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Community foundation scholarships in Pennsylvania

Community foundations pool local donors' funds, and many run dozens of small scholarships with one shared application for students from their area. The IRS lists 29 community foundations in Pennsylvania with at least $1 million in assets.

Largest in Pennsylvania (by assets)

The Pittsburgh Foundation

Pittsburgh · $1.5 billion in assets (Dec 2024 IRS filing)
Scholarships page ↗Page checked Oct 17, 2026

All 29 in Pennsylvania

Largest first. Most smaller foundations serve one city or county. Look for the one where you live or went to high school, then check its website for "scholarships". Deadlines are often months before the school year, so check early.

FoundationCityAssetsVerify
The Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh$1.5 billionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Philadelphia FoundationPhiladelphia$705 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Erie Community FoundationErie$386 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
York County Community FoundationYork$224 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
First Community Foundation Partnership of PennsylvaniaWilliamsport$185 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Lancaster County Community FoundationLancaster$185 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Berks County Community Foundation Inc.Reading$155 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern OhioSharon$153 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Greater JohnstownJohnstown$150 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Chester County Community Foundation Inc.West Chester$136 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Warren CountyWarren$117 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Lehigh Valley Community FoundationAllentown$108 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Scranton Area Foundation Inc.Scranton$88 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Centre County Community Foundation Inc.State College$83 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Central Pennsylvania Community FoundationAltoona$32 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of the Northern AllegheniesSt Marys$28 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Fayette County PennsylvaniaUniontown$27 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Armstrong County Community FoundationKittanning$26 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Bridge Builders Community FoundationFranklin$20 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Clinton County Community Foundation Inc.Lock Haven$17 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation for the Twin TiersSayre$17 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
North East Community FoundationErie$17 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Clearfield Community Charitable FoundationClearfield$16 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Wayne County Community FoundationHonesdale$16 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Greene County PennsylvaniaWaynesburg$11 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Greater Pike Community FoundationMilford$7.3 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Can Do Community FoundationHazleton$5.6 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Wellsboro Community Foundation Inc.Wellsboro$2.7 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Carbon County Community FoundationLehighton$2.1 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗

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Source & coverage. Foundation list: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File ↗ (file dated Oct 13, 2026). We include active 501(c)(3) public charities the IRS codes as community foundations (NTEE T31) with at least $1 million in assets, and drop names that are clearly faith-based funds, schools, colleges, hospitals or health funds, service clubs or national donor-advised-fund sponsors. That filter can miss a foundation or include one that works a little differently, and local affiliates that file under a larger foundation don’t appear separately, so a small count doesn’t mean your area has no community foundation. Assets are the IRS figure from each group’s latest filing. Scholarship pages were checked Oct 17, 2026 for the largest foundation in each state only. Not affiliated with the IRS or any foundation listed. For the full national directory, see the Council on Foundations locator ↗.