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Grant recipients for FY 2019

Arts and Culture

1901 Church, Inc.
Allied Artists of Johnstown
Art Expression, Inc.
Bedford County Players
Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center
Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County, Inc.
Center for Metal Arts
Community Arts Center of Cambria County
Cresson Lake Playhouse, Inc.
HHCS Education Association, Inc
HOPE for Hyndman Charter School
Johnstown Concert Ballet
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
Laurel Arts
Mountain Playhouse
Roxbury Bandshell Preservation Alliance
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
The Pennsylvania Consort Society
Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District
Tussey Mountain School District
Venue of Merging Arts (VOMA)

Children and Youth
Art Expression, Inc.
Beginnings, Inc.
Benscreek Canoe and Kayak Club, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Blair County
Birthright of Johnstown, Inc.
Borough of Northern Cambria
Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County, Inc.
Caitlin’s Smiles
Cambria County Student Hockey League, Inc.
Camp Allegheny, Inc.
Camp Cadet of Somerset County
Camp PARC
Children’s Aid Home Programs of Somerset County
Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh
Coaches 4 Kids Foundation
Dressed
Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania
Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania
Greater Johnstown Needy Children Shopping Tour
Greater Johnstown School District
Kinport Assembly of God
Laurel Highlands Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Make-A-Wish Greater PA and WV
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
Mrs. Claus Club of Knox
New Day, Inc.
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Operation Warm
Sitting Bulls Sled Hockey, Inc.
South Side Area High School
T&N Youth Sports Fund
The Learning Lamp, Inc.
The Salvation Army Somerset Service Center
Visiting Nurse Association of Indiana County
Westmont Football Boosters
Windber Public Library
Young Life Johnstown Area PA 108

Community and Economic Development
Addison Volunteer Fire Department
Alleghenies Unlimited Care Providers
Altoona Intermunicipal Relations Committee
Bedford County Amateur Radio Society
Bedford County Chamber of Commerce
Bedford County Humane Society
Borough of Ligonier
Borough of Meyersdale
Borough of Patton
Borough of Salisbury
Borough of Stoystown
Cambria County Library Association
Cambria Regional Chamber
City of Johnstown
City of Meadville
Coaches 4 Kids Foundation
Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies
Conemaugh Valley Conservancy, Inc.
Confluence Volunteer Fire Department
Council on Foundations
County of Somerset
Downtown Bedford, Inc.
Downtown Indiana, Inc.
Food For Families, Inc.
Franklin Borough Volunteer Fire Department
Garrett Volunteer Fire Department
Gray Community Club
Greater Connellsville Area Community Center, Inc.
Greater Johnstown School District
Helping Hands of Cambria County, Inc.
Highland Community Library
Humane Society of Cambria County
Inclined Plane, Inc.
Indiana County Community Action Program, Inc.
Indiana County Parks and Trails
J.B. Schrock Community Park
JARI
Johnstown Area Heritage Association
Johnstown Cambria County Airport Authority
Johnstown Oldtimers Baseball Association
Johnstown Redevelopment Authority
Laughlintown Community Center
Ligonier Valley Fire Companies
Ligonier Valley YMCA
Marc Bulger Foundation
Mary S. Biesecker Library
Mystic Mountain Training Center
NAACP Johnstown Unit #2266
New Centerville & Rural Volunteer Fire Company
New Day, Inc.
New Florence Community Library
Patton Public Library
Portage Area Joint Recreation Commission
Portage Area Summerfest
Portage Borough
Portage Borough Police Department
Portage Library Association
Portage Volunteer Fire Company #1
Redevelopment Authority of Cambria County
Reimagine Everett
Richland Township Fire Department
Rockwood Volunteer Fire Department Station 623
Saegertown Public Library
Sipesville Volunteer Fire Company #607
Somerset County Library
Somerset Volunteer Fire Department Station 601
Somerset, Inc.
Stackhouse Park, Inc.
Stonycreek-Quemahoning Initiative, Inc.
Sunnehanna Amateur Foundation
Tyrone Snyder Public Library
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Windber American Legion Post No. 137
Windber Police Department
Windber Public Library Association

