The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies held their annual Founder’s Day on Thursday where they presented their annual report to the community.
The event took place at the community foundation Oilhouse in People's Natural Gas Park in Johnstown. Organizers tell us that they experienced a record-breaking year with over 17 million dollars in grants that were distributed to the community, and a record breaking 123 million dollars in assets. The grants reaching Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, and Indiana county - supporting murals, early childhood education and scholarships among others.
“The great thing about being able to report to the community about what we’ve done but it’s also great to talk about what’s coming," said Mike Kane, president of the foundation. "Right now, we’re working on some projects that will unfold in the upcoming year again around early childhood education. There’s going to be a lot of activity because that’s a critical need for our community right now.”
The keynote speaker this year was Richard Verma, a former U.S. ambassador in India and also a Johnstown native - graduating from Westmont high school in 1986. He is now the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.
“My experience growing up here is that too many times people in Washington didn’t think about the impact of their work on communities like this," said Verma. "Communities that essentially built the unites states.”
For more information on the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies visit their website.
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