Wyomissing Foundation is a private
501(c)(3)
A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of 50 ...
foundation in
Wyomissing,
Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1928 by three local businesspeople who had founded hosiery manufacturing company Berkshire Knitting Mills, later known as Wyomissing Industries. Grants from the foundation helped establish the
Berks County Community Foundation, which was founded in 1994. 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. 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.
The foundation's offices are located in a renovated historic mill. 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 and, in 1953, financial support for an exhibit of 90 American paintings in Germany.
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Berks County, Pennsylvania
1928 establishments in Pennsylvania
Organizations established in 1928
Non-profit organizations based in Pennsylvania
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