Blair County Chamber of Commerce

Mission

The Corporation is organized for the purpose of providing economic support to and for the educational and charitable activities of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce and working to directly stimulate economic development in areas that are within the Blair County region.


Purpose

The Chamber Foundation is a 501-(C)(3) foundation created by The Chamber to offer tax advantages to business or individuals willing to make contributions to any of the educational programs currently operated or endorsed by The Chamber. Those programs are:

  1. BASICS
  2. PA Free Enterprise Week
  3. Leadership Blair County
  4. Leadership Blair County Youth
  5. Young Readers Council
  6. Blair County Arts Festival Children's Day
  7. First Book - Blair County

Requests for funding are reviewed by The Foundation's Allocation Subcommittee and then sent to the Board for final approval.

Funding from The Foundation allows students from surrounding school
districts to participate in the PA Free Enterprise Week program.

To visit the Department of Community and Economic Development's list of accredited organizations Educational Improvements Tax Credit Programs click here


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Application

Download The Foundation's application for funding here. This document is in pdf format and requires Adobe reader. You may download this application at Download Adobe PDF Reader.


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Committees

The Chamber Foundation consists of two committees:

  • The Allocation Committee, Chair, Craig Campbell
  • The Fundraising Committee, Chair, Joe Keller

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Board

Denise Baranik
S & T Bank
Bob Bilger
M & T Bank
Brian Brumbaugh
Preferred Healthcare System, Inc.
Cindy Cessna
Blair County Chamber of Commerce
Craig Campbell
Hoss's Steak & Sea House Corporate Office
Dee Martin-Spallone
Altoona Area School District
Denny Doll
Reliance Bank
Jamie Van Buren
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company
Joe Keller
Keller Engineers, Inc.
Michelle Zitsch
CCIS of Blair County/Child Care Connection
Pat Miller
Altoona-Blair County Development Corporation

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