| Wyomissing Foundation | |
| Formation: | 1928 |
| Type: | Private foundation Educational organization |
| Headquarters: | Wyomissing, PA, United States |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Karen Rightmire |
| Revenue: | $2,552,425[1] |
| Revenue Year: | 2015 |
| Expenses: | $1,750,714 |
| Expenses Year: | 2015 |
Wyomissing Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) 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]