New Pennsylvania Law Ensures That Final Gifts Stay Local
For more than half a century, Pennsylvania law quietly imposed a harsh outcome on a small but important group of people. When a Pennsylvanian died without a will and without [...]
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Adams County Grants Information Sessions
Nonprofits interested in applying for a 2026 Adams County Grant are encouraged to attend one of our upcoming Zoom sessions for details on our grant guidelines. Register here to join us on December [...]
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Community Foundation Welcome Matt Thomas
Matt Thomas Joins Adams County Community Foundation as Grants & Donor Services Officer (Gettysburg, PA: 08/01/2025) The Adams County Community Foundation has announced that Matt Thomas has joined its staff [...]
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Celebrating the life of Pat Crowner
We are celebrating the extraordinary life of a beloved member of the Gettysburg community Pat Crowner. She was named Betty Jo when she was born on November 23, 1940 to [...]
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2023 Year-end Office Hours and Gift Deadlines
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. [...]
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Fund Preserves the Spirit of “Mr. Majestic”
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 [...]
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Selby Fund Awards Grants through the Fund for Littlestown
(Littlestown, PA: 05/30/2023) — The late Dick Selby created The Bernard, Mary and Richard Selby Family Memorial Fund as a permanent charitable endowment to honor his parents, Mary and Bernard, [...]
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2022 Year-end Office Hours
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. [...]
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Giving Spree 2022 Breaks Record!
The 2022 Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree, held November 3, 2022, was another record breaking success with 2,475 donors making 9,754 separate gifts totaling $3,100,664.84 to benefit 90 Adams [...]
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Grant supports Leadership Development
The Adams County Community Foundation Barbara B. Ernico Fund forLeadership Development supported Adams Rescue Mission Executive Director BruceDietrick to attend the Liberty District Conference in September. “Networkingwith other faith-based [...]
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