Centre County Community Foundation

“We build homes for low-income folks, and it’s mostly all volunteer labor that we use to construct the homes,” says Tom Mesko, executive director of Habitat for Humanity… Read more

Volunteers Designing the Millheim Mural

Past Grants

Since 1981 the Centre County Community Foundation has awarded over $7 million in grants to over 450 charitable organizations. The following organizations have all received funding from the foundation through either our competitive granting process or a designated or organizational endowment.

  • $1 Energy Fund, Inc.
  • 32nd Degree Masonic Learning Centers For Children Inc
  • 4-H Clubs of Centre County
  • A Woman's Concern
  • AFP Allegheny Mountains Chapter
  • AIDS Project of Centre County
  • Allegheny Lutheran Social Svs.
  • Alpha Fire Company
  • Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Heart Association - "Centre County Heart Walk"
  • American Lung Association of Central PA
  • American Philatelic Society
  • American Red Cross, Centre Communities Chapter
  • Antonelli Institute
  • Appalachian State University
  • Arc of Centre County
  • Art Alliance Of Central Penna
  • AT&T Center for Service Leadership
  • Augusta Children's Chorale
  • Bald Eagle Area School District
  • Ballet Theatre of Central Pennsylvania
  • Barker Foundation Adoption Agency
  • Barnard College
  • Battery B 3rd Pennsylvania
  • Bellefonte Area High School
  • Bellefonte Area School District
  • Bellefonte Area School District - Middle School
  • Bellefonte Community Band
  • Bellefonte Education Foundation, Inc.
  • Bellefonte Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
  • Bellefonte Family Resource Center
  • Bellefonte Family YMCA
  • Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association
  • Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society
  • Bellefonte Museum
  • Bellefonte Senior Center
  • Bellefonte Teener League
  • Blanchard Baseball Corp
  • Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
  • Boalsburg Heritage Museum Association
  • Boalsburg Village Conservancy
  • Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund
  • Borough of State College
  • Boy Scouts Of America Juniata Valley Council
  • Bridge of Hope Centre County
  • Brooks Institute of Photography
  • Brown University
  • Bucknell University
  • Bucks County Community College
  • Bucktail Council - Boy Scouts
  • C Barton McCann School of Art
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Calvary Baptist Church
  • Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
  • Canterbury School
  • Carleton College
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Catholic Charities
  • Cen Clear Child Services Inc
  • Center for Alternatives in Community Justice
  • Central PA Community Action, Inc.
  • Central PA Festival of the Arts
  • Central Pennsylvania College
  • Central Pennsylvania Community Action Inc
  • Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
  • Central Pennsylvania July 4th, Inc.
  • Central Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association
  • Central Pennsylvania School of Massage Therapy
  • Centre Abuse Response Team, Inc.
  • Centre Bulldogs Football Team, Inc.
  • Centre Community Church of Christ
  • Centre Community Skate Park
  • Centre County Auxiliary of ALSM
  • Centre County CARE Partnership - CTC
  • Centre County Christian Academy
  • Centre County Community Foundation Inc
  • Centre County Council of Human Services
  • Centre County Farmland Trust
  • Centre County Federation Of Public Libraries
  • Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair
  • Centre County Historical Society
  • Centre County Housing and Land Trust
  • Centre County Law Enforcement Camp Cadet, Inc.
  • Centre County Library and Historical Museum
  • Centre County Local Emergency Planning Committee
  • Centre County Partnership for Community Health
  • Centre County PAWS
  • Centre County Reads
  • Centre County United Way
  • Centre County Womens Resource Center
  • Centre County Youth Service Bureau
  • Centre Crest Nursing Home
  • Centre Hall Area Branch Library Association, Inc.
  • Centre Hall Senior Center
  • Centre Hall/Potter Twp. Food & Fuel Bank
  • Centre HomeCare, Inc.
  • Centre Learning Community Charter School
  • Centre Lifelink EMS
  • Centre Region Council of Governments
  • Centre Regional Recreation Authority
  • Centre Soccer Association
  • Centre Volunteers In Medicine
  • Centre Wildlife Care
  • CentrePeace, Inc.
