- About
- Overview
- What is a Community Foundation?
- History, Mission & Vision
- Staff
- Board of Governors
- Financials of the Foundation
- LVCF Board of Associates
- Annual Report
- Press Releases
- Newsletter
- 50th Anniversary Recap
- About the Lötter Fellow Reflections Paper
- Igniting Change Fund
- Spark Grants - Mental and Behavior Health
- Spark Grants - Cultural Enrichment
- Spark Grants - Food & Housing Access
- Spark Grants - Environment & Sustainability
- Spark Grants - Human Trafficking
- Spark Grants - Veterans Affairs
- Thank You, Spark Supporters
- Who Got the Golden Ticket From the 50th Anniversary Capstone Celebration?
- Giving
- Ways of Giving
- Make a Donation
- LVCF's Promise to Donors and Fundholders
- Profiles in Philanthropy
- Vision in Philanthropy Award
- Legacy Society
- The Rolland L. Adams Society
- Resources For Donor Advisors
- Resources for Donors
- DonorCentral For LVCF Donors & Fundholders
- DonorCentral Frequently Asked Questions
- Donor-Advised Funds in the Age of Tax Reform
- Help with Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)
- 2020 Year-end Giving Tips for Donors
- Cause Connection
- Have you considered a charitable gift from your IRA account?
- Impact of tax reform on charitable giving and how to maximize your deduction
- Create a Fund
- Types of Funds
- Why Use LVCF
- Existing Funds
- Agency Funds
- 250th Book Fund
- Aaron Burr Baldree Fund
- Adams Final Fund
- Area-of-Interest Funds
- American Red Cross - Lehigh Valley Chapter Fund
- Angela René Pessina Foundation Fund
- Ann C. Bernard Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Community Partnership Funds
- Anthony J. Ruggiero Fund
- Anthony Severo Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Arthur E. Schaeffer Trust Fund
- Barnette Fund
- Ben Franklin Trust Fund
- Benjamin C. & Eleanor A. Boylston Fund for the Lehigh Valley Chapter, American Red Cross
- Benjamin C. Boylston-Kemerer Museum Fund
- Clayton W. & Helen H. Bernhardt Fund
- Client 1st Fund
- Community Fund for Arts, Culture & Heritage
- Community Fund for Education
- Community Fund for Health Care
- Community Fund for Human Services
- Donor Designated Funds
- Community Fund for Environment & Science
- Deborah A. Libricz Memorial Fund
- Deborah S. Haight Fund
- Debra "Frau" Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Dolly Haltzman Foundation for the Arts Fund
- Donald & Alice Farquharson Fund
- Dorothy & Joseph Conroy Fund
- Dr. Joseph A. Perna & Hilda Ramos Perna Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Dr. Richard D. Martin Memorial Fund
- Edwin F. VanBilliard Scholarship Fund
- Scholarship/Award Funds
- Elizabeth Behr Agocs Scholarship Fund
- Every 15 Minutes Fund
- Fowler Family Fund
- Frank L. Marcon Fund
- Fund for Community Development
- Unrestricted Funds
- Gadomski Lehigh Valley Fund
- Geoff & Wenda Boyer Fund
- George T. Walker Charitable Fund
- Glenn M. Taggart Memorial Fund
- AEP Fund
- Albert M. Reed Fund
- Area of Interest Funds
- Arthur & Myrl G. Schaeffer Scholarship Fund
- Bach Choir of Bethlehem Fund
- Barbara & Maxwell Davison Fund
- Barry M. Kessler Charitable Fund
- Beall Fowler Scholarship Fund for Northampton Community College
- Bethlehem Educational Scholastic Trust (B.E.S.T.) Fund
- Betty & Scotty Wood Memorial Fund
- Betty Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Bonnie & Joel Ronco Fund
- Borda Family Fund
- Burdette Family Fund
- Burnside Plantation Fund
- Census Equity Fund
- Center for Vision Loss Endowment Fund
- Charles & Margaret Shackelford Fund
- Cinquino Community Fund
- City of Bethlehem Celebration Fund
- Clayton W. & Helen H. Bernhardt/V.J. Pazzetti, Jr. Fund
- Community Partnership Funds
- DACDI
- Daniel-Holben Designated Fund
- Donald H. & Mary R. Trautlein Fund
- Donor Advised Funds at the Community Foundation
- Donor Designated Funds
- Donor-Advised Funds
- Douglass Bressner Fund
- Dr. Charles L. Best Fund
- Dr. Russell E. Morgan, Sr. Fund
- E. Spencer & Nellie C. Addison Fund
- Elizabeth (Betsy) Torrence Community Fund
- Endowment Fund of Meals On Wheels of Lehigh County, Inc.
