History
Since 1985, The Lighthouse Foundation has been an important part of our community. The only thing that has changed since our beginning is the scope of our programs and services to area residents in need.
Today, The Lighthouse Foundation maintains operations at five sites and serves more than 6,000 people from northern Allegheny and Butler counties annually. The Lighthouse Foundation attempts to fill identified gaps in basic human services to needy and impoverished individuals, families, and seniors. Today, The Lighthouse Foundation is the lone provider of housing to homeless young adults and single parents with young children in its service area.
The Lighthouse Foundation is a treasure in our community. From Transitional Housing to our Food Pantry, to our Furniture and Appliance Warehouse, to providing Emergency Shelter, to our Hope Taxi Service and social programming for Golden Agers and Our Singles Supper Club and Family Feast programs, to Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance, to our Wheels of Work program The Lighthouse Foundation makes a positive impact on everyone it touches.
An organization like The Lighthouse Foundation can exist only because there are caring people reaching out to serve their neighbors regardless of their background.
Our History and Mission
For more than twenty years, The Lighthouse Foundation has been an important part of the local community. The Lighthouse Foundation was founded in 1985 by a group of Bakerstown community residents in response to growing needs among local families and communities facing rising employment and emergency needs. The Lighthouse was originally housed at the former Richland Restaurant in 
Bakerstown, which was purchased by the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown to provide a home for The Lighthouse. Within a year, the Lighthouse became a freestanding nonprofit entity, and in 1991 moved its headquarters to Middlesex Township, Butler County, at the corner of Route 8 and Cruikshank Road, three miles north of the Allegheny County line.
Today, The Lighthouse maintains operations at five sites, annually serving more than 6,000 clients through nearly 18,000 contacts from northern Allegheny and Butler Counties that address emergency and critical care, transitioning and empowerment needs. The Lighthouse Foundation seeks to fill identified gaps in basic human services to needy and impoverished individuals, families, and seniors. The Lighthouse is the lone provider of housing to homeless young adults and single parents with young children in its service region. 
The Lighthouse Foundation operates through the private charitable and public support of more than 1,500 individuals, bodies of faith, agencies, foundations, business and service organizations.
Since its beginning in 1985, The Lighthouse Foundation has:
Distributed over 5 million pounds of food
Provided over 40,000 pieces of furniture and appliances
Served over 145,000 meals
Provided over 45,000 nights of lodging through our transitional housing program
Provided computer training to over 1,200 people
Received and redistributed over 1,400 donated vehicles
Prevented eviction, foreclosure or utility termination for over 5,000 families at a cost of more than $750,000
Logged over 3,500,000 miles transporting food, furniture, vehicles and people
Fielded over 300,000 requests from people in crisis or facing emergencies
Provided help, hope and healing to over 35,000 people
Distributed over 350,000 toys to local needy children at Christmas
Returned over $12 million in goods and services to the needy families of northern Allegheny Butler Counties.
