Youth League for All Interests
CFA has welcomed a sports league for 1st and 2nd graders to our fund family, and Coach Eddie Taylor needs some help. Taylor has been running T&N Youth Sports on his own the past few years to give Johnstown kids…
Impact of Good Corporate Citizenship
For 40 years, employees at the EADS Group corporate office in Altoona have quietly directed payroll deductions into their own charitable funds. A self-selected committee has met periodically, on their own time, to discuss co-workers who’d welcomed new babies or…
Make a Difference in Your Hometown
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies has been collaborating with individuals, businesses, and local nonprofits for three decades, to bring about the changes we all want to see in our region. Fall grant applications are flowing into our offices this month,…
Youth Philanthropy Interns Award $50k
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies’ Youth Philanthropy Interns awarded $50,000 to three local organizations with projects aimed at strengthening arts for young people, and regional unity. The eight interns are 2018 graduates of local high schools. They are led by…
Celebrating Growth, Impact, Collaborations
2018 Founders' Day Celebration It goes without saying that the people who collaborate with Community Foundation for the Alleghenies for charitable giving are, themselves, charitable. Now we know exactly how charitable. A survey of Community Foundations across the country –…
Join Chillin for Charity
The Quemahoning Chillin' for Charity Fund is looking for nonprofits to join its Winter Festival and Arctic Splash! Does your organization want to do engage the community in a fundraiser? This annual mid-winter event, centered around a freezing lake plunge,…
YPI Radio Documentaries
Youth Philanthropy Interns with Community Foundation for the Alleghenies released radio documentaries of their experiences learning about operating and funding nonprofits. Interns spend eight weeks exploring civic engagement and community building by meeting with nonprofit organizers, local business leaders, elected…
Summer Interns Impact Arts & Unity
After four weeks of researching their communities, the CFA's 2018 Youth Philanthropy Interns have chosen two areas of interest that they would like to impact: access to all art forms for young people, and a need to build regional unity through community connections.
Fresh Face for Somerset Library
The Mary Biesecker Public Library in Somerset is putting on a new face to go with updated programming. This spring, the library renovated its stairwell, repairing and replacing stair treads, and replastering its walls and ceiling. The 75-year old building…
2018 Apollo Scholarships Open
The Apollo Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting applications for this year’s scholarship. The Apollo Scholarships are awarded each year to third- and fourth-year medical students who commit to returning to the Cambria-Somerset county area…
