During the 2025 Giving Spree, donors directed $1.3 million 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 4, 2026 – […]
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Adams County nonprofits are invited to join us for a Volunteer Engagement Workshop presented by PANO (the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations) Recruiting, Retaining, and Recognizing Volunteers When: July 30, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Where: Adams County Historical Society 625 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Cost: Free to Adams County nonprofits Registration:
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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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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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Will you? (Or won’t you?) Charitable Planning for Savvy Millennials and GenX Procrastinators According to forbes.com, more than 70% of people ages 18-41 who have a will said they created it as a direct result of Covid-19. The most common reason for not having a will? People think that they don’t have enough money
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Over the last two years, Community Foundation and Giving Spree donors have directed more than $2 million to endowments designated for individual Adams County nonprofits. Learn how designated endowments work and how your donors can sustain your nonprofit forever with a gift of any size. We’ll discuss some basic fundraising concepts, including some typical endowment
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On March 4, 2022, our President & CEO Ralph Serpe welcomed volunteer Investment Committee Chair James Kampstra of Kampstra Wealth Management and the Community Foundation’s investment manager James Stierhoff from Brown Advisory to share details on the Community Foundation’s endowment investment objectives and strategy. The Community Foundation is home to a growing endowment which benefits
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In recognition of Earth Day, the Adams County Community Foundation has created the “Adams County Fund for the Environment” with initial support from donors interested in “making environmental stewardship a shared community value in Adams County.” The Fund’s grantmaking will support environmental education and local environmental projects.• Grants that aim to educate our community around
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