Wyomissing Foundation

Wyomissing Foundation is a private foundation in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] It was established in 1928 by three local businesspeople who had founded hosiery manufacturing company Berkshire Knitting Mills, later known as Wyomissing Industries.[3] Grants from the foundation helped establish the Berks County Community Foundation, which was founded in 1994.[4] In 2001, the Wyomissing Foundation donated a copy of Saving Pennsylvania, a video about the dangers of urban sprawl, to every public library in Pennsylvania.[5] In 2008, the Foundation also helped support development of the Berks County Citizens Academy, a project to educate potential volunteer members of county and municipal advisory boards and authorities about local and county government issues.[6]

Wyomissing Foundation
Motto"Promotion of charitable, scientific, literary and educational activities as the Trustees of the Foundation in their discretion may select."
Formation1928
TypePrivate foundation
HeadquartersWyomissing, PA, United States
President
Karen Rightmire
Key people
  • Virginia Rush
  • Patricia Swavely
  • Patricia Giles
Revenue (2015)
$2,552,425[1]
Expenses (2015)$1,750,714[1]
Websitewww.wyomissingfoundation.org

The foundation's offices are located in a renovated historic mill.[7] Earlier grants by the foundation included one in the early 1930s to help pay for a memorial in Krefeld, Germany, to early German settlers in what is now the United States[8] and, in 1953, financial support for an exhibit of 90 American paintings in Germany.[9]

References
  1. "The Wyomissing Foundation Inc" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. "Your Neighborhood: The Wyomissing Foundation". Reading Eagle. May 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  3. "a. OBBRLAENDER, oo, DIES IN READING Retired Hosiery Manufacturer Gave $1,000,000 to Promote Good-Will With Germany. CAME TO AMERICA AT 21 Helped to Found the Berkshire Knitting Mills in 1906 -- Started Career Here". The New York Times. December 1, 1936. p. 25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  4. "Community group spawned by Wyomissing Foundation". Reading Eagle. August 6, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  5. "Briefs". The Evening Sun (Hanover, PA). November 23, 2001. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  6. Young, Mary E. (October 4, 2008). "Berks County Citizens Academy to put focus on local government". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  7. "The Wyomissing Foundation/ 'Old Evans Mill'". Kautter & Kelley Architects. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  8. "Honors German Settlers; Krefeld Has Memorial to Citizens Who Came Here in 1683". The New York Times. June 7, 1931. p. E4. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  9. "90 Paintings by US Artists Sail For Exhibitions in 3 German Cities". The New York Times. February 19, 1953. p. 25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.


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