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Wyomissing Foundation

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Wyomissing Foundation
Formation1928
TypePrivate foundation
Educational organization
HeadquartersWyomissing, PA, United States
President
Karen Rightmire
Key people
  • Virginia Rush
  • Patricia Swavely
  • Patricia Giles
Revenue (2015)
$2,552,425[1]
Expenses (2015)$1,750,714[1]
Websitewww.wyomissingfoundation.org Edit this at Wikidata

Wyomissing Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) foundation in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] It was established in 1928 by three local businesspeople who had founded hosiery manufacturing company Berkshire Knitting Mills, later known as Wyomissing Industries.[3] Grants from the foundation helped establish the Berks County Community Foundation, which was founded in 1994.[4] In 2001, the Wyomissing Foundation donated a copy of Saving Pennsylvania, a video about the dangers of urban sprawl, to every public library in Pennsylvania.[5] In 2008, the Foundation also helped support development of the Berks County Citizens Academy, a project to educate potential volunteer members of county and municipal advisory boards and authorities about local and county government issues.[6]

The foundation's offices are located in a renovated historic mill.[7] Earlier grants by the foundation included one in the early 1930s to help pay for a memorial in Krefeld, Germany, to early German settlers in what is now the United States[8] and, in 1953, financial support for an exhibit of 90 American paintings in Germany.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Wyomissing Foundation Inc" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Your Neighborhood: The Wyomissing Foundation". Reading Eagle. May 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  3. ^ "a. OBBRLAENDER, oo, DIES IN READING Retired Hosiery Manufacturer Gave $1,000,000 to Promote Good-Will With Germany. CAME TO AMERICA AT 21 Helped to Found the Berkshire Knitting Mills in 1906 -- Started Career Here". The New York Times. December 1, 1936. p. 25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  4. ^ "Community group spawned by Wyomissing Foundation". Reading Eagle. August 6, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  5. ^ "Briefs". The Evening Sun (Hanover, PA). November 23, 2001. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  6. ^ Young, Mary E. (October 4, 2008). "Berks County Citizens Academy to put focus on local government". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  7. ^ "The Wyomissing Foundation/ 'Old Evans Mill'". Kautter & Kelley Architects. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  8. ^ "Honors German Settlers; Krefeld Has Memorial to Citizens Who Came Here in 1683". The New York Times. June 7, 1931. p. E4. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  9. ^ "90 Paintings by US Artists Sail For Exhibitions in 3 German Cities". The New York Times. February 19, 1953. p. 25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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