Join the Adams County Community Foundation on Thursday morning, March 6, 2025 at 8 AM for our 2025 Investment Briefing at Adams County Historical Society’s Battlefield Overlook Event Center, 625 Biglerville Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325. Members of our Investment Committee will share details on our endowment investment objectives and strategy. The briefing, led by volunteer Investment Committee Chair
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During the 2024 Giving Spree, donors directed nearly $1,000,000 to new or existing endowments designated for Giving Spree nonprofit participants. Learn how designated endowments work and how your donors can support your nonprofit with an endowment gift at any time. Nonprofit staff, board, and volunteers are encouraged to join us. When: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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(Gettysburg, PA: 12/31/2024) – Graduating Adams County seniors can apply for more than one hundred local scholarships totaling more than $240,000 in awards through the Adams County Community Foundation Scholarship Program beginning January 1, 2025. To apply, students simply create their personal student profile and complete one application by March 15 at www.adamscountycf.org to be
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On December 13, the Community Foundation announced the results of this year’s Giving Spree held on November 7. The incredible total: $3.6 million in gifts for 105 local nonprofits doing important work in every corner of our Adams County community. Why wait weeks for such terrific news? Well, if this were a typical giving day,
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PHOTO CAPTION: Adams County Community Foundation Adams County Grant Award recipients: (LtoR) Pastor Chris Suehr, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; Pam Hoffman, Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Programs; Christine Wilt, The Arc of York & Adams County; Megan Shreve, SCCAP; Laura McMahon, United Way of Adams County; Elida Murray, Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center; Susan Cann, Hoffman
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(Gettysburg, PA: 12/13/2024) — The November 7, 2024 Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree saw donors making larger gifts to a greater number of nonprofits than in prior years. In total, $3,613,000 was donated to 105 nonprofits. Of that, $1,000,000 was donated as “forever gifts,” adding to endowments to benefit the nonprofits designated by the
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Nonprofits interested in applying for a 2025 Adams County Grant are encouraged to attend one of our upcoming Zoom sessions for details on our updated guidelines. Register here to join us on December 17, 2024 at 3pm, or Register here to join us on December 18, 2024 at 10am. Please visit Adams County Grants for
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The Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree is Adams County’s Day of Giving! Join us this year on November 7, 2024 to support more than 100 Adams County Nonprofits! For more than a dozen years, the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree has been Adams County’s day of giving: the day when everyone comes together
You’ve seen the billboards, yard signs and social media posts. You’ve received the letters and postcards. It’s time for one of Adams County’s greatest annual events and we need your help. Now in its 14th year, the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree has been Adams County’s day of giving: the day when everyone in
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