The Johnstown Area Heritage Association (JAHA) is a non-profit organization that bases our work on Johnstown’s historic resources and sense of place – its legendary stories, historic buildings and districts, and cultural traditions. Our mission is to preserve and revitalize historic places, bring visitors and new investment into the city’s core, and build our city’s future through heritage tourism.
We have a strong track record going back to 1971 and have accomplished a great deal, but there’s still so much to do. Your support of JAHA’s Annual Fund Campaign allows JAHA to continue this important work.
A JAHA Annual Fund has been established through the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies. You can make a secure, tax-deductible donation using the form below. Alternatively, mail your donation to JAHA at PO Box 1889, Johnstown PA 15907.
Donate to the JAHA Annual Fund now
Through benefactors like you and our ability to bring grant and other funding to our community, JAHA has become one of the largest non-profit developers and investors in the City despite a difficult economic environment. We enhance Johnstown’s sense of place and quality of life, and build community pride.
We thank you for supporting JAHA’s important work with a gift to the Annual Fund, which will benefit Johnstown today and long into the future.
The Johnstown Area Heritage Association (JAHA) is working on “For the Future: A Campaign for the Johnstown Flood Museum,” a $2.5 million campaign to renovate and refurbish Johnstown’s flagship tourist attraction, and provide marketing support.
The Johnstown Flood Museum has hosted one million visitors since it reopened in 1989, with new exhibits and an Academy Award-winning documentary. At that time, historian David McCullough called it “one of the best regional history museums in the country.”
However, long-term exhibitions and building systems are now 30 years old and are showing their age. Mr. McCullough has once again shown his support for the Johnstown Area Heritage Association’s work by endorsing the “For the Future” campaign to completely renovate and re-imagine the museum:
The project will completely redo permanent exhibitions with exciting, state-of-the-art technology, incorporating new artifacts and research. The building will be completely refurbished, including new electrical and HVAC systems. Further details on the plans can be found here.
A fund for the Johnstown Flood Museum Campaign has been established at the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies to support this project. You can make a secure, tax-deductible donation online to the fund using the button below (alternatively, download and mail in this form).
Donate to the Johnstown Flood Museum fund now
Dedicated in 2011, the Stone Bridge Lighting Project illuminates the historic Stone Bridge for three hours each evening in colorful, animated lights that are programmed thematically to be inclusive, meaningful and fun.
You can donate securely online to the Stone Bridge Lighting Fund at the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies using the button below; alternatively, you can mail checks designated “The Stone Bridge Lighting Fund” to The Community Foundation, 216 Franklin St., Suite 400, Johnstown, PA 15901.