Donor Advised Funds
Will Fabry Memorial Donor Advised Fund
The Will Fabry Memorial Donor Advised Fund established by his parents is to benefit Franklin High School Students in Venango County, Pennsylvania, through grants made to Venango County schools, non-profit corporations or other deserving and qualified charitable organizations. As a donor advised Fund the Fabry Family advises the Venango Community Foundation at least annually about the award of grants from the Fabry Fund.
Lois and Carl Heinz Donor Advised Fund
The Lois and Carl Heinz Donor Advised Fund may be used for grants made to Venango County schools, non-profit corporations or other deserving and qualified charitable organizations. As a donor advised Fund, the Heinz Family advises the Venango Community Foundation at least annually about the award of grants from the Heinz Fund.
Jenna Lee Knight Memorial Donor Advised Fund.
The Jenna Lee Knight Fund was established by her parents to benefit Valley Grove High School Students in Venango County, Pennsylvania, through grants made to non-profit corporations or other deserving and qualified charitable organizations. As a donor advised Fund, the Knight Family advises the Venango Community Foundation at least annually about the award of grants from the Knight Fund.
William Belzer Turtle Conservation Trust
William Belzer, and the Advisory Committee members for the William Belzer Turtle Conservation Trust, established this restricted Fund in the Foundation. An opening donation from William Belzer, donations held in escrow, and the direct transfer of all assets held in the William Belzer Turtle Conservation Trust of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy were used to create an endowed Fund in the Foundation. The William Belzer Turtle Conservation Trust is devoted to the vigorous continuation, in perpetuity, of the Seminal Eastern Box Turtle Repatriation project initiated by William R. Belzer in 1993 at the McKeever Environmental Learning Center in Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The primary mission of the Turtle Conservation Trust is to enhance turtle conservation, native population recruitment and repatriation, in order to improve (through non-lethal and primarily field practices and studies) the declining prospects of turtle species, particularly of the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Shelly Lynn Wice and Jessica Ann Hart Memorial Fund
The Wice and Hart Families created the Shelly Lynn Wice and Jessica Ann Hart Memorial Fund within the Foundation. The Wice family sponsors an annual soft ball tournament to raise funds that are added to the Memorial Fund. The Fund is used to increase the opportunities for girls to participate in sports. The purpose is to provide a permanent and growing Memorial Fund dedicated to helping girls whose families are unable to afford the costs associated with participation in girl’s sports sponsored by the Oil City Area School District or the Cooperstown Athletic Association. The Fund may be used to:
- Help pay for the fees or other costs of attending sports camps;
- Bring girls sports clinics or other training opportunities to Oil City Area and outlying areas;
- Help pay the fees or other costs for girls to participate in summer sports programs or activities and
- Other grants as approved by the Shelly Lynn Wice and Jessica Ann Hart Memorial Fund Committee.
213 Seneca Street ~ Oil City, PA 16301 ~ tel: 814-677-8687