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EITC Boosts Local Education
Pennsylvania’s Education Investment Tax Credit, or EITC, allows hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax credits to companies that donate to local programs providing non-traditional education.
Bosler Academy Looking Ahead
The Distribution Committee for the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies is developing this year’s Bosler Academy, and we want to hear from YOU. This will be the second year for the Academy, which was started last year to assist the…
DEP Partnership Reviving Landscape
Eric Cavazza, Director of the Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, addressed CFA Board members at their February 1 meeting, where he shared progress reports on a number of cleanups happening throughout Bedford, Cambria, and Somerset counties. These projects are happening right in our backyards - and they're working.
Grant Boosts Learning in Meyersdale
There’s a new energy in Meyersdale Public Schools, where student engagement is on the rise. That’s because a new after-school program gives students real-world experiences that make learning more meaningful - and more fun. Curriculum Director Tim Kretchman makes a…
ACRP Grant Sustains Thrift Store & More
“It gives them a reason to shower in the morning, and to get out. It gives them a purpose. And I think it’s really important, especially for people in the mental health community or people who have been incarcerated and are looking for a second chance.”
$55k + for Johnstown Projects
The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies granted $56,200 this December to five different Johnstown-area organizations. The grant money comes from our Community Initiatives Fund, which is a field of interest fund established by a donor specifically to support community and…
Community Foundation Wins $5,000 from NRG Energy
After a week of fiercely competitive online voting, the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies won third place in a competition sponsored by NRG Energy, taking home $5,000. The award money will go toward developing the September 11 National Memorial Trail.…
Somerset Teacher Award
50 years after graduating from high school, Mary Neilan Stansfield can still name every teacher she had, growing up in Somerset. Stansfield has since retired from a successful business career that took her all over the globe. She attributes her…
Pouring Hope
It all began with pouring a glass of lemonade... The Pouring Hope Foundation was created by six families: Erin and Casey Craig and their children Lily and Grant; Tori and Matt Smith and their children Ben, Cameron, and Morgan; Leigh…
