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About UsPeople Founders and Board of Directors Charles Barber, President & CEO The Luzerne Foundation Staff Chairman's Message Col. Timothy Pickering Legacy Society About Col. Timothy PickeringNews & Events2009 Fall Grant Recipients Generation to Generation - Bringing all ages together Concerned Parents of Hazleton Fund Ruth's Place Receives 2009 Millennium Circle Grant of $22,000 Dr. Kistler Scholarship Fund - Encouraging Educational Excellence Foundation To Receive AFP Outstanding Foundation Award October is Millennium Circle Month Miner-Shoemaker Fund Story - Family Roots Run Deep Millennium Circle Fund of the Luzerne Foundation Presents Grant to Care & Concern Ministries The Luzerne Foundation approved for the Commonwealth’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program EITC Application The Luzerne Foundation announces recipients for Spring 2008 Grant Cycle Rabbi, wife honored; cared for 50 kids Solid Cactus Cares Fund to award $6,900 to Local Charities TLF launches the "2U Fund"Luzerne Foundation announces January 2008 Grants Subscribe to our NewsletterResourcesGrants Information for Donors Col. Timothy Pickering Legacy Society About Col. Timothy Pickering Resources for Professional AdvisorsTypes of FundsUnrestricted Funds Fund for Luzerne County Benjamin Franklin Trust Fund Celebrity Luncheon Fund McGowan Fund Donor Advised Funds Advanced Pain Management Specialists Fund Charles and Denny Barber Family Fund James E. Bell and Constance L. Bell Fund Stuart M. Bell and Luzerne Products, Inc. Fund BCSandH Group Bevevino Family Fund Joe and Jeanne Butcher Family Fund Castle Auditorium Fund for HASD The Constellation Fund James Cortegerone Memorial Scholarship Fund Crisci Family Fund Darte-Darling Fund The Judith S. Dawe Fund 1st LT Jeffrey F. DePrimo Memorial Fund Flack Family Pass Through Fund The Friedman Family Charitable Fund Val and Gus Genetti Family Fund Lou Goeringer Family Fund Frank M. Henry Family Fund Michael and Kathleen Hirthler Fund Hospice Community Care Fund Alan Finlay Humford Equities Fund Insalaco Family Fund Clayton and Theresa Karambelas Fund Ron Knouse Fund Ken and Ann Krogulski Family Fund Peter W. Latniak Jr. Memorial Fund Lefkowitz Family Fund The Logos Fund Luzerne and Wyoming Counties Fund for Aging Millennium Circle Fund of the Luzerne Foundation Miner-Shoemaker Fund Miner-Shoemaker Fund Story - Family Roots Run Deep The Robert A. Mugford Family Fund The Palko Family Fund John Pavelchak Fund Corrine Pawling Family Fund The August J. and Corrine M. Piazza Family Fund William S. Robbins Charitable Fund The Paul and Mary Jo Rushin Pass-Through Fund Martha Frey Sampson Memorial Fund Joseph J. and Janice W. Savitz Fund Schonfeld Family Pass-Through Fund Shivas Fund The Smulowitz Family Charitable Fund John and Barbara Sobeck Charitable Fund Solid Cactus Cares Fund Straub Family Fund The Robert S. Tippett Family Fund William and Constance Umphred Fund The Robert and Tilly Weaver Charitable Fund Jerry and Rosemary Weinstock Fund The Bill and Sandi Williams Fund James and Regina Yates Fund Field of Interest Funds 2U Fund The Athena Rose Tucker YouAreYou Program Fund The Times Leader - Book of Dreams Pass Through Fund City Vest, Inc.The Coalition on Autism Concerned Parents of Hazleton Fund District A Fund Diversity Partnership Fund Down Syndrome Network Fund Earthly Angels Autism Fund EITC Scholarship