- Endowment Fund to Further the Mission of Valley Youth House
- Equi-librium Therapeutic Horsemanship Fund
- Erwin J. & Getrude K. Neusch Fund
- Eugene G. Grace, Jr. Fund
- First Commonwealth FCU WE Thrive® LV Foundation Fund
- Frances L. Barnard Fund for Children
- Frances Sadler Award Fund
- Frances Sadler Award Fund
- Frederick W. Hahn Scholarship Fund
- General Endowment Fund for the United Way
- Globe Times/WGPA Charities Fund
- Hutchinson Family Fund
- Ilene & Robert Wood Striving to Make a Difference Fund
- Jack & Ann Follett-Terres Fund for Compassionate Care
- Jack & Jean D. Wilson Fund
- James & Naomi Yergey Fund
- Janice & Paul Gross Fund
- John F. & Jane H. Malloy Fund
- Joseph R. Gagnier Memorial Fund
- Junior League of the Lehigh Valley Agency Endowment Fund
- KI is our Home Campaign Fund
- Karen & Peter Cooper Fund
- Kenneth & Elizabeth Kressler Fund
- LVCF COVID-19 Response Fund
- LVCF COVID-19 Response Fund
- Lehigh County Medical Society
- Lehigh Valley Child Care Endowment Fund
- Lehigh Valley Helping Hand Fund
- Lehigh Valley Homeless Veteran Fund
- Leonard J. Dimmick Fund for Burnside Plantation
- Lower Macungie Township Fund
- Luther J. Hottle Fund
- Lötter Family Fund
- MAK Fund
- Margaret Haas-Rotunno Memorial Fund for No-Kill Animal Shelters
- Marjorie S. & Joseph E. Correll Fund
- Mary & Jack McNairy Fund
- Matthew & Erika Petrozelli Fund
- McNairy Family Fund
- McNairy Fund
- Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund
- Nancy S. & Charles E. Keenan Endowment Fund
- New Bethany Ministries Endowment
- Northampton County Bar Association Charitable Fund
- Olexa Family Foundation Fund
- PPL Operation HELP Fund
- Patrick J. & Christine Connell Fund
- Prometheus Fund
- Randy H. & Ramona A. Bruch Fund
- Raymond–Cryder Donor Advised Fund
- Robinson Fund
- Ronald R. Perin Fund
- Scholarship/Award Funds
- ShareCare Fund
- St. Luke's Hospital Medical Staff Fund
- Star Foundation Fund
- Stella Yee Memorial Fund
- Stephanie Olexa and Seth Weber Scholarship Fund
- Stephen & Joyce Gehringer Charitable Family Fund
- Stephen P. Godbolt Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Steven W. Kraft and Margot R. K. Hillman Fund
- The Allentown Band Endowment Fund
- The Any Given Child Bethlehem Fund
- The Avalon Fund
- The Boys & Girls Club of Bethlehem Restricted Endowment Fund #1
- The Brown Family Care Fund
- The Bucks County Free Library Endowment Fund
- The Carol (Rodgers) Jaffe and Donald Jaffe Scholarship Fund
- The Catherine Hilaire Thompson Nursing Scholarship Fund
- The Charles & Ruth Marcon United Way Fund
- The Charles Versaggi Futures Fund
- The Damian C. Mele Memorial Scholarship Fund
- The Daniel-Holben Fund
- The Delphine Quinn Perpetual Fund
- The Edward & Inez Donley Fund
- The Eric B. & Denise M. Blew Fund
- The Fred Fund
- The Galaxy Fund at the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
- The Gene & Joan Witiak Fund
- The Grifo Family Fund
- The Hanover Township Memorial Golf Tournament Scholarship Fund
- The Heydt Family Fund
- The Ian & Patty Carlis Fund
- The Jack Pressmann Memorial Fund
- The Joan A. Kraft & R. Wayne Kraft Memorial Fund
- The John & Chrissie Wagner Fund
- The L. Charles & Ruth H. Marcon Fund
- The Lehigh Valley Coalition for Kids Fund
- The Lehigh Valley Synergy Fund
- The Lynn Ratzell Fund
- The Margaret Haas Rotunno Memorial Fund For Local No Kill Shelters
- The Michael & Lynn Abgott Fund
- The Morton Brown Family Wealth Fund
- The Nanovic Family Fund
- The Patrick J. Reid Fund
- The Pine Fund
- The Reverend Douglas Caldwell Fund for Nursing Excellence
- The Saul H. and JoAnne F. Coplan Scholarship Fund
- The Stephen and Janis Bajan Charitable Fund
- The Stershic Family Fund
- The Thun Fund
- The Tore & Charlotte Hartmann-Hansen Fund for the Bethlehem Morning Star Rotary Charitable Organization
- The Torrey Family Fund
- The Tuskes Fund
- The Victory House of Lehigh Valley Endowment Fund
- The WDIY Public Radio Fund
- The Weigard Family Fund
- The Sue Ratzell Scholarship Fund for Nursing
- Thomas & Jo Anne Riddle Fund for a Greater Lehigh Valley
- Thomas Hartzell & Jean Larkin Fund
- Trisha & John Fistner Giving Fund
- Tuskes Family Scholarship Fund
