment Fund |
| Uniontown Public Library - Eberly Endowment Fund |
| Uniontown Public Library Permanent Fund |
| Uniontown Public Library Permanent Fund by Harry Esbenshade Family |
| Uniontown Rotary Club Educational Fund |
| United Way of South Fayette Permanent Fund |
| Virginia Eberharter Scholarship Fund |
| Virginia Springer Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Walter D. & Linda G. Smith for CIS of SW PA, Inc. Fund |
| Westmoreland Fayette Council Boy Scouts of America Permanent Fund |
| William E. Browning Fund |
| Wolford Swimmer Memorial Scholarship Endowment |
| YMCA Permanent Fund |
| Zackery R. Nelson Memorial Scholarship Fund |
Contact Us
Community Foundation of Fayette County
5 South Mt. Vernon Avenue
Uniontown, PA 15401
Phone: 724-437-8600
Fax: 724-438-3856
