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Cultivating Place and Building Community

Building Community and Cultivating Place CFA has been a longtime proponent and funder of placemaking projects for their potential as economic drivers and as a means to improve quality of life for residents who call our region home. Two local…

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Responding to Current and Future Needs

Responding to Real Needs, Now and Always Community Foundation for the Alleghenies was established to be agile, adaptive, and forward-looking, and the Foundation’s grantmaking and initiatives over the past fiscal year demonstrate the capacity of that intention. The COVID-19 Rapid…

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Fiscal Year 2021 Funds

Fiscal Year 2021 Full Fund List CFA currently manages 878 Total Funds: Administrative Ann R. Deitle Legacy Fund Community Foundation Operating Support Fund Operating Fund Agency Admiral Peary Career Foundation Fund Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy Fund Bedford County Library Fund…

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Luke Patton Memorial Foundation Fund

Making the Holidays a Little Brighter for Local Families Luke Patton Memorial Fund distributes $3,500 to local families this year JOHNSTOWN—Last year, the Patton family unexpectedly lost their oldest son, Luke, just days after Christmas Eve, when he was diagnosed…

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Where Adventure Lives

Exploring Johnstown and Beyond Organized through Vision Together 2025, a new resource for Johnstown area locals and visitors, whereadventurelives.org will help share and promote the region's many attractions. Where Adventure Lives’ content is open sourced to community leaders within Johnstown,…

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Fiscal Year 2022 Grant Recipients

CFA Grant Awards: Fiscal Year 2022 CFA Awarded a total of $6,982,214 in Fiscal Year 2022. Explore the full list of grants awarded, by program, below. Arts & Culture Children & Youth Community & Economic Development Education Environmental Development Health…

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Fiscal Year 2021 Scholarship Totals

Fiscal Year 2021 Total Scholarships: $603,918.86 Allegany College of Maryland: 7,298.00 Bedford County Regional Education Foundation, Inc.: 15,079.52 Bentley University: 250.00 Bishop McCort Catholic High School: 153,600.00 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: 12,000.00 Brandeis University: 500.00 Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local…

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CFA Earns National Standards Accreditation Seal

CFA Again Meets Rigorous National Standards Requirements Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA) recently has been approved for reaccreditation with the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations®, an indication of CFA’s commitment to exceed all federal and state requirements for…

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Honoring Luke Trotz

Uplifting Local Young People Luke Trotz Memorial Scholarship will provide support for seniors who participate in esports All his life, Luke Trotz made an impact wherever he went and in whatever role he embraced: as assistant director of student life…

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PHOTO GALLERY: Founders’ Day at the Que

Celebrating Together We had so much fun spending time with all of you at Founders' Day at the Que! [/cmsms_text][/cmsms_column][/cmsms_row][cmsms_row data_padding_bottom="50" data_padding_top="0" data_overlay_opacity="50" data_color_overlay="#000000" data_bg_parallax_ratio="0.5" data_bg_size="cover" data_bg_attachment="scroll" data_bg_repeat="no-repeat" data_bg_position="top center" data_bg_color="#ffffff" data_color="default" data_padding_right="3" data_padding_left="3" data_width="boxed"][cmsms_column data_width="1/1"][cmsms_gallery layout="gallery" image_size_gallery="blog-masonry-thumb" gallery_columns="3" gallery_links="lightbox"…

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