Education
Bedford County Chamber of Commerce
Bedford County Regional Education Foundation, Inc.
Berlin Brothersvalley School District
Bishop McCort Catholic High School
Charleston Southern University
Conemaugh Valley School District
Divine Mercy Catholic Academy – West Campus
Divine Mercy Catholic Academy Middle School
Evans Scholars Foundation
Everett Free Library
Forest Hills School District
Georgia State University
Good Times 4H Club
Greater Johnstown School District
HOPE for Hyndman Charter School
Independent Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Indiana Area School District
Johnstown Christian School
Ligonier Valley School District
McEldowney Academic Scholarship Fund
Medical School of Johnstown, Inc.
Meyersdale Area School District
Mount Aloysius College
Noah’s Ark School
North Star School District
Northern Cambria School District
Patton Garden Club
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Pittsburgh Chapter National Tooling & Machining Foundation
Richland School District
Rockwood Area School District
Saint Francis University
Saint Vincent College
Salisbury-Elk Lick School District
Sebring High School
Somerset Area School District
Somerset Christian School
Somerset County Foundation for Higher Education
Somerset County Technology Center
Soroptimist International of Somerset County, Inc.
St. Peter’s Catholic School
Tacoma Community College Foundation
The Learning Lamp, Inc.
Touchstone Center for Crafts
United School District
United Way of Bedford County
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing
Westmont Hilltop School District
Wheelersburg High School
Windber Area School District
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh (Deer Valley YMCA Family Camp)

Environmental Development
Allegheny County Parks Foundation
Allegheny Land Trust
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
American Rivers
Beaverdale Public Library
Beginnings, Inc.
Benscreek Canoe and Kayak Club, Inc.
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
Cambria Somerset Authority
Capital Resource Conservation & Development, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Commission
Chesapeake Conservancy
Citizens Coal Council
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future
Clarion University
Clearfield County Conservation District
Clearfield Creek Watershed Association
Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania, Inc.
Clinton County CleanScapes, Inc.
Conemaugh Valley Conservancy, Inc.
Dunlap & Browder, Inc.
Economic Development South
Environmental Integrity Project
Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania
French Creek Valley Conservancy
Friends of Raystown Lake
Headwaters RC&D Council
Hollow Oak Land Trust
IUP Research Institute
Juniata College
Keystone Conservation Trust
Lewisburg Neighborhoods
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association
Lycoming College
Montour Trail Council
Mountain Watershed Association, Inc.
National Wildlife Federation
New Venture Fund
Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy
PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation
Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society, Inc.
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania Trout, Inc.
Pittsburgh Conservation Corps
Shade Creek Watershed Association
Somerset Conservation District
Southern Alleghenies Conservancy Charitable Trust
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
St. Vincent College
Susquehanna University
The Center for Transformative Action
The CTC Foundation
The Trust for Tomorrow
Tree Pittsburgh
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Tubmill Trout Club Unlimited
Virginia Organizing, Inc.
Wells Creek Watershed Association
Western PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation
Wildlife Leadership Academy

