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Bridge Builders Community Foundations Announces 2025-2026 Scholarship Recipients

Venango, Forest and Clarion Counties, PA — Bridge Builders Community Foundations is proud to announce the recipients of scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year. Each year, the Foundation...

Honoring a Legacy of Leadership: The Coach Patterson Charitable Foundation

Few people leave the kind of lasting impact that Coach Pat Patterson did in the Oil City community. As an educator, coach, and mentor, his influence extended far beyond the classroom and the field—he...

Enriching Our Region Through the Arts: The Venango County Arts and Culture Endowment

Since its founding in 1997 by the former Venango Area Community Foundation (now an affiliate of Bridge Builders Community Foundations), the Venango County Arts and Culture Endowment has played a...

Bridge Builders Community Foundations Celebrates 50 Years of Philanthropy and Community Impact

Today, April 30, 2025, Bridge Builders Community Foundations (BBCF) proudly marks a major milestone—50 years of philanthropic service and transformational community impact across the Oil Region....

Celebrating 50 Years of Impact: What to Expect in 2025

Bridge Builders Community Foundations is officially turning 50—and we’re celebrating in a big way! Since 1975, we’ve been connecting people who care with causes that matter, and in 2025, we’re...

Supporting Future Healthcare Heroes: The William H. Locke Memorial Scholarship

For nearly five decades, the William H. Locke Memorial Scholarship has been opening doors for students in Oil City, Pennsylvania—helping them pursue education beyond high school and build meaningful...

Bridge Builders Community Foundations Announces 2025-2026 Scholarship Recipients

Venango, Forest and Clarion Counties, PA — Bridge Builders Community Foundations is proud to announce the recipients of scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year. Each year, the Foundation...

Honoring a Legacy of Leadership: The Coach Patterson Charitable Foundation

Few people leave the kind of lasting impact that Coach Pat Patterson did in the Oil City community. As an educator, coach, and mentor, his influence extended far beyond the classroom and the field—he...

Enriching Our Region Through the Arts: The Venango County Arts and Culture Endowment

Since its founding in 1997 by the former Venango Area Community Foundation (now an affiliate of Bridge Builders Community Foundations), the Venango County Arts and Culture Endowment has played a...

Bridge Builders Community Foundations Celebrates 50 Years of Philanthropy and Community Impact

Today, April 30, 2025, Bridge Builders Community Foundations (BBCF) proudly marks a major milestone—50 years of philanthropic service and transformational community impact across the Oil Region....

Celebrating 50 Years of Impact: What to Expect in 2025

Bridge Builders Community Foundations is officially turning 50—and we’re celebrating in a big way! Since 1975, we’ve been connecting people who care with causes that matter, and in 2025, we’re...

Supporting Future Healthcare Heroes: The William H. Locke Memorial Scholarship

For nearly five decades, the William H. Locke Memorial Scholarship has been opening doors for students in Oil City, Pennsylvania—helping them pursue education beyond high school and build meaningful...