  • Child Development and Family Council
  • Childbirth Education Association Of State College Pa Inc
  • Childrens Aid Society in Clearfield County
  • Clare College
  • Clare Fund Incorporated
  • Clarion University of Pennsylvania
  • Clearfield Hospital
  • C-Net
  • Cold Stream Recreation Foundation
  • Collaboration of Arts, Social Services and Education
  • College of Wooster
  • Colorado State University
  • Columbus Chapel - Boalsburg Estate Soc.
  • Committee For A Moshannon Valley Veterans Memorial
  • Community College of Allegheny County
  • Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
  • Community Help Centre
  • Conemaugh Health System
  • Connecticut Culinary Institute
  • Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania
  • Cooperative Playschool
  • Cornell University
  • Council On Foundations
  • County of Centre
  • County of Centre Office of Aging
  • Creative Oasis, Inc.
  • Cure Autism Now
  • Dartmouth College
  • David Lion House Museum
  • Davidson College
  • Delaware Valley College
  • Disabled American Veterans
  • Discovery Space Of Central Pennsylvania Inc
  • Downtown State College Rotary Charitable Foundation, Inc.
  • Drexel University
  • Duke University
  • Duquesne University
  • Easter Seals Central Pennsylvania
  • Eastern Nazarene College
  • Eastern Wyoming College
  • Elizabethtown College
  • Emmanuel United Church of Christ
  • Ethel Beaver Children's Fund
  • Fairbrook United Methodist Church
  • Faith United Church of Christ
  • Faith United Methodist Church
  • FaithCentre Food Bank
  • Family Connection
  • Fillmore United Methodist Church
  • First Book of Central Pennsylvania
  • First Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte
  • First Unity Church of Centre County
  • Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches
  • Food Bank of State College Area
  • Forum for Pennsylvania's Heartland
  • Foundation Fighting Blindness
  • Foundation For Free Enterprise Education
  • Franklin and Marshall College
  • Friends of the Library of Philipsburg
  • Friends of the Pennsylvania Military Museum
  • Friends of the Schlow Centre Region Library
  • Front And Centre Productions Inc
  • Galaxy, the Arts in Education Program of CIU 10
  • George Mason University
  • Georgetown University
  • Girl Scouts In The Heart Of Pennsylvania
  • Global Connections
  • Good Shepard Lutheran Church
  • Goshen College
  • Grace Lutheran Church
  • Green Design Conference
  • Gregg Township
  • Grove City College
  • Gulf Coast Community Foundation
  • Habitat For Humanity Of Greater Centre County Inc
  • Harvard University
  • Haverford College
  • Headwaters Charitable Trust
  • Healthy Communities Partnership
  • Hearing Loss Association of America - Central PA Chapter
  • Heart to Heart Adoption
  • Historic Bellefonte Inc
  • Holt Memorial Library
  • Home Nursing Agency Foundation
  • Hope Fire Company No. 2
  • Hope for Kids
  • House Of Care Inc
  • Houserville Lemont PTO
  • Housing Transitions
  • Howard Food Bank
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  • Infant Evaluation Program, Inc.
  • Inst. for the Arts and Humanistic Studies-PSU
  • Interfund Activity
  • International Institute for Sport & Olympic History
  • Ithaca College
  • Jewish Community Center Nursery School
  • Johnson & Wales University of Rhode Island
  • Juniata College
  • Junior Museum of Central Pennsylvania
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25 of Centre Region
  • Keystone Service Systems, Inc.
  • Kicks for Kids Soccer Tournaments, Inc.
  • KidTech, Inc.
  • Krislund Camp and Conference Center
  • Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
  • La Leche League of St. College
  • Lancaster Institute for Health Education
  • Leadership Centre County
  • Lehigh University
  • Lemont Village Association
  • Lewistown Hospital
  • Liberty University
  • Loaves and Fish Traveling Repertory Company
  • Local Help and Transient Fund
  • Lock Haven University
  • Lock Haven University Clearfield Campus
  • Logan Fire Company #1
  • Louis E. Silvi Charitable Foundation
  • Lycoming College
  • Mach One SRS Team
  • Make A Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania and Southern WV
  • Mansfield University
  • March of Dimes
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Mentors for Change of Centre Co.
