TruMark pickleball fundraiser raises $12,715 for community grants

More than $12,715 flowed from TruMark Credit Union’s annual Pickleball with Purpose fundraiser at Dill Dinkers in Lansdale, turning a night of play into direct support for the TruMark Cares Foundation’s community grants. The June 3 event drew 40 players and local business supporters to the indoor club at 1180 Church Road in Upper Gwynedd/Lansdale, a setting that has become useful far beyond open play. For TruMark, the fundraiser fit a larger giving program built around community development, financial education and outreach across Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Kristin Ronca, TruMark Cares Foundation board president and TruMark’s senior vice president and director of brand and growth strategy, framed the gathering as part of the credit union’s effort to bring people together around a shared cause. TruMark traces its roots to 1939, when a small group of Bell Telephone employees formed the credit union, and it now says it serves roughly 145,000 members across five counties with close to 450 employees. The credit union says the foundation is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit created by its board and senior leadership in response to growing need for financial education and community outreach, and that it is supported entirely by TruMark’s administrative and volunteer help.

The numbers behind the foundation show where the pickleball money fits. TruMark’s 2025 annual report says the foundation distributed more than $36,000 in grants to organizations working on hunger, homelessness, domestic abuse and educational inequity. The $12,715 raised at Dill Dinkers will feed that same pipeline, adding a specific boost to community development grants and resources in the region.

Dill Dinkers itself has become part of the story. Earlier reporting described the Lansdale site, which opened in 2024, as a 37,000-square-foot facility with 11 indoor courts, an event space, a pro shop, a ball machine and an advanced reservation system. Those features make the club a workable venue not just for games, but for fundraisers, corporate outings and other community events that need reliable indoor space and built-in programming. TruMark’s annual Pickleball with Purpose format shows how a local club can convert court time, sponsorships and social play into a repeatable fundraising model, with the benefit staying close to home.