Fund Generation To Generation Grandparents Raising their Granchildren Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn Fund for Children's Advocacy Kidz Sake Fund Lighthouse/Firefighter Michael Carlo Memorial Fund Max and Lorraine Fund Miles for Michael Fund The Mural Fund Rotary Club of Mountaintop Community Development Fund Rainbow Fund for Northeastern Pennsylvania Remembering Jane Pass-Through Fund The Responsibility Fund Schiowitz Grass Roots Housing Initative Fund Libby Schomas Fund South Valley Partnership Pass-Through Fund Valley with a Heart Benefits Fund NEPA Veterans Multi-Care Alliance Fund NEPA VMA Untangles Bureaucracy, Connects Vets to Services Vulcan Pride Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society Scholarship Funds Leanne Bedwick Scholarship Fund Lisa Blaum Brighter Future Fund Thelma and Samuel Bosch Scholarship Award Fund Luzerne County Catholic School Education Scholarship Fund Robert J. Clark Scholarship Fund The First Lieutenant Michael J. Cleary Memorial Fund Peter Degnan Memorial Endowment Fund 1st LT Jeffrey F. DePrimo Memorial Fund The Daniel J. Distasio Memorial Fund Barbara Evans Scholarship Fund Herbert L. Facher Award Fund The Mickey Gorham Memorial Fund Mary Ann Malinics Kaminski Memorial Scholarship Fund The FFCF-Alice Kender Honorary Scholarship Fund Dr. David W. Kistler Scholarship Fund Dr. Kistler Scholarship Fund - Encouraging Educational Excellence Knecht Scholarship Fund LCCC Scholarship Fund Logue Family Scholarship Award Fund Carrie Martin Fund McGowan Cornerstone Scholarship Award The Gene and Lois McKeown Endowment Fund Operation Thank You Scholarship Fund The Dr. Drue Paden Memorial Scholarship Fund The Ann Marie Piasecki Memorial Scholarship Fund Libby K. Morris-Remick Memorial Fund Joseph P. Rogan Memorial Fund John C. Roke Memorial Fund Lawrence W. Roth, Esq. Memorial Scholarship Fund Laura E. Rutkowski Memorial Scholarship Fund Michael B. Schecter Memorial Scholarship Fund Nathan N. Schiowitz Family - VTSC Jr. Membership Fund Siegel Family Scholarship Fund Judy Geer-Spitale Fund Taylor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center - Health and Wellness Fund Wilbur Troy Memorial Scholarship Fund The Kyle Wega Memorial Scholarship Fund Charlotte Williams Thomas Award Fund Leonard Big Red Williams Scholarship Fund Designated Funds The Constance L. Bell Library Endowment Fund The Brass Ring Fund The Daylene Burnside Administrative Endowment Fund CSC/ Joe DeVizia Family Fund CYC/Parente Family Fund First Night Hazleton FutureConnect Fund GAR Blue-Gray Fund Georgetown Settlement Camp Fund Stephen Heater Memorial Fund His Resting Place Maternity Home Huber Breaker Preservation Society Lands At Hillside Farms Fund LCCEA-Food and Facts Fund Luzerne County Historical Society Funds LCHS/Elma C. and Bessie B. Bishop Fund LCHS/Elma C. and Bessie B. Bishop Book Fund LCHS/Dorothy D. Darte Fund for the Swetland House The Logos Fund The Loyal Patriots of America Fund for Pittston Sue Kline Kluger Leadership Wilkes-Barre Excellence Fund McGowan Leadership Fund John A. McCole Campership Trust Meadow Nursing Center - Ecumenical Enterprises E.L. Meyers Blue-Gold Fund Mountaintop Baseball and Softball Association, Inc.NEPA Philharmonic/Flack Family Fund Spartan Support Group for Wyoming Valley West The Reverend Joseph Streit Fund Tri-Centennial Fund of 2076 William and Constance Umphred Fund Volunteers in Medicine Fund Vital House - HASD Fund West Pittston Community Pool Fund Wyoming Valley West Funds Wyoming Valley West - Athletics Fund Wyoming Valley West -Special Education Fund Wyoming Valley West -Facilities Fund Wyoming Valley West -Technology Fund Lighthouse/Yudichak Family Endowment Fund Organizational Endowments NEPA Chapter of AIA Lecture Pass-through Fund NEPA Chapter of AIA Scholarship Fund Bear Creek Historical Society Dam Fund Cultural Council Fund of Luzerne County Junior Achievement of NEPA Endowment Fund Junior League of Wilkes-Barre Endowment Fund Stewardship Endowment Fund for North Branch Land Trust Osterhout Free Library Endowment Fund REACH, Inc. Fund SPCA Jade Memorial Fund SPCA Spay and Neuter Endowment Wyoming/West Wyoming Little League Endowment Fund Young Mens Christian Association of Pittston Fund Millennium Circle The Funds of The Luzerne Foundation 2U Fund Advanced Pain Management Specialists Fund NEPA Chapter of AIA Lecture Pass-through Fund NEPA Chapter of AIA Scholarship Fund The Athena Rose Tucker YouAreYou Program Fund Charles and Denny Barber Family Fund Bear Creek Historical Society Dam Fund Leanne Bedwick Scholarship Fund James E. Bell and Constance L. Bell Fund The Constance L. Bell Library Endowment Fund Stuart M. Bell and Luzerne Products, Inc. Fund Benjamin Franklin Trust Fund BCSandH Group Bevevino Family Fund Lisa Blaum Brighter Future Fund The Times Leader - Book of Dreams Pass Through Fund Thelma and Samuel Bosch Scholarship Award Fund The Brass Ring Fund The Daylene Burnside Administrative Endowment Fund Joe and Jeanne Butcher Family Fund Castle Auditorium Fund for HASD Luzerne County Catholic School Education Scholarship Fund Celebrity Luncheon Fund City Vest, Inc.Robert J. Clark Scholarship Fund The First Lieutenant Michael J. Cleary Memorial Fund The Coalition on Autism Concerned Parents of Hazleton Fund The Constellation Fund James Cortegerone Memorial Scholarship Fund Crisci Family Fund CSC/ Joe DeVizia Family Fund Cultural Council Fund of Luzerne County CYC/Parente Family Fund Darte-Darling Fund The Judith S. Dawe Fund Peter Degnan Memorial Endowment Fund 1st LT Jeffrey F. DePrimo Memorial Fund The Daniel J. Distasio Memorial Fund District A Fund Diversity Partnership Fund Down Syndrome Network Fund Earthly Angels Autism Fund EITC Scholarship Fund Barbara Evans Scholarship Fund Herbert L. Facher Award Fund First Night Hazleton Flack Family Fund The Friedman Family Charitable Fund FutureConnect Fund Generation To Generation GAR Blue-Gray Fund Val and Gus Genetti Family Fund Georgetown Settlement Camp Fund Lou Goeringer Family Fund The Mickey Gorham Memorial Fund Grandparents Raising their Granchildren Stephen Heater Memorial Fund Frank M. Henry Family Fund Michael and Kathleen Hirthler Fund His Resting Place Maternity Home Hospice Community Care Fund Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn Fund for Children's Advocacy Huber Breaker Preservation Society Alan Finlay Humford Equities Fund Insalaco Family Fund Junior Achievement of NEPA Endowment Fund Junior League of Wilkes-Barre Endowment Fund Mary Ann Malinics Kaminski Memorial Scholarship Fund Clayton and Theresa Karambelas Fund The FFCF-Alice Kender Honorary Scholarship Fund Kelly Gorham Memorial Fund For Children With Easting Disorders Kidz Sake Fund Dr. David W. Kistler Scholarship Fund Dr. Kistler Scholarship Fund - Encouraging Educational Excellence Kline Scholarship Fund of Leadership Wilkes-Barre