The Boreal Waters Community Foundation is the charitable-giving body of the David Scaife family, with a focus on promoting excellence across three main areas: health, human services, and education. Their initiatives are primarily targeted toward bettering the community in southwestern Pennsylvania, with a strong focus on Pittsburgh where the Foundation is headquartered.
The DSF Charitable Foundation's Human Services Grant program supports a diverse range of projects with grants varying from $5,000 to $1,000,000, emphasizing the development and provision of services in areas such as childcare for low-income families, construction of end-of-life-care residences, job and life-skills training for persons with disabilities, mentoring, youth development programming, summer activities for children, senior care, and support for the medically fragile. Key projects include Child's Way, a revolutionary prescribed-pediatric-daycare for children with complex medical needs, and grants to the Woodlands Foundation for recreational and therapeutic programs for individuals with physical disabilities. The Foundation also extends its support to educational programs for the deaf and visually impaired, home improvement services to help seniors remain independent, and collaborative efforts like the Faith-Based Network to enhance long-term care facilities.