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Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association Non-Profit Partners

The Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association (FBJA) began the Financial Gift Program in 2016. Each year after the Festival, Butler County 501c3 Non-Profit Organizations are able to submit an application for projects or services they provide in the community. More than $160,000 has been given away to date (as of December 2023) through the gift program. FBJA has also given more than $150,000 to non-profit groups who help to execute the Festival (as of December 2023). Some of the groups who have helped execute the Festival are:

  • 377th Engineer Company/Butler Reserve Unit

  • Butler American Legion Riders

  • Butler County Symphony Association

  • Butler JROTC

  • Butler Health Clinic

  • Butler Masonic Lodge #272

  • Butler Outdoor Club

  • CANDLE, Inc.

  • CB Rangers

  • Civil Air Patrol

  • Community Care Connections

  • Compeer Corps

  • East Coast 4 Wheel Drive Association

  • Heritage Region Jeep Alliance

  • Knights of Columbus

  • Moraine, McConnells Mill and Jennings Commission

  • Mon Valley Jeep Club

  • Oil Valley Jeeps

  • PA Volunteers

  • Rodfathers of Butler

  • Saxonburg Area Rotary Club

  • Slippery Rock Fire Department (Lawrence County)

  • Wilds Jeepers

  • Zelienople American Legion Women’s Auxiliary

Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association Financial Gift Recipients

as of December 2023

  • Alliance for Non Profit Resources

  • American Legion Riders Lyndora Post 778

  • Associated Artists of Butler County/The Butler Art Center and Gallery

  • Auxiliary, American Legion Post 474, Zelienople

  • Bantam Marine Detachment 743

  • BC3 Education Foundation

  • Blackwood Theatre Organ Society dba Blackwood Arts

  • Breakthrough-Butler

  • Butler AM Rotary Charities

  • Butler Breast Cancer and Women's Cancer Support Group

  • Butler Chapter, North Country Trail Association

  • Butler County American Legion Riders

  • Butler County Blind Association

  • Butler County Children's Center

  • Butler County Family YMCA

  • Butler County Habitat for Humanity

  • Butler County Historical Society

  • Butler County Humane Society

  • Butler County Soccer Association

  • Butler County Symphony Association

  • Butler County Veterans In Need Fund

  • Butler Downtown

  • Butler Golden Tornado Hockey Association

  • Butler Little Theatre

  • Butler Meals on Wheels, Inc.

  • Butler Township Volunteer Fire District 3

  • Candle, Inc. – Reality Tour

  • CB Rangers

  • Center for Community Resources

  • Center Township Athletic Association

  • Center Township Friends of Scouting

  • Community Care Connections, Inc.

  • Community Health Clinic of Butler County

  • CompeerCORPS

  • Connecting2Tomorrow, Inc.

  • Critical Incident Stress Management Team of Butler County

  • Don’t Stop Dreamin’

  • EDCO Park Foundation

  • Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center

  • Evans City Lions Club

  • Evans City Historical Society

  • Evans City Public Library Association

  • Fishing For Memories

  • Friends of Preston Park Foundation

  • Friends of Saxonburg Museum

  • General Butler Chapter #64 of the Disabled American Veterans

  • Glade Run Lutheran Services

  • Grapevine Center, Inc.

  • Harmony Fire District

  • Harrisville Volunteer Fire Company

  • Heritage Region Jeep Alliance

  • Herman Volunteer Fire Company

  • Hero's Angels

  • Historic Harmony

  • Karns City UAA Youth Baseball

  • Kid's Innovation Playground

  • Knights of Columbus

  • Life Choices, Inc.

  • Lizzy's Bikes

  • March of Dimes

  • Mars Area History and Landmarks Society

  • MHY Family Services

  • Moraine Preservation Fund

  • Moraine, McConnells Mill, and Jennings Commission (3MJC)

  • Musical Theatre Guild of Butler

  • NAMI Butler County PA

  • Nevin’s Hunting Friends

  • North Country Trail Alliance – Butler Chapter

  • Northwest Pennsylvania Steam Engine and Old Equipment Association

  • OVADA – One Voice for the Abused Domestic Animals

  • Parents In Toto Autism Resource Center

  • Penn Theater Performance Company

  • Penn Twp Volunteer Fire Department

  • Petroleum Valley Youth Coalition

  • Post 474 American Legion Auxiliary

  • Prospect Area Preservation Society

  • Prospect Boro/Franklin Twp Volunteer Fire Department

  • Robin's Home, Inc.

  • Scholars Run Conservancy Inc.

  • Slippery Rock Community Library

  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul Butler District Council

  • South Butler Community Library

  • Specialty Outreach Services, Inc.

  • Summer Dramatics Project

  • Taz & Penny's Happy Tails Rescue

  • The Arc of Butler County

  • The Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation: The Kids' Weekend Backpack Program

  • The Sage Collector

  • The Salvation Army

  • Toastmasters

  • Trail Pittsburgh

  • VA Butler Healthcare (Homeless Veterans Program)

  • Victim Outreach Intervention Center

  • Washington’s Trail

  • Wreaths Across America Butler

  • YWCA Butler

  • Zelienople Area Public Library

  • Zelienople Historical Society

  • Zelienople Lions Club

  • Zelienople-Evans City Meals on Wheels

Financial Gift Program Links