Knecht Scholarship Fund Ron Knouse Fund Ken and Ann Krogulski Family Fund Lands At Hillside Farms Fund Peter W. Latniak Jr. Memorial Fund LCCC Scholarship Fund LCCEA-Food and Facts Fund Lefkowitz Family Fund Lighthouse/Firefighter Michael Carlo Memorial Fund Lighthouse/Yudichak Family Endowment Fund The Logos Fund Logue Family Scholarship Award Fund The Loyal Patriots of America Fund for Pittston Fund for Luzerne County Luzerne County Historical Society Funds LCHS/Elma C. and Bessie B. Bishop Fund LCHS/Elma C. and Bessie B. Bishop Book Fund LCHS/Dorothy D. Darte Fund for the Swetland House Sue Kline Kluger Leadership Wilkes-Barre Excellence Fund The Health Fund of the Luzerne Foundation Historic and Landscape Preservation Fund Luzerne and Wyoming Counties Fund for Aging Carrie Martin Fund Maslow Fund for the Arts Max and Lorraine Fund John A. McCole Campership Trust McGowan Fund McGowan Cornerstone Scholarship Award McGowan Leadership Fund The Gene and Lois McKeown Endowment Fund E.L. Meyers Blue-Gold Fund Miles for Michael Fund Millennium Circle Miner-Shoemaker Fund Miner-Shoemaker Fund Story - Family Roots Run Deep The Joseph A. Moran Scholarship Fund Libby K. Morris-Remick Memorial Fund Mountaintop Baseball and Softball Association, Inc.The Robert A. Mugford Family Fund The Mural Fund Stewardship Endowment Fund for North Branch Land Trust Operation Thank You Scholarship Fund Osterhout Free Library Endowment Fund The Dr. Drue Paden Memorial Scholarship Fund The Palko Family Fund John Pavelchak Fund Corrine Pawling Family Fund NEPA Philharmonic/Flack Family Fund The Ann Marie Piasecki Memorial Scholarship Fund The August J. and Corrine M. Piazza Family Fund Rainbow Fund for Northeastern Pennsylvania REACH, Inc. Fund Remembering Jane Pass-Through Fund The Responsibility Fund Christopher Robinson - Times Leader Scholarship Fund Joseph P. Rogan Memorial Fund John C. Roke Memorial Fund Rotary Club of Mountaintop Community Development Fund Lawrence W. Roth, Esq. Memorial Scholarship Fund The Paul and Mary Jo Rushin Pass-Through Fund Laura E. Rutkowski Memorial Scholarship Fund Martha Frey Sampson Memorial Fund Joseph J. and Janice W. Savitz Fund Michael B. Schecter Memorial Scholarship Fund Libby Schomas Fund Schonfeld Family Pass-Through Fund Nathan N. Schiowitz Family - VTSC Jr. Membership Fund Schiowitz Grass Roots Housing Initative Fund Shivas Fund Siegel Family Scholarship Fund The Smulowitz Family Charitable Fund John and Barbara Sobeck Charitable Fund Solid Cactus Cares Fund South Valley Partnership Pass-Through Fund Spartan Support Group for Wyoming Valley West SPCA Jade Memorial Fund SPCA Spay and Neuter Endowment Judy Geer-Spitale Fund Louis Claude de St. Martin Fund Straub Family Fund The Reverend Joseph Streit Fund The Robert S. Tippett Family Fund Taylor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center - Health and Wellness Fund Tri-Centennial Fund of 2076 Wilbur Troy Memorial Scholarship Fund William and Constance Umphred Fund Valley with a Heart Benefits Fund Vital House - HASD Fund NEPA Veterans Multi-Care Alliance Fund NEPA VMA Untangles Bureaucracy, Connects Vets to Services Volunteers in Medicine Fund Vulcan Pride The Robert and Tilly Weaver Charitable Fund The Kyle Wega Memorial Scholarship Fund Jerry and Rosemary Weinstock Fund The Bill and Sandi Williams Fund Charlotte Williams Thomas Award Fund Leonard Big Red Williams Scholarship