| 词条 | Wyomissing Foundation |
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|name = Wyomissing Foundation |image = Logo Wyomissing Foundation.png |size = |abbreviation = |motto = "Promotion of charitable, scientific, literary and educational activities as the Trustees of the Foundation in their discretion may select." |formation = 1928 |type = Private foundation |headquarters = Wyomissing, PA, United States |leader_title = President |leader_name = Karen Rightmire |key_people = {{hlist|Virginia Rush | Patricia Swavely | Patricia Giles}} | revenue = $2,552,425[1] | revenue_year = 2015 | expenses = $1,750,714[1] | expenses_year = 2015 |website = www.wyomissingfoundation.org }}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] 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] References1. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/231/231980570/231980570_201512_990PF.pdf | title= The Wyomissing Foundation Inc. | date= | website=Foundation Center | accessdate=10 November 2017 }} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=141027|title=Your Neighborhood: The Wyomissing Foundation|date=May 31, 2009|work=Reading Eagle|accessdate=2009-06-09}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/01/archives/a-obbrlaender-oo-dies-in-readin6-retired-hosiery-manufacturer-gave.html|title=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.|date=December 1, 1936 |work=The New York Times|page=25|accessdate=2009-06-09}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16274616_ITM|title=Community group spawned by Wyomissing Foundation|date= August 6, 2006|work=Reading Eagle|accessdate=2009-06-09}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HESB&p_theme=hesb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F91052641297B59&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Briefs|date=November 23, 2001 |work=The Evening Sun (Hanover, PA) |accessdate=2009-06-09}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=108426|title=Berks County Citizens Academy to put focus on local government|last=Young|first= Mary E.|date=October 4, 2008|work=Reading Eagle|accessdate=2009-06-09}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kautterkelley.com/additions/wyo_found.html|title=The Wyomissing Foundation/ ‘Old Evans Mill’|work=Kautter & Kelley Architects|accessdate=2009-06-09}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/06/07/archives/honors-german-settlers-krefeld-has-memorial-to-citizens-who-came.html|title=Honors German Settlers; Krefeld Has Memorial to Citizens Who Came Here in 1683 |date=June 7, 1931|work=The New York Times|page=E4|accessdate=2009-06-09}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B15FC3D5B107A93CBA81789D85F478585F9|title=90 Paintings by US Artists Sail For Exhibitions in 3 German Cities|date= February 19, 1953|work=The New York Times|page=25|accessdate=2009-06-09}} External links
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