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Grant Wish List

The grant wish list is a simple listing of any granting needs from area nonprofits that are served by the Community Foundation.  Submissions to be included are accepted at any time and will be added to the list as we receive them.  This list can be especially helpful for our donor advisors so that they can see what immediate needs there are in our community that align with their interests.  Not only is this list available to the public here on our website, but we also directly share it with our donor advisors and with local media.  Our goal is to help as many nonprofits secure the funding that they need to meet their mission and goals.

Aiden Rupp Memorial Scholarship
Requesting: $5,000

The Aiden Rupp Memorial Scholarship Fund was established at the Richard G. Snyder YMCA in Kittanning, PA to help families who cannot afford swimming lessons for their child. 

Aiden was a vibrant 3-year-old who loved the water.  His life was cut short due to a drowning accident.  His parents want to keep his memory alive through new swimmers that come out of the swim lesson program at the Richard G. Snyder YMCA, in Kittanning, PA.  Our mission is to ensure that no other child drowns from not knowing how to swim.  The goal for this year is to teach swim lessons and water safety  to all Armstrong School District second graders along with any families who have the need for swim lessons. 

wish updated 08/01/2024 
wish expires 01/01/2025

ARIN IU28-School & Community Services
Requesting: Any amount

ELECT Program
Provides parent education, child development and academic supports to teen parents. Items and funds to support needs:

  • Gas Cards
  • Baby/Toddler Books
  • Diapers
  • Support to go to work and attend events

Amount requested:  Any amount
Family Focus Program
Provides parent education, early childhood education, group activities and resources to families. Support to attend events:

  • Paper Products
  • Diapers
  • Laundry Products
  • Children’s Books
  • Cleaning Supplies
  • Hygiene Products
  • Art Supplies
  • Gas Cards

Amount requested:  Any amount
Adult Education Program
Supports learners to earn their High School Diploma’s, academics, careers, and ESL classes. Needs:

  • Gas Cards
  • Hygiene Products
  • School Supplies
  • Books for reading (novels)
  • Support to attend class

Amount requested: Any amount
Education for Children & Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Supports students and their families to provide the academic needs as well as personal needs to be productive. Need:

  • ·        Gas Cards
  • ·        School Supplies
  • ·        Support to attend school and go to work
  • ·        Laundry Products
  • ·        Hygiene Products

wish updated  08/15/2024
​​​​​​​Expires:  01/15/2025

Armstrong County Libraries
Requesting: $6,300

The Armstrong County Libraries are working together to offer a new digital platform for checking out ­­hoping to offer Armstrong County library patrons this new digital platform, Hoopla. This digital app provides to all library patrons the ability to borrow audiobooks, ebooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere, whether it is their computer, phone, TV or even their car.  With over 1,755,000 titles on demand, and no holds, library patrons will raise their reading, listening, and viewing experiences to a new level. 

As each of the six libraries within Armstrong County is independent and has different budgetary constraints, funding toward this service will allow equal access across the county to any patron with an active library card, no matter which library they are a patron.

Wish updated 9/10/2024
Wish Expires 3/31/2025

Armstrong Jr. Sr. High School Culture Club
Requesting: $5,000

Seeking funding to establish a culture club to provide opportunities for students to attend cultural events in Pittsburgh, such as CLO Broadway Series, Museums, Art Shows, Festivals, etc.

Funds will be used to organize and to supplement first year events.

wish updated 04/23/2024
wish expires:  10/31/2024

Books in Homes USA Inc.
Requesting: $6,000

We wish to bring the joy of reading to two schools in Armstrong County through a free book giveaway program. This initiative aims to provide each student with the opportunity to choose and own two books, fostering a love of reading and supporting literacy development. With your support, our nonprofit will facilitate this program, partnering with local schools to ensure that every child receives books that inspire and educate. By granting this wish, you’ll help us ignite a passion for reading in the hearts of students across Armstrong County. Partner schools will be selected upon the wish's approval to best serve the needs of the community.