Fund Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society West Pittston Community Pool Fund Wyoming Valley West Funds Wyoming Valley West - Athletics Fund Wyoming Valley West -Special Education Fund Wyoming Valley West -Facilities Fund Wyoming Valley West -Technology Fund Wyoming/West Wyoming Little League Endowment Fund James and Regina Yates Fund Young Mens Christian Association of Pittston FundThe Funds of The Luzerne Foundation2U Fund Advanced Pain Management Specialists Fund NEPA Chapter of AIA Lecture Pass-through Fund NEPA Chapter of AIA Scholarship Fund The Athena Rose Tucker YouAreYou Program Fund Charles and Denny Barber Family Fund Bear Creek Historical Society Dam Fund Leanne Bedwick Scholarship Fund James E. Bell and Constance L. Bell Fund The Constance L. Bell Library Endowment Fund Stuart M. Bell and Luzerne Products, Inc. Fund Benjamin Franklin Trust Fund BCSandH Group Bevevino Family Fund Lisa Blaum Brighter Future Fund The Times Leader - Book of Dreams Pass Through Fund Thelma and Samuel Bosch Scholarship Award Fund The Brass Ring Fund The Daylene Burnside Administrative Endowment Fund Joe and Jeanne Butcher Family Fund Castle Auditorium Fund for HASD Luzerne County Catholic School Education Scholarship Fund Celebrity Luncheon Fund City Vest, Inc.Robert J. Clark Scholarship Fund The First Lieutenant Michael J. Cleary Memorial Fund The Coalition on Autism Concerned Parents of Hazleton Fund The Constellation Fund James Cortegerone Memorial Scholarship Fund Crisci Family Fund CSC/ Joe DeVizia Family Fund Cultural Council Fund of Luzerne County CYC/Parente Family Fund Darte-Darling Fund The Judith S. Dawe Fund Peter Degnan Memorial Endowment Fund 1st LT Jeffrey F. DePrimo Memorial Fund The Daniel J. Distasio Memorial Fund District A Fund Diversity Partnership Fund Down Syndrome Network Fund Earthly Angels Autism Fund EITC Scholarship Fund Barbara Evans Scholarship Fund Herbert L. Facher Award Fund First Night Hazleton Flack Family Fund The Friedman Family Charitable Fund FutureConnect Fund Generation To Generation GAR Blue-Gray Fund Val and Gus Genetti Family Fund Georgetown Settlement Camp Fund Lou Goeringer Family Fund The Mickey Gorham Memorial Fund Grandparents Raising their Granchildren Stephen Heater Memorial Fund Frank M. Henry Family Fund Michael and Kathleen Hirthler Fund His Resting Place Maternity Home Hospice Community Care Fund Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn Fund for Children's Advocacy Huber Breaker Preservation Society Alan Finlay Humford Equities Fund Insalaco Family Fund Junior Achievement of NEPA Endowment Fund Junior League of Wilkes-Barre Endowment Fund Mary Ann Malinics Kaminski Memorial Scholarship Fund Clayton and Theresa Karambelas Fund The FFCF-Alice Kender Honorary Scholarship Fund Kelly Gorham Memorial Fund For Children With Easting Disorders Kidz Sake Fund Dr. David W. Kistler Scholarship Fund Dr. Kistler Scholarship Fund - Encouraging Educational Excellence Kline Scholarship Fund of Leadership Wilkes-Barre Knecht Scholarship Fund Ron Knouse Fund Ken and Ann Krogulski Family Fund Lands At Hillside Farms Fund Peter W. Latniak Jr. Memorial Fund LCCC Scholarship Fund LCCEA-Food and Facts Fund Lefkowitz Family Fund Lighthouse/Firefighter Michael Carlo Memorial Fund Lighthouse/Yudichak Family Endowment Fund The Logos Fund Logue Family Scholarship Award Fund The Loyal Patriots of America Fund for Pittston Fund for Luzerne County Luzerne County Historical