  • Mercyhurst College
  • Messiah College
  • Miami University of Ohio
  • MidPenn Legal Services Inc
  • Mid-State Literacy Council
  • Mid-State Reading Council of Keystone Reading Association
  • Milesburg Museum and Historical Society
  • Millheim Borough Council
  • Millheim Outreach Center
  • Moshannon Valley Citizens, Inc.
  • Moshannon Valley E.M.S.
  • Moshannon Valley YMCA
  • Mount Aloysius
  • Mount Nittany Conservancy
  • Mount Nittany Medical Center Foundation
  • Mountain Top Fire Company
  • Mountaintop Area Medical Center
  • Mountaintop Swimming Pool
  • Mountaintop Swimming Pool Assoc.
  • Mutual Understanding and Support Team (MUST)
  • New York University
  • Nittany Highland Pipe Band
  • Nittany Leathernecks Detachment #302, Incorporated
  • Nittany Valley Charter School
  • Nittany Valley Childrens Choir Inc
  • Nittany Valley Symphony Inc
  • North Central Sight Services, Inc.
  • Northwestern University
  • NVS-Junior Baroque Music Festival
  • Operating Fund - Interfund
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute At Penn State
  • Our Children's Center
  • Our Lady of Victory Catholic School
  • Pack 45 Cubscouts
  • Palmer Museum of Art
  • Park Forest Village Day Nursery
  • Partnerships in Education
  • Patton Township
  • Penn College of Technology
  • Penn State - Altoona
  • Penn State - Center for Sustainability
  • Penn State College of Communications
  • Penn State Development & Corporate Sponsorships
  • Penn State Disability Recreation Program
  • Penn State Office of Sponsored Programs
  • Penn State Opera Theatre, College of Arts & Architecture
  • Penn State Science Lions
  • Penn State University
  • Penn State University Hazleton
  • Penn State University Public Broadcasting (WPSU-TV)
  • Penna Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations
  • Penns Valley Area Historical Museum Association
  • Penns Valley Area School District
  • Penns Valley Conservation Association
  • Penns Valley Emergency Medical Services
  • Penns Valley Grange #158
  • Penns Valley Senior Center
  • Pennsylvania Association for Play Therapy
  • Pennsylvania Association For Sustainable Agriculture
  • Pennsylvania Association Of Nonprofit Organizations
  • Pennsylvania Centre Chamber Orchestra Society
  • Pennsylvania Centre Stage
  • Pennsylvania Council on Economic Education d/b/a Economics Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Dance Theatre Inc
  • Pennsylvania Elks Major Projects Inc
  • Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
  • Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society, Inc.
  • Pennsylvania State Grange Of Patrons Of Husbandry
  • Pennsylvania State University Office of Development
  • Pensacola Christian College
  • People Centre D On Diabetes Inc
  • Pets Come First Inc
  • Philadelphia College of the Bible
  • Philipsburg Area Hospital
  • Philipsburg Borough
  • Philipsburg Community Action Food Pantry
  • Philipsburg Elementary School
  • Philipsburg Revitalization Corporation
  • Philipsburg Senior Citizen Ctr.
  • Philipsburg-Osceola Area School Distrct
  • Pine Grove Mills Cemetery Assoc.
  • Pine Grove Mills Community in Action Foundation, Inc.
  • Planned Parenthood of the Susquehanna Valley
  • Pleasant Gap Fire Company #1
  • Point Park University
  • Port Matilda Fire Company, Inc.
  • Presbyterian College
  • Presbyterian Homes -MSO
  • Princeton University
  • Private Industry Council of Centre County
  • Project Nu Hope
  • PSU Center for Locomotion Studies
  • PSU College of Arts & Architecture
  • Quinnipiac University
  • Reliance Fire Company
  • Religion And Society Center Inc
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Rhoneymeade, Inc.
