Fund Catalog

Emerging Needs & Rapid Response Fund

The Emerging Needs & Rapid Response Fund helps our community respond to challenges at every stage, from early signs of need to urgent crises that require immediate action. Your donation allows the Pottstown Regional Community Foundation to explore, pilot, or expand solutions when new trends, shifting community conditions, or service gaps begin to impact residents, and to act quickly when unexpected emergencies occur, such as fires, floods, sudden displacement, or other events that threaten safety and stability. When you give, you provide flexible support that helps the Foundation coordinate with trusted partners, strengthen local organizations, and deliver timely assistance that protects residents today while building readiness for what comes next.

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Boyertown Pool Construction Fund

The Boyertown Pool Construction Fund supports the effort to restore and rebuild the Boyertown Pool so it can safely serve the community for years to come. Your gift helps raise the $500,000 needed for major repairs and improvements that are essential to the pool’s future. Once the fundraising goal is reached, any remaining funds will be transferred to the Boyertown Pool and Recreation Sustainability Fund to help maintain the pool long term. When you give, you help protect a valued community asset and ensure it remains a welcoming place for generations to come.

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General Support Fund

The General Support Fund provides flexible funding that allows the Pottstown Regional Community Foundation to carry out its mission and respond to the community’s most important needs. Your donation supports the Foundation’s overall work, including grantmaking, community initiatives, and the operations that make our work possible, giving us the ability to direct resources where they will have the greatest impact at any given time. When you give, you help ensure we can be strategic and responsive, strengthen local organizations, and address priorities as they evolve across our region.

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Parks & Recreation - Area of Interest Fund

The Parks & Recreation - Area of Interest Fund supports spaces and programs that help residents stay active, connect with neighbors, and enjoy the outdoors close to home. Your gift helps improve recreational infrastructure, expand access to safe places to play and move, and support community-based activities that encourage healthy lifestyles for all ages. When you give, you help create welcoming public spaces that strengthen physical health, mental well-being, and community connection.

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Pick Up Sticks Hockey Fund

The Pick Up Sticks Hockey Fund supports a grassroots effort to grow the game of hockey and encourage healthy, active lifestyles for all ages. Your gift helps expand access through equipment and supplies, affordable opportunities to play, and welcoming programming that brings children, adults, and families together across generations. When you give, you help create more ways for neighbors to stay active, build confidence, and connect through recreation and outdoor play. Our aim is to expand the game and encourage outdoor activities for both children and adults, spanning across different generations.

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Pottstown Play Streets

Pottstown Play Streets is a seasonal program that temporarily closes neighborhood streets to traffic and transforms them into free community spaces for play, connection, and family-friendly activities. Your donation helps keep Play Streets free and accessible by supporting play equipment, activity supplies, outreach, and partner-led engagement that brings resources directly into neighborhoods. When you give, you help create safe places for children to play close to home, strengthen neighborhood relationships, and bring joy and connection to blocks across Pottstown.

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Pottstown Community Voices Grant Fund

The Pottstown Community Voices Grant Fund is a resident-led grantmaking fund that puts decision-making power in the hands of the people who live here. Your donation supports resident-selected projects focused on priorities such as safe and welcoming neighborhoods, parks and recreation, mental health, housing stability, and pathways to employment. When you give, you help fund solutions shaped by lived experience, strengthen local leadership, and ensure community priorities guide where resources go.

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School Wellness Initiative

The School Wellness Initiative supports healthier and more equitable learning environments by helping schools strengthen whole-child well-being in everyday practice. Your donation helps PRCF support educators as they integrate physical health, nutrition, mental wellness, social-emotional learning, and staff wellness through a multi-component approach that includes grants, professional learning, technical assistance, and a recognized wellness framework. When you give, you help ensure that students and staff have the tools, resources, and support they need to thrive, because wellness and learning go hand in hand.

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Veterans 565 Chapter Endowment

The Veterans 565 Chapter Endowment provides lasting support for the Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial at the Island of Memorial Park so it remains a place of honor, remembrance, and reflection for generations. Your donation supports ongoing care for general maintenance, repairs, improvements, and replacement of memorial features as needed over time. When you give, you help preserve a meaningful community space and ensure the memorial remains a lasting tribute to service and sacrifice.

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