Society Funds LCHS/Elma C. and Bessie B. Bishop Fund LCHS/Elma C. and Bessie B. Bishop Book Fund LCHS/Dorothy D. Darte Fund for the Swetland House Sue Kline Kluger Leadership Wilkes-Barre Excellence Fund The Health Fund of the Luzerne Foundation Historic and Landscape Preservation Fund Luzerne and Wyoming Counties Fund for Aging Carrie Martin Fund Maslow Fund for the Arts Max and Lorraine Fund John A. McCole Campership Trust McGowan Fund McGowan Cornerstone Scholarship Award McGowan Leadership Fund The Gene and Lois McKeown Endowment Fund E.L. Meyers Blue-Gold Fund Miles for Michael Fund Millennium Circle Miner-Shoemaker Fund Miner-Shoemaker Fund Story - Family Roots Run Deep The Joseph A. Moran Scholarship Fund Libby K. Morris-Remick Memorial Fund Mountaintop Baseball and Softball Association, Inc.The Robert A. Mugford Family Fund The Mural Fund Stewardship Endowment Fund for North Branch Land Trust Operation Thank You Scholarship Fund Osterhout Free Library Endowment Fund The Dr. Drue Paden Memorial Scholarship Fund The Palko Family Fund John Pavelchak Fund Corrine Pawling Family Fund NEPA Philharmonic/Flack Family Fund The Ann Marie Piasecki Memorial Scholarship Fund The August J. and Corrine M. Piazza Family Fund Rainbow Fund for Northeastern Pennsylvania REACH, Inc. Fund Remembering Jane Pass-Through Fund The Responsibility Fund Christopher Robinson - Times Leader Scholarship Fund Joseph P. Rogan Memorial Fund John C. Roke Memorial Fund Rotary Club of Mountaintop Community Development Fund Lawrence W. Roth, Esq. Memorial Scholarship Fund The Paul and Mary Jo Rushin Pass-Through Fund Laura E. Rutkowski Memorial Scholarship Fund Martha Frey Sampson Memorial Fund Joseph J. and Janice W. Savitz Fund Michael B. Schecter Memorial Scholarship Fund Libby Schomas Fund Schonfeld Family Pass-Through Fund Nathan N. Schiowitz Family - VTSC Jr. Membership Fund Schiowitz Grass Roots Housing Initative Fund Shivas Fund Siegel Family Scholarship Fund The Smulowitz Family Charitable Fund John and Barbara Sobeck Charitable Fund Solid Cactus Cares Fund South Valley Partnership Pass-Through Fund Spartan Support Group for Wyoming Valley West SPCA Jade Memorial Fund SPCA Spay and Neuter Endowment Judy Geer-Spitale Fund Louis Claude de St. Martin Fund Straub Family Fund The Reverend Joseph Streit Fund The Robert S. Tippett Family Fund Taylor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center - Health and Wellness Fund Tri-Centennial Fund of 2076 Wilbur Troy Memorial Scholarship Fund William and Constance Umphred Fund Valley with a Heart Benefits Fund Vital House - HASD Fund NEPA Veterans Multi-Care Alliance Fund NEPA VMA Untangles Bureaucracy, Connects Vets to Services Volunteers in Medicine Fund Vulcan Pride The Robert and Tilly Weaver Charitable Fund The Kyle Wega Memorial Scholarship Fund Jerry and Rosemary Weinstock Fund The Bill and Sandi Williams Fund Charlotte Williams Thomas Award Fund Leonard Big Red Williams Scholarship Fund Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society West Pittston Community Pool Fund Wyoming Valley West Funds Wyoming Valley West - Athletics Fund Wyoming Valley West -Special Education Fund Wyoming Valley West -Facilities Fund Wyoming Valley West -Technology Fund Wyoming/West Wyoming Little League Endowment Fund James and Regina Yates Fund Young Mens Christian Association of Pittston FundFinancial Statements

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