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Community Foundation Awards $180,000 to Local Nonprofits

(Gettysburg, PA: 05/15/2025) – The Adams County Community Foundation has announced over $180,000 in grants to local nonprofits through its Adams County Grants program. Adams County Grants are made possible by donors who contribute to The Fund for Adams County, the Community Foundation’s growing, permanent endowment addressing the needs of Adams County today and in […]

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Community Foundation Awards $225K in Scholarships

(Gettysburg, PA: 4/30/2025) – The Adams County Community Foundation today announced $225,000 in new scholarship awards to students in Adams County and South-Central Pennsylvania. The amount awarded brings the total amount of scholarships granted by the Community Foundation since its founding to more than $2 million. Awards range from $500 to $30,000 each and go

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Scholarship Breakfast April 30, 2025

The Adams County Community Foundation Board of Directors and Scholarship Committee is excited to invite our scholarship donors, scholarship award winners and their guests to the Adams County Community Foundation Scholarship Awards Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at the Wyndham Gettysburg, 95 Presidential Circle, Gettysburg, PA. We’ll be joined by Adams

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Investment Briefing set for March 6

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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Understanding Designated Endowments Feb 5

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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Scholarship Application Opens January 1

(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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Meeting Community Needs with $115,000 in Grants from the Community Foundation

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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Giving Spree Proves Generosity Broad and Deep in Adams County

(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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