C.K. Battram Fund Awards 2025 Grants

September 11, 2025

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 2025 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.

2025 Competitive Grant Round Recipients

  • AGAPE Love from Above to Our Community—Code Blue Expansion, $7,181
  • Bloomsburg Public Library—The Good Neighbors Project at the Library, $2,000
  • By Grace Women’s Transitional Home—Shared Bathroom Improvements, $4,000
  • Columbia Montour Council, Scouting America—Repairing a Campground, Continuing a Legacy, $3,000
  • Degenstein Community Library—2025 Summer Reading Program, $1,000
  • Eos Therapeutic Riding Center—Sitting High in the Saddle, $3,000
  • For the Cause—Education Expansion Development Program, $3,000
  • Friends of the Columbia County Traveling Library—Shade and Share: Expanding Bookmobile Community Spaces, $2,500
  • Harvest Union County—Union and Snyder Counties Evangelism Project, $3,000
  • Line Mountain Nourishing Eagles to Soar Weekend Backpack Food Program—Feeding Hungry Kids, $2,000
  • Northern Columbia Community & Cultural Center—Keeping Young Minds and Bodies in Motion with 2025 Summer Camp, $2,000
  • Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation—Mobile Ag Education Science Lab, $2,495
  • Quilters in Bloom—Gifts of Plenty: A Needed Solution for Donation Storage, $1,824
  • rabbitcares—Stop Hopper Local Match, $10,000
  • Selinsgrove Area Little League—Dugout Upgrades at East Snyder Park, $1,000
  • Setebaid Services, Inc.—Camp Setebaid HDYC 2026 Camperships, $1,000
  • Snyder County Area Little League—Concession Stand Upgrades, $1,000
  • St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church—Diaper Bank, $2,000
  • St. Andrew’s UMC—Panther Pack Program, $3,000
  • The Dental Health Clinic—2025 Oral Health Project, $3,000
  • The Salvation Army—Service Extension Safety Net Services, $3,000
  • Trinity Learning Center—Christ Centered Curriculum, $1,000
  • Walking Free Clubhouse—Start of Resource Materials and Kitchen Set-Up, $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, helping donors maximize their community impact in the Central Susquehanna region both now and for future generations.