September 10, 2024
Community Giving Foundation announces grant awards totaling $67,000 to charitable nonprofits and government agencies across the region through the C.K. Battram Fund’s 2024 competitive process. Grants were selected by a committee through guidance from the philosophy of the late C.K. Battram, which includes the following six pillars: broadcast evangelism programs; college labor programs; home health and hospice care programs; clinical and hospital facilities programs; social services to the poor programs; and community development programs.
2024 Competitive Grant Round Recipients
- AGAPE Love from Above to Our Community—Daily Bread Program, $3,000
- AGAPE Love from Above to Our Community—Financial Assistance Program, $1,500
- AGAPE Love from Above to Our Community—WIN (Women in Need), $4,000
- Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit—Drive Ahead Opportunity Fund Program, $2,000
- Central Susquehanna Opportunities, Inc.—Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World Workshops, $5,000
- DIG Furniture Bank—Sustainable Mattress Purchasing Initiative, $15,500
- Learning to Live Beloved Ministries—Well House Renovation Project, $5,000
- Lighthouse Community Church—Purchase of a Passenger Van, $5,000
- Northern Columbia Community & Cultural Center—Summer and Winter Camp Programs, $2,000
- Regional Engagement Center—After School Drop-In Program for Students in Grades 3-12, $2,000
- Regional Engagement Center—Summer Camp, $2,000
- St. John’s Lutheran Church—Kate’s Kupboard, $5,000
- St. Matthews Episcopal Church—Cole Allen Diaper Pantry, $2,000
- The Salvation Army, Service Extension—Back to School & Emergency Financial Assistance, $1,000
- Transitional Housing and Care Center of Columbia and Montour County—Road to Independence, $2,000
- Union-Snyder Community Action Agency—Whole Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Program, $5,000
The C.K. Battram Fund is a component fund of the Community Giving Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that develops, manages, and distributes funds for charitable purposes in communities across the Central Susquehanna region.