Area of Interest Funds | Choosing a Cause
An area-of-interest fund supports programs & initiatives that tackle issues of your choosing, such as the environment, camperships, or no-kill animal shelters.
A donor-directed area-of-interest fund distributes grants based on the recommendations of a community committee that oversees a specific initiative. Below are the donor-defined area-of-interest funds currently held by the Community Foundation:
- The Any Given Child Bethlehem Fund
- City of Bethlehem Celebration Fund
- Downtown Allentown Community Development Initiative
- Every 15 Minutes Fund
- First Commonwealth FCU WE Thrive® LV Foundation Fund
- The Galaxy Fund at Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
- Lehigh County Medical Society Education Fund
- Lehigh Valley Homeless Veterans Fund
- Lehigh Valley Synergy Fund
- Northampton County Bar Association Charitable Fund
- PPL Operation HELP Fund
- Saucon Sanctuary Fund
A foundation-directed area-of-interest fund distributes grants based on LVCF’s community research to identify worthy charitable programs in the specified area-of-interest.
- Frances L. Barnard Fund for Children
- Walter & Alma Bastian Fund
- Barbara & Maxwell Davison Fund for Alzheimer's Care
- The Edward & Inez Donley Fund
- Richard E. Gasser Fund
- Lehigh River Fund
- Erwin J. & Gertrude K. Neusch Fund
- Outdoor Recreation Fund for Youth
- Robert D. & Gwendolyn-Jane Romeril Campership Fund
- Margaret Haas Rotunno Memorial Fund for Local No Kill Shelters
- William C. Rybak Fund for Persons with Disabilities
- Leonard A. Wenzel Memorial Fund for South Bethlehem
- Gene & Joan Witiak Fund