Wish updated 08/01/2024
Wish expires:  2/01/2025

Folds of Honor Western PA
Requesting: $5,000

Folds of Honor is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization with the mission of providing educational scholarships to the spouses and children of America's service-members and first responders who were fallen or disabled during active duty. These scholarships support private educational tuition and tutoring for children in grades K-12, as well as higher education tuition assistance for families in Western, PA. Your $5,000.00 grant would provide one scholarship for a deserving and qualified applicant in Armstrong County.

Wish Updated: 07/01/2024 
Wish expires:  12/31/2024

Foundation for Christian Counseling
Requesting: $5,000

Foundation for Christian Counseling (FFCC) provides mental health and/or addiction counseling grants to economically disadvantaged people in Armstrong County, those who cannot afford needed treatment otherwise. Without financial support, many individuals will remain under-treated or will forego treatment altogether. FFCC grants help subsidize treatment for these individuals who are seeking care for all types of mental health and substance abuse issues.

wish updated 07/09/2024
Wish expires:  12/09/2024
 

Haiti H2O: Hope to Opportunity
Amount Requesting: $1,250

Haiti H2O partners with Haitian doctors and nurses and leaders in three remote villages to host quarterly medical clinics where there are no doctors. Each 1-day clinic sees an average of one hundred patients from the community and surrounding areas. Many people walk miles to attend our clinics. Regular mobile clinics can better treat long-term diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure which are common in Haiti. Left untreated, these conditions often lead to heart attack or stroke. $1,250 provides the medications prescribed during each of Haiti H2O’s mobile medical clinics.

Amount Requesting: $475
Haiti H2O partners with Haitian doctors and nurses and leaders in three remote villages to host quarterly medical clinics where there are no doctors. The medical team sees an average of one hundred patients at each clinic. $475 will pay 1 doctor and 3 nurses for their time during one quarterly medical clinic.

Amount Requesting: $200 
Haiti H2O partners with Haitian doctors and nurses and leaders in three remote villages to host quarterly medical clinics where there are no doctors. The medical team has to travel to these remote villages to serve the communities. $200 will cover the transportation cost for the medical team for one quarterly medical clinic.

Wish Updated: 07/03/20/24
Wish Expires:  12/31/2024

Orphans of the Storm
Requesting: $10,000

Orphans’ kennel is a 1,500 SF shelter, built in 1971.  It is too small for the current and future pet needs.  Recent highway work has caused frequent flooding from a nearby pond and stream, necessitating immediate evacuation of the animals, putting employees and volunteers at risk, and damaging the facility and records.  

wish updated 06/30/2024
wish expires:  12/31/2024

The Center Midland
Requesting: $5,000

We are requesting funding to help provide transportation for 30-50 students to attend off-site educational trips. Each month we provide these experiences for students in K4-3rd grade and 4th-12th grade at no cost to the families. Such trips include the Science Center, Pittsburgh Zoo, museums, and plays. These experiences allow students to learn, encounter new possibilities, and increase their view of the world that would otherwise not be possible.

Requesting: $5,000
This wish is to continue to provide enrichment classes for our students. We serve 85-100 students daily through our year-round youth development programs. Our enrichment classes in cooking, hiking, gardening, boxing/fitness, dance, literary arts, visual arts, podcasting, short film making, photography, STEM, and music provides students with opportunities to discover their passions, learn new skills and healthy ways to express themselves, and create and explore in safe spaces.

Wish updated 07/01/2024
Wish expires:  12/01/2024

The Kittanning Cemetery.
Requesting: $15,000

Funds are requested to complete repaving of the cemetery roads. Paving costs are extremely high and we can only complete one section at a time.

Requesting:  $20,000
Funds are requested to begin construction of a columbarium. Initial quote for construction is $110,000. the requested funds would help immensely in the preliminary planning and construction phase.

Wish Updated: 07/09/2024
Wish Expires:  12/09/2024

If you are a nonprofit interested in submitting information for the grant wish list, please complete the Grant Wish List Request Form and email to jodi@servingtheheart.org or call 724-548-5897 for more information.