Recent Updates & News
Lehigh River Watershed Fund Launched
The Lehigh River Watershed Fund was established to support the efforts of nonprofit organizations, charitable programs and projects, with priorities that include education, promoting outdoor recreation, and protecting and preserving our precious natural...
Impact Story: Health & Wellness
CCCF Community Impact Story: Dental Van In 2017, Blue Mountain Health System (now part of St. Luke’s) was awarded $1,000 toward their "Healthy Smiles Happy Kids" Dental Van. The dental van was a project that grew out of the Carbon County Partners for...
Impact Story: Neighborhood and Community Development
CCCF Community Impact Story: Always on Call In 2018, CCCF awarded Kidder Township a grant for a project to recruit and retain members for their volunteer emergency services teams. ‘Always on Call’ was created to encourage community support for the emergency services...
Impact Story: Social Services
CCCF Community Impact Story: Meals on Wheels of Palmerton In 2016 and 2018, CCCF awarded a grant to Meals on Wheels of Palmerton. The mission of Meals on Wheels is to deliver three nutritiously balanced meals, five days a week (including holidays), to individuals in...
Impact Story: The Arts
CCCF Community Impact Story: Zion Opera Workshop In 2019, Zion Opera Workshop received a $500 grant from the Fund for Carbon County for their upcoming show, Curtains. Zion Opera workshop began in 1970 and has put on a production every year since. Each show is...
Impact Story: Youth
CCCF Community Impact Story: Panther Valley Playground https://youtu.be/Roc5Y5QkNkg In 2018, Panther Valley School District received a $1000 grant from the Fund for Carbon County for their Elementary School Playground project. Recognizing that every child deserves...
Carbon Foundation Invests in Promoting Early-Childhood Literacy
St. Luke’s Reach Out and Read program has received a $60,000 grant from a Donor-Advised Fund at the Carbon County Community Foundation. St. Luke’s University Health Network, a longtime partner of Reach Out and Read, will use the money to help meet the...
Should a Donor-Advised Fund be part of your tax strategy?
A message from Joseph Mastriani, CPA and Shareholder at Buckno Lisicky & Company: Bunching or Bundling Charitable Donations with a Donor-Advised Fund:Â A great year-end stocking stuffer idea to benefit Carbon County-area charities Individual taxpayers,...
CCCF Hosts “Art with a View”
On Thursday, October 11, 5:30-8:30, Carbon County Community Foundation is hosting a charity art exhibit, sale, and auction to benefit their Arts Fund. The Carbon County Creative Arts Fund was established earlier this year to create a perpetual funding...
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