Health and Human Services
Abuse Network
accessAbilities
ACRP YES Program
Alice Paul House
Allegheny Health Network
Alzheimer’s Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association of Western Pennsylvania
American Red Cross of the PA Mountains
Arbutus Park Retirement Community
Area Agency on Aging of Somerset County
Armagh & East Wheatfield Volunteer Fire Department
Bedford Food Outreach, Inc.
Beginnings, Inc.
Birthright of Johnstown, Inc.
Blackburn Center
Blacklick Valley Foundation and Ambulance Service
Blair Clearfield Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Bolivar Volunteer Fire Company
Cambria County Drug Coalition
Cambria County Medical Society
Cancer Caring Center
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc.
Catholic Charities, Inc. Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Center for Community Action
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association
Charitable Deeds & Services
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation
Church of Our Mother of Sorrows
Community Fire Company of Lilly
Covenant House New York
Cresson Food Pantry
DeVilbiss Healthcare, LLC
Dorothy Day Center
East Hills Recreation Commission
Ebensburg Food Pantry
Eternal Word Television Network
Family Services, Inc.
First Christian Church
Flood City Boxing Academy, LLC
Flood City Youth Fitness Academy
Food for the Poor, Inc.
Forest Hills Food Pantry
Franklin Street United Methodist Food Pantry
Good Samaritan Food Pantry, Inc.
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Goodwill of the Southern Alleghenies
Graceful Acres, Inc.
Greater Johnstown Christian Fellowship Food Pantry
Greater Johnstown Community YMCA
Helping Hands (Boswell) Food Pantry
Highlands Health
Hollidaysburg Veterans’ Home
Hooversville Food Pantry
Human Services Center
Hunt of A Lifetime Foundation, Inc.
Huntingdon House
ICW Vocational Services, Inc.
Interfaith Community Food Pantry
Jackson Township Fire Department No. 1
Jaffa Shrine
Josh Moore Fulfilling Your Dreams Fund
Laurel View Village
Lifesteps, Inc.
Love Inc. of Bedford County
Meals on Wheels of Somerset County, Inc.
Mom’s House, Inc.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
New Day, Inc.
Next Step Center
Operation: BeYoutiful
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat & Spirituality Center
Park Avenue Food Pantry
Patient Advocacy Initiatives, Inc.
Patton Food Pantry
Peniel Drug and Alcohol Residential Treatment Facility
Portage Area Food Pantry
Portage Volunteer Fire Company #1
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh and Morgantown, Inc.
Salvation Army Dental Center
Scalp Level – Paint Volunteer Fire Company
Seventh Ward Civic Assoc. Ambulance Service
Somerset Area Ambulance Association, Inc.
Somerset Area Food Pantry
Somerset County Mobile Food Bank
South Fork Food Pantry
Special Olympics Blair County
Special Olympics Cambria County
St. Andrew’s Food Pantry
St. Clement’s Food Pantry
St. Francis Sharing and Caring Food Pantry
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
St. Mary Mercy Hospital
St. Vincent de Paul Assumption Chapel Food Pantry
St. Vincent de Paul Carrolltown Food Pantry
St. Vincent DePaul Society
Stonycreek Township Police Department
The ARC of Blair County
The ARC of Cambria County
The Christian Home of Johnstown
The Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army Somerset Service Center
Trinity Farms Center for Healing
Twin Lakes Center for Drug & Alcohol, Inc.
Unbound
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
UPMC Bedford Memorial
Veteran Community Initiatives, Inc.
Victim Services, Inc.
Walnut Grove Food Pantry
West End Food Pantry
Westmont Family Counseling Ministries
Windber Area Community Kitchen
Windber Area Food Pantry
Windber Health Care Foundation
Windber Palliative Care Foundation
Women’s Help Center
Wounded Warrior Project
Young Men’s Volunteer Fire Company
Your Safe Haven, Inc.

Heritage
Bedford County Historical Society
First Lutheran Church
Fort Ligonier Association
Gettysburg Foundation
Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County, Inc.
Johnstown Area Heritage Association
Ligonier Valley Historical Society
Meyersdale Area Historical Society
Meyersdale Public Library
Old Bedford Village
Pleasantville Cemetery Association
Portage Area Historical Society
Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation
Railroaders Heritage Corporation
Sandyvale Cemetery Association, Inc., DBA Sandyvale Memorial Gardens and Conservancy
Springs Historical Society of the Cassleman Valley
Turkeyfoot Valley Historical Society
Viet Nam-Korean Memorial Fund Association

