Clearfield County Charitable Foundation Awards 2023 Grants
The Clearfield County Charitable Foundation recently awarded their annual grants with $2,000 going to the Steve Livergood Jr. Christmas Eve Dinner Foundation to purchase food, supplies and gifts for the 2023 dinner. The dinner will be December 24th with dine-in and scheduled pick-ups from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at The After Dark, 309 North 3rd Street in Clearfield. Anyone wanting to place orders for delivery to Clearfield and surrounding areas or schedule a pick-up, can call 814-765-9846. (Photo courtesy of the CCCF)
CLEARFIELD – A record amount of money was recently awarded by the Clearfield County Charitable Foundation to organizations throughout the county.
“We are pleased the total combined amount awarded through the 2023 CCCF Grant Program is a significant increase over what was awarded in 2022,” said CCCF Board Chairman Jeb Soult in a press release.
“The increase was made possible due to some significant donations made to the endowment funds that support the grant program combined with a positive year of investment earnings.
“The grant committee recommended some very worthwhile projects benefiting communities and organizations from all over Clearfield County. The CCCF board of directors is confident the organizations receiving the grant awards will complete some beneficial projects with the funding they receive”.
Grant Committee Chair Lisa Kovalick noted, “Grant committee members did careful and detailed individual reviews of all submitted applications, then met as a group to make the final selections. Committee members considered the benefit and impact each project would have on a community or a group in need before making final recommendations to the CCCF Board of Directors”.
2023 CCCF Grant Funding is awarded as follows:
County wide: Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund $1,500 – cancer patients support: Bucktail Council, BSA $1,200 – Workforce Development and Merit Badge Program: Children’s Aid Society $5,000 – school-based mentoring: Clearfield-Jefferson Drug & Alcohol Commission $1,000 – Too Good For Drugs Program: The Arc of Jefferson and Clearfield Counties $2,000 – Camp Friendship renovation, Life Line Pregnancy & Infant Services $2,000 – Project Safe Child: Pennsylvania Wildlife Habitat Unlimited $1,000 – Clearfield County Youth Field Day: and The Chemo Care Bag Project of Hyde $2,500 – supplies for cancer patients.
Clearfield: Steve Livergood Jr. Christmas Eve Dinner $2,000 – Supplies and gifts for annual dinner: Clearfield Regional Police Department $3,000 – Community Policing Project: Clearfield Swimming Pool Association $5,000 – pool resurfacing: Lawrence Township Recreation Park $3,000 – benches: and God’s Cupboard of the West Side United Methodist Church $500 – food program.
DuBois: Cultural Resources, Inc. / Reitz Theatre $1,100 – performance microphone: DuBois Area Historical Society, Inc. $2,000 – education room equipment: DuBois Central Catholic School Air Rifle Team $500 – DCC air rifle enhancement: Free Medical Clinic of DuBois, Inc. $5,000 – oral healthcare program: Winkler Art Gallery $5,000 – Paint the Town Mural Project: YMCA of DuBois $2,500 – security cameras: Foundation for Christian Counseling $2,500 – Mental health and addictions counseling: Pentz Run Youth Services Inc. $2,000 – classroom flooring update: North Point Volunteer Fire Company – $5,000 – rescue tools and training: and We Care For Kids $1,000 – feminine product dispensers in school girl’s restrooms.
Osceola Mills: Clear-Centre Pool $1,000 – AED Package and Front and Centre Productions, Inc. $2,000 – production costs. In addition, the Sarah Jane Mattern Fund provided $4,135 each to the Columbia Volunteer Fire Company, Osceola Mills Community Historical Foundation, Osceola Mills Community Library, and Osceola Mills United Methodist Church.
Other areas: Gethsemane United Methodist Church of Allport $2,000 – New AEDs: The Bilger’s Rocks Association $1,500 – completion of outdoor classroom: Lydia Circle Faith United Lutheran Church of Houtzdale $500 – supplies/gifts for over 80 dinner: Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Preschool in Karthaus $500 – books and shelves: New Life Ministries in Morrisdale $1,800 – Freedom House kitchen renovation: West Branch Elementary in Morrisdale $1,000 – Vendy the Curiosity Cabinet: Little League Baseball Inc / Moshannon Valley Little League $3,500 -Ramey softball field fence: Mature Resources Foundation, Inc. $850 – Village of Hope Signage in West Decatur: and Winburne Fire Company Number One $2,500 – fire hose equipment.
The grant awards meet a broad set of goals and criteria including, projects must be in Clearfield County, and should bring improvement or benefit the entire community while addressing specific needs or remedying a problem, CCCF Executive Director Mark McCracken said in the release.
“The CCCF Board has always strived to fund projects that will positively impact overall public safety, the lives of children, the elderly and those with special needs”.
Soult, Kovalick and McCraken thanked the individuals who served on the grant committee and added their appreciation to all the organizations that took the time to file grant applications.
Secure online donations to the CCCF Endowment Funds that provide funding for the Community Grant Program can be made at the CCCF website, www.clearfieldcharitablefoundation.org or donations can be mailed to the Clearfield County Charitable Foundation, PO Box 1442, Clearfield PA 16830 with checks made payable to CCCF and a note on the check memo line “Support CCCF Grant Program”.
The Charitable Foundation also welcomes inquiries from anyone interested in starting an endowment or scholarship fund that will benefit their community or a specific area of need.