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:
- BASICS
- PA Free Enterprise Week
- Leadership Blair County
- Leadership Blair County Youth
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
Due to funding restrictions, The Foundation is not accepting applications at this time.
Requests for funding are reviewed by The Foundation's Allocation Subcommittee and then sent to the Board for final approval. 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:
- Foundation Executive Committee
- Foundation Fund Development Committee
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Board
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Denise Baranik
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S & T Bank
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Susan Barber
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Reliance Bank
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Cindy Cessna
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Blair County Chamber of Commerce
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Jim Kilmartin
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Keystone Business Support, Inc.
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Pat Miller
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Altoona-Blair County Development Corporation
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Doug Mingle
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Roaring Spring Department Store
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Tim Nagle
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First National Bank
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Jay Nartatez
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McLanahan Corporation
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Patricia Steward
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County of Blair
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Jamie Van Buren
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New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
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Michelle Zitsch
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CCIS of Blair County/Child Care Connection
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Leadership Blair County Youth Scholarship Contributors
GOLD SPONSORS
Altoona Area School District Foundation
Altoona First Savings Bank
AT&T
Central PA Community Foundation
First National Bank Corporation
The Foundation for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Homewood at Martinsburg
Keller Engineers
The Lytle Family of Companies
Reliance Bank
Seltzer Financial Strategies, LLC
South Hills School of Business
Spring Cove Education, Inc.
York Technical Institute, LLC
SILVER SPONSORS
Altoona-Blair County Development Corporation
JJAN Financial
Lumax Industries, Inc.
NPC, Inc.
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
S&T Bank
Williamsburg Community School District
Thank you to all of the individuals and companies that have donated to the Blair County Chamber Foundation on behalf of the Leadership Blair County Youth Program.
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