  • Rock Hill School at Linden Hall
  • Roger Williams University
  • Rotary Charity Trust Fund
  • RSVP
  • Runville United Methodist Church
  • S.C. Area School District
  • Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church
  • Saint Francis University
  • Salvation Army
  • Salvation Army Service Extension Department
  • SCAHS African American Support Group
  • SCASD Community Education Adult Education Center (AEC)
  • SCASD Delta Program
  • SCASD Middle Schools
  • SCASD Student Services
  • Schlow Centre Region Library
  • SCORE Central Penna Chapter #618
  • Seton Hall University
  • Shaver's Creek Environmental Ctr.
  • Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
  • Sight-Loss Support Group Of Central Pennsylvania, Inc.
  • Silent Praise Ministries
  • Skills of Central Pennsylvania, Inc.
  • Slippery Rock University
  • Smart Start Centre County Inc
  • Smith College
  • Snow Shoe Rails to Trails Association
  • Snow Shoe Senior Center
  • Snow Shoe United Methodist Parish
  • Snow Shoe/Mountaintop Food Bank
  • South Hills School of Business and Technology
  • Special Olympics Pennsylvania, Inc.
  • Spring Creek Presbyterian Church
  • St. Francis University
  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic School
  • St. John's Episcopal Church
  • St. Johns Lutheran Church
  • St. Joseph's University
  • St. Paul Lutheran Church
  • St. Paul's AME Church
  • St. Paul's United Methodist Church
  • St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store
  • Stand Together
  • Stanford University
  • State College Area Family YMCA
  • State College Area Interfaith Mission Inc
  • State College Area Meals on Wheels
  • State College Area School District
  • State College Area Teener League
  • State College Baseball, Inc.
  • State College Bird Club
  • State College Choral Society
  • State College Community Land Trust
  • State College Elks Lodge No. 1600
  • State College Friends School
  • State College Jazz Festival d/b/a JazzPA
  • State College Little League
  • State College Presbyterian Church
  • State College Stand for Children
  • State College Talent Educ. Prog.
  • State College Talent Education, Inc.
  • Strawberry Fields, Inc.
  • Sun Home Health Services
  • Susquehanna University
  • Tapestry Family Planning and Health Services
  • The ClearWater Conservancy Of Central Pennsylvania Inc
  • The Compassionate Friends, Nittany Valley Chapter
  • The Faith United Church of Christ (Friendship Tutoring Program)
  • The Hundred Cat Foundation Inc
  • The King's College
  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Central Pennsylvania Chapter
  • The Music Academy
  • The Next Stage, Inc.
  • The Pennsylvania Chamber Chorale
  • The Pennsylvania State University
  • The Rowland Theatre
  • The Salvation Army
  • The Second Mile
  • The State Theatre, Inc
  • The University of Virginia
  • Ticked Off & Fed Up, Inc.
  • Tides Inc
  • Toccoa Falls College
  • Township of Miles
  • Triangle Tech, Inc. - DuBois School
  • Trinity United Methodist Church
  • Trips for Kids-Central PA, Inc.
  • Ulster Project of Central Pennsylvania
  • Undine Fire Company
  • Union Grange #325, Inc.
  • Unionville Borough
  • United Methodist Church and Associated Organizations
  • United Nations
  • United Nations Association Of The Usa Inc
  • University of Akron
  • University of California Davis
  • University of Cincinnati College, Conservatory of Music
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Hartford
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Southern California
  • University of the Arts
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Washington
  • Valley Forge Christian College
  • Verbeck Motors School
  • Virginia Tech
  • Voices of Central Pennsylvania
  • Volunteer Center of Centre Co.
  • Washington & Jefferson
  • West Chester University of PA
  • West Liberty State College
  • West Virginia University
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
  • Westminster Choir College of Rider University
  • Westminster College
  • Wheaton College
  • Wilson College
  • Windy Hill Village: a Presbyterian Senior Living Community
  • Women Healing Women Institute
  • WPSX/WPSU
  • Young Mens Christian Association Of Centre County
  • Young People Who Care, Inc.
  • Young Readers Council
  • Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania
  • Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church