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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Giving