The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation has recently awarded grants totaling $16,582 to twenty different organizations. Grants are made county-wide from their Unrestricted Fund and Ben Franklin Trust, in the Titusville area from the Fred Lintner Fund and from the Bernadene R. and John B. Cooley Fund to benefit programs for…...
Fund Helps Support Public Broadcasting
An endowment has been established with the Crawford Heritage Community Foundation to provide support for public broadcasting in our region. The Crawford County for WQLN Fund is a permanent endowment whose purpose is to underwrite WQLN’s television and radio programming. Dwight Haas, retired executive director of the United Way of…...
Foundation Awards Discretionary Grants
The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation has recently awarded grants totaling $13,804 to fourteen different organizations. Grants are made county-wide from their Unrestricted Fund and Ben Franklin Trust, in the Titusville area from the Fred Lintner Fund and from the Bernadene R. and John B. Cooley Fund to benefit programs for…...
Foundation Continues to Grow
The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation has grown to more than $10 million in assets under management. They now manage 102 permanently endowed funds from which they have distributed $2.9 million in grants since 1998. Those funds benefit more than 100 different organizations, scholarships and charitable purposes. The foundation has logged…...
Foundation Opens New Office
The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation has relocated to 911 Diamond Park in Meadville. Bush Investment Group owns the building and is its primary occupant. Other tenants include Attorney E. Max Weiss and CPA Eric Smith. The new office—steps from the courthouse—provides a higher-profile. It is easy for visitors to access…...
Foundation Awards $19,000 in Grants
The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation gives back to the community through discretionary grants. They prioritize giving to improve upon the effectiveness of existing programs and support projects that incorporate preventive or curative approaches to the problems and challenges of our community. The foundation has recently awarded grants totaling $19,420 to…...
Foundation Awards Scholarships
The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation presents two scholarships each year to students from Crawford County enrolled in an accredited graduate program leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy or podiatry. The Meadville Medical Center Medical Staff Memorial Scholarship honors the deceased members of the hospital’s medical staff.…...
Foundation Awards Medical Scholarships
The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation presents two scholarships each year to students from Crawford County enrolled in an accredited graduate program leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy or podiatry. The Meadville Medical Center Medical Staff Memorial Scholarship honors the deceased members of the hospital’s medical staff.…...
Community Matters to Foundations
The Crawford Heritage Foundation has changed its name to the Crawford Heritage Community Foundation. Established in 1998, the organization serves all of Crawford County. “We have always been a community foundation. Our new name makes that clear. Awareness of this important segment of the philanthropic community has grown significantly in…...