2025-2026 Mill Preservation Projects 

The purposes of the Wissahickon Mills Foundation are to preserve the historic Robeson’s Rolling Mill and broaden the accessibility of paddle sports education to area residents.

For the Education goals, please see Philadelphia Canoe Club - Education - The Sean Williamson Scholarship Fund. Here is the link to the full mission:  Wissahickon Mills Foundation Mission Statement.

Please go to our Preservation Donations page/tab for details about the 2025-2026 campaign to raise funds for mortar restoration and fireplace support repairs. Below are the options available for making donations.

WMF Board: Peter Bernstein (President), Laura Lipkin (Vice President), Griffin Affel (Treasurer), Rosemary Rau, Judy Ayala, Charlie Field, Linda Galyon.

Mill History - Fairmount Park Commission archives recap:  History PCC Clubhouse.pdf

Donations Guide

Online: Please use the online donation form at the bottom and enter a comment to direct your contribution to mill repairs or education. Our tax ID is 88-2996144. The system will send a thank you note and a receipt.

Check: Checks are appreciated as this eliminates transaction fees; please make them payable to the Wissahickon Mills Foundation.  So we can use the USPS tracking app', please send to the Treasurer: Griffin Affel, 439 Montier Rd., Glenside, Pa., 19038-3325, and he will send a receipt.

Corporate Matching Gifts: As a 501 (c)(3) public charity*, the Foundation is eligible for many employers’ matching gift programs. Please give your employer our EIN #88-2996144, ask your employer to certify us as a qualified charity, and call or send us questions or needed forms.  

Stock Transfers/Gifts: For donors with appreciated securities, tax advisors may recommend you consider using securities to make a charitable gift, allowing you a charitable income tax deduction for the stock's full market value and never having to pay capital gains tax on the appreciation.** Please use this link to initiate such a gift: WMF Stock Donation Form

Qualified Charitable Donations (QCD): If you were 70½ before the end of 2019 or 72 after that and have a ‘traditional IRA’ (not a 401k), a QCD distribution can satisfy all or part of the amount of your required minimum distribution from your IRA, and you receive a tax benefit even if you take the standard deduction.**  Please use this link to initiate such a gift: Retirement Account Donation Authorization letter

*  The Wissahickon Mills Foundation is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) public charity. Call Griffin Affel (215) 260-9900 or email TreasurerWissMills@gmail.com for more information or questions.

** The Wissahickon Mills Foundation will not offer financial advisory services of any nature or respect and does not have a fiduciary or similar duty to an individual or organization, in connection with any donation or the process leading thereto.  Neither the Foundation nor its Treasurer are tax accountants or financial advisors. Here is a link to one qualified advisor that more fully explains the options above and others: 

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