(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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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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Adams County nonprofits interested in participating in the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree on Nov. 6, 2025, are invited to join an information session on Wednesday, April 16th at 9:00 am at the Adams County Historical Society. Register at rs**@***********cf.org or call (717) 337-0060.
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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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