Cippel and Brown Family Fund

The Cippel and Brown Family Fund helps organizations in the entire TCF service area provide food, clothing and shelter for the needy.

Type of Fund: Field of Interest

Established: October 2025

Purpose: This fund is created to help provide perpetual funding to help organizations in the ten county service area of the Tucker Community Foundation, to provide food, clothing, and shelter for the needy. This funding can be used anywhere in the Tucker Community Foundation service area.

Background: Chris and Barbara “Bobbie” Cippel have been traveling to West Virginia and specifically their vacation home in Canaan Valley area for decades. Their family enjoys and appreciates the scenic beauty, wildlife, hiking, camping, skiing and other recreational activities that the area has to offer. They have always felt welcome and accepted by the local residents. They and their children want to give back to the people of the area that they have grown to love. Therefore, the Cippel and Brown families are creating this fund to help the needy in the TCF service area with food, clothing and shelter.