(Gettysburg, PA: 05/01/2024) – The Adams County Community Foundation today announced $200,000 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 $1.8 million. Awards range from $500 to $30,000 each and go […]
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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 Scholarship Awards Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the Wyndham Gettysburg, 95 Presidential Circle, Gettysburg, PA. We’ll be joined by Environmental Engineer and
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I’ve been thinking a lot about Randy Smith, whom we lost to cancer this January. I knew Randy as a professional advisor who took a holistic and compassionate view of financial planning, one who included talk of philanthropy in his sessions with clients. Whenever I met a donor referred to the Community Foundation by Randy,
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Join the Adams County Community Foundation on Tuesday morning, March 5 at 8 AM for our 2024 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
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During the 2023 Giving Spree, donors directed more than $550,000 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: Thursday, February 29,
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(Gettysburg, PA: 12/26/2023 — The Adams County Community Foundation has announced $100,000 in grants to local nonprofits through its Adams County Grants program, adding to the $120,000 awarded earlier this year. These grants focus on helping the recipient nonprofits become more effective and build on earlier grants to these organizations. The Community Foundation is committed
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Graduating Adams County seniors can apply for more than one hundred local scholarships totaling more than $200,000 in awards through the Adams County Community Foundation Scholarship Program beginning January 1, 2024. To apply, students simply create their personal student profile and complete one application by March 15 here: https://www.adamscountycf.org/grants-scholarships/scholarships/ to be automatically matched to local
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The staff of the Adams County Community Foundation is available to provide answers, process transactions and help you complete your year-end charitable giving until the last day of the year. Our offices will be closed on Monday, December 25, but will be open for business weekdays through Friday, December 29. 2023 Year-end Giving Deadlines You
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Founding executive directors are often synonymous with the nonprofits they’ve built. When it comes to Jeffrey Gabel and the Majestic Theater, it’s hard to imagine one without the other. That’s why, when Jeffrey Gabel announced his retirement from the Majestic in February, there was an immediate sense of disbelief that has turned to a chorus
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For the third year running, the people of Adams County made their generosity known, surpassing $3 million in donations during the Community Foundation’s annual Giving Spree. While the amount of contributions echoed prior years, the 2023 Giving Spree was propelled by a new kind of energy, with a return to the in-person festival style event
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