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Bridge Builders Community Foundations Selected for Training and Funding Program

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Tessa King, Office Administrator and Trenton Moulin, President and CEO of Bridge Builders Community Foundations.


 

Venango County, Pennsylvania, August 29 — Bridge Builders Community Foundations has been selected to participate in the Appalachian Regional Commission’s READY Community Foundations, which provides a no- cost, six—week training program to enhance our programming, operations, fundraising, and financial impact in Venango County, Pennsylvania. Bridge Builders Community Foundations is one of 30 community foundations chosen for the program, and one of 5 serving Appalachian Pennsylvania.

As Bridge Builders Community Foundation’s representatives for READY Community Foundations, President & CEO, Trenton Moulin and Office Administrator, Tessa King will participate in six weeks of virtual, cohort-based training courses to strengthen our financial and endowment management, community—rooted fundraising, grant-making, mission, and strategy development, and more.

“ARC remains committed to providing our Appalachian communities with the resources they need to build toward a prosperous future, including training to strengthen community foundation capacity,” said ARC Federal Co—Chair Gayle Manchin. “Through the training provided by READY Community Foundations, Appalachia’s philanthropic organizations will be better able to respond to community needs and foster economic development in the areas they serve.”

“Tessa and I are grateful to be selected by the ARC for the READY program and we are excited to expand Bridge Builders Community Foundations’ capacity in our grant-making initiatives,” said Trenton Moulin. “This program will allow us to learn and network with our peers in the Appalachian Region and grow our grant-making capacity.” he continued.

Following completion of the training, Bridge Builders Community Foundations will apply for up to $25,000 (no match required) for an internal capacity-building project that will bolster our philanthropic impact in Venango, Clarion and Forest Counties in Pennsylvania.

Supported with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, READY Community Foundations is the fourth and final track under ARC’s capacity-building initiative, READY Appalachia. Since July 2022, READY Appalachia has provided training and access to funding to 41 Local Development Districts (LDDs), 75 nonprofits, and 90 local government entities to help them better serve their communities.

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