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Charity of Excellence Award

Charity of Excellence Award

The Charity of Excellence award was created in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Washington County Community Foundation.

The Foundation selected 25 non-profit organizations as Charity of Excellence honorees, with each recipient receiving an unrestricted grant of at least $5,000. Blueprints was awarded the top prize of a $25,000 unrestricted grant and the Washington Area Humane Society received the People's Choice Award for an additional $5,000. In total, $150,000 was distributed through this special grant cycle.

Eligible non-profits were required to:

Be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit and file a Federal Form 990
Provide at least one charitable program in Washington County
Have operated for at least five years

The Foundation evaluated applicants on four criteria: quality and variety of programming; community impact as gauged by the number of people served relative to the operating budget; volunteer engagement; and the organization’s financial improvement over the last five years.

The grants were made possible by the Alvin and Carol Berthold Fund. Lifelong residents of McDonald, the Bertholds were longtime supporters of the WCCF. Their fund, valued at more than $5 million, is the largest discretionary grant-making fund of the WCCF.

Honorees:

2020 - Blueprints
2020 - Bradford House Historical Association
2020 - CASA for Kids
2020 - Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern PA:
2020 - Donora Public Library Association
2020 - Dress for Success Pittsburgh
2020 - Friends of Canonsburg Town Park
2020 - Genesis of Pittsburgh
2020 - LeMoyne Community Center
2020 - Literacy Council of Southwestern PA
2020 - Little Lake Theatre
2020 - Low Cost Spay Neuter Washington County (Fix ‘Ur Cat)
2020 - Meals on Wheels @ the Crossroads
2020 - Mon Valley YMCA
2020 - Mon Valley Youth and Teen Association
2020 - Mon-Vale Health Resources, Inc./ Monongahela Valley Hospital
2020 - Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
2020 - Presbyterian SeniorCare Network
2020 - Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services
2020 - The CARE Center
2020 - TRPIL (Transitional Paths to Independent Living)
2020 - Village of FPC
2020 - Washington Area Humane Society
2020 - Washington Hospital
2020 - Washington Symphony Orchestra