- Tuskes Family Scholarship Fund
- Two Tunics Fund
- Tyler and Jenna Papaz Fund
- Tyler and Jenna Papaz Fund
- Tyler and Jenna Papaz Fund
- Unrestricted Funds
- Upper Bucks Community Fund of the Lehigh Valley
- WDIY Endowment Fund
- William & Carol Kreitz Fund
- William C. Rybak Fund for Persons with Disabilities
- Wombat Fund
- Yeoman Family Fund
- Greene Family Fund
- H. Bridges & Lucile P. Boylston Fund
- Helen Adams DeRiemer Fund
- Herr Fund
- Horace R. Miller Fund
- Hunter Meckes Memorial Scholarship Fund
- J.B. & Kathleen Reilly Fund
- Jean & Paul Franz Fund
- Jeffrey P. & Grace Kathryn Feather Fund
- Justin Sheftel Scholarship Fund
- Katharine March & Stanley J. Thomas Memorial Fund
- Kressler, Wolff & Miller Fund
- Kutteroff Family Fund
- Latino Leadership Alliance Fund Scholarship Endowment
- Lehigh County Lawyers' Charitable Fund
- Lehigh River Fund
- Lehigh Valley Leader in Me Fund
- Robert H. & Jean C. Littner Fund
- Leonard A. Wenzel Fund for South Bethlehem
- Lucille F. Driver Fund
- Madeline S. & Frank R. Barnako Fund
- Magee Family Fund
- Margaret Ann Bachert Fund
- Marion Brown Grace Memorial Fund
- Richard E. Gasser Fund
- Martina M. Malone Fund
- Michael C. Schrader Fund
- Mike Caruso Foundation Fund
- Mike Caruso Fund
- Operating Endowment Fund
- Outdoor Recreation Fund for Youth
- Perna Family Fund
- Pharo Family Fund
- Ray & Donna Holton Charitable Fund
- Raymond-Cryder Designated Fund
- Robert D. & Gwendolyn-Jane Romeril Campership Fund
- Rolland L. & Pauline H. Adams Fund
- Rolland L. Adams Fund
- Ryan J. Zawada Memorial Fund
- Safe Start Fund
- Salesian Center Fund
- Saucon Sanctuary Fund
- Shoemaker-Bond Home Association, Inc. Fund
- Sylvia Fenstermacher Lawler Fund for the Living Arts
- The Andrew Rabbat Memorial Music Scholarship Fund
- The Arbor Insurance Group Community Fund
- The Arbor Insurance Group Foundation Fund
- Building Fund
- The Calabrese-Collina Wedding Celebration Fund
- The Camp Compass Fund
- The David Rabaut United Way Fund for Neighborhoods
- The Thun Fund
- The William & Jamie Soukup Reid Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Theatre Organ Arts Fund
- Truman L. Frey, Jr. Scholarship Fund
- W. Beall & Marlene O. Fowler Fund
- Walter & Alma Bastian Fund
- Warren W. York Fund To Benefit the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
- William B. & Elizabeth Behr Agocs Geophysical Research Fund
- William C. Rybak Handicapped Citizens Fund
- Wilson High School 2006 Football Champions Scholarship Fund
- Woman's Club of Bethlehem Fund
- Creating a Charitable Fund
- Grants
- Overview
- Community Investments Grants
- Other Grant Opportunities
- The Outdoor Recreation Fund for Youth
- Robert D. & Gwendolyn-Jane Romeril Campership Fund
- The William C. Rybak Fund for Persons with Disabilities
- The Gene & Joan Witiak Fund
- Barbara & Maxwell Davison Fund for Alzheimer's Care
- - Meals on Wheels of Lehigh and Northampton Counties Merge with Help of Synergy Fund
- Area of Interest Grants FAQ
- Bradbury-Sullivan and Pride Merge to Facilitate Annual Pride in the Park Festival
- Other Grant Opporunities in Lehigh and Northampton Counties
- The Lehigh Valley Synergy Fund
- The Margaret Haas Rotunno Memorial Fund For Local No Kill Shelters
- The Walter & Alma Bastian Fund
- Upper Bucks County Foundation Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
- Scholarships
- Award Funds
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Allentown, Pa., January 5, 2021— Carrie Krug Nedick was recently named Director of Donor Services at Lehigh Valley Community Foundat > Read More
Erika Riddle Petrozelli to succeed Bernie Story as Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2021 > Read More
Allentown, Pa., November 24, 2020--Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (LVCF) recently honored Brian T. > Read More
Allentown, Pa., November 24, 2020—Lehigh Valley Community Foundation recently honored Barry M. Kessler with the Vision in Philanthropy Award 2020 during its virtual Board of Associates meeting. > Read More
Allentown, Pa., November 11, 2020—Monique Moreno recently joined the staff of the Community Foundation in October 2020. > Read More