Bridge Builders Community Foundations Opens 2025 Fall Grant Cycle

Franklin, PA – Bridge Builders Community Foundations is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the following grant opportunities:

· Venango Discretionary Grants – Programs and projects serving Venango County

· William & Elizabeth Fund for the Trades – Programs and projects that promote and support the trades, applied technology, apprenticeships, or nursing careers in Venango County

· Carl L. Trauterman, Jr. Fund – Programs and projects that will assist veterans residing in Venango County who have experienced economic distress, natural disaster, catastrophic loss, sudden loss of income, handicapped access, transportation, or emergency dental care

· Frank & Eleanor Miese Fund – Programs and projects that will benefit underprivileged, orphaned, dependent, neglected, delinquent, and/or disadvantaged children first in Cooperstown Borough as a priority, or Utica Borough, Jackson Township, and Canal Township, or within a (5) mile radius thereof

· Clarion County Community Foundation Unrestricted Endowment – Programs, projects, initiatives, events, and other services or activities identified as community needs in Clarion County

· McElhattan Impact Fund for the Knox Area – Programs and projects that benefit Knox as a priority or Clarion County as a whole.

· Forest County Unrestricted Endowment, founded by Bill & Judy McDaid – Programs and projects that support initiatives, events, and other services or activities identified as community needs in Forest County

· Punxsutawney Discretionary Grants – Programs and projects that benefit the Punxsutawney area

The online grant application will be open from September 29 through October 31 and can be accessed by going to the grants page at www.bbcf.org

For more information or questions regarding the application process, please contact Bridge Builders Community Foundations at 814-677-8687.