Religion
Beth Sholom Temple
Bethel Park Camp Association
Church of Our Mother of Sorrows
Church of the Visitation
Diocese of Venice in Florida
Epiphany Cathedral Catholic Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Graef’s Lutheran Church
Homer City United Presbyterian Church
Independent Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Johnstown Area Heritage Association
Pierpont Church of the Nazarene
Restoration Community Church
Sloan’s Hollow Methodist Church
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
St. Benedict’s Church
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish in Parrish, Inc.
St. Gregory Church
St. John Gualbert Cathedral
St. Peter & Paul’s Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
St. Therese Church
St. Thomas Lutheran Church
United Jewish Federation
United Methodist Church of Strongstown
Wayside UMC Youth Group
Westmont United Methodist Church

Scholarships
Allegany College of Maryland
Allegheny College
American University
Ball State University
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9 PA
Bryia Swick
California University of Pennsylvania
Campbell University
Carlow University
Chatham University
Citizen’s School of Nursing
Clarion University
College of Charleston
college of your choice
Concord University
Conemaugh School of Nursing
Conemaugh School of Radiology Technology
DePaul University
Duquesne University
Eastern Mennonite University
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – VA
Elizabeth City State University
Fashion Institute of Technology
Frostburg State University
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Geneva College
George Mason University
Guilford Technical Community College
Harrisburg Area Community College
Hawaii Pacific University
Hiram G. Andrews Center & Commonwealth Technical Institute
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana Wesleyan University
Johns Hopkins University
Juniata College
Kent State University
La Roche College
Lasell College
Lebanon Valley College
Liberty University
Lock Haven University – Clearfield
Lock Haven University Foundation
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Louisiana State University
Marshall University
Messiah College
Montgomery College – Germantown
Mount Aloysius College
Mr. Antonio P. Campitell
Mr. Brody L. Sanner
Mr. Evan Smith
Mr. Jackson Dobbs
Mr. Joel Arnold
Mr. Josh Most
Mr. Kirt Eberly
Mr. Lyle Moody
Mr. Matsvei Kurylovich
Mr. Tyler Napora
Mr. Wes L. Caton
Ms. Annabella G. McKenzie
Ms. Ava E. Rhoads
Ms. Breanna Polen
Ms. Elise Hutzell
Ms. Emily F. Karlie
Ms. Glory Canfield
Ms. Hannah S. Vogel
Ms. Jenna Dagostino
Ms. Josie D. Rhoads
Ms. Kasie M. Campbell
Ms. Kathryn Kitzmiler
Ms. Katilyn A. Carney
Ms. Kennedy L. Cameron
Ms. Kylee Wilt
Ms. Madison Trent
Ms. Makaela A. Cominsky
Ms. Marideth L. Tokarsky
Ms. Mattison Lyons
Ms. McKenna Foor
Ms. Natalie E. King
Ms. Shawna Leonard
Ms. Staci Shoemaker
Ms. Stephanie Haer
Ms. Summer L. Viscusi
Ms. Taylor L. Glass
Northeast Lakeview College
Ohio Valley University
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Penn College of Technology
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Pennsylvania State Erie, The Behrend College
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Campus
Pennsylvania State University-DuBois
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
Pittsburgh Technical College
Point Park University
Potomac State College
Purdue University
Robert Morris University
Saint Francis University
Saint Vincent College
Savannah College of Art and Design
Seton Hill University
Shepherd University
Shippensburg University
Slippery Rock University
Susquehanna University
Syracuse University
Texas A&M University
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
The Foundation for Reading Area Community College
Towson State University
Universal Technical Institute (UTI)
University of Alabama
University of Florida, Office of Student Financial Affairs
University of Illinois
University of Maryland College Park
University of Mississippi
University of North Carolina – Charlotte
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
University of Virginia
Vet Tech Institute
Vincennes University
Washington and Jefferson College
Waynesburg University
West Virginia State University
West Virginia University
Westminster College
Westmoreland County Community College
WVU Institute of Technology

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