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Join the PLAN!

The PLAN (Philanthropic Leaders Advisory Network) is a new initiative of the Community Foundation specifically for Wealth Advisors. The goal is to partner with financial planners, attorneys, and other professional advisors dedicated to carrying out their clients’ charitable goals while…

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YMCA Receives $200,000 Grant

Community Foundation president Mike Kane presented representatives of the Greater Johnstown Community YMCA with a $200,000 check towards its Capital Expansion/Renovation Project. The check represents the combined grant awards from three Foundation funds: the Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund, the Community…

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Scholarship Benefit Concert

Save the date! Sunday, October 19 at 3 p.m., Jimmy Fortune, former member of the Statler Brothers will present a concert along with Illusionist John Robertson and family at Richland High School Performing Arts Center, in memory of Kiersten A.…

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Tranquility Gardens Exhibit & Workshop

The Community Intervention Program (a partnership with the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies) will be hosting an exhibit featuring the Tranquility Gardens at the Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center (411 Third Ave, Johnstown, PA 15906) November 12th through November 14th.…

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$200K D2PA Grant Boosts Entrepreneur Efforts

Continuing to advance his JOBS1st PA initiative, Governor Tom Corbett announced that the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) awarded a $200,000 Discovered in PA – Developed in PA (D2PA) grant to help the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies…

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$51,500 in Scholarships for Med Students

On Tuesday, November 4, six area medical school students will receive $51,500 in scholarships during the 2014 Apollo Awards Dinner program. The annual dinner program will also honor four members (photo above) of the local health care community who have…

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Thank You!

We'd like to thank everyone who helped us celebrate Mark Pasquerilla and Ed Sheehan's "110th Birthday Bash" - and especially each and every one of the sponsors. Through your donations, nearly $40,000 total was raised to benefit three local nonprofits! That…

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AT&T Helps Kids Attend Camp in 2015

A $10,000 contribution from AT&T  will make summer camp possible for more than 100 at-risk students at The Learning Lamp’s free Outreach program next year.  Community Foundation for the Alleghenies facilitated the connection between the nonprofit and AT&T, which made…

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Apollo Scholarships

The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, along with the Cambria County Medical Society, Conemaugh Health System, Lee Initiatives and Windber Medical Center, is pleased to announce that applications for the 2014 Apollo Scholarship program are now available. The scholarships are…

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2014 Celebration!

An estimated 700 people packed Peoples Natural Gas park in downtown Johnstown on July 4 for the 2014 4th of July Community Picnic. The picnic combined annual Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA) and Johnstown Symphony Orchestra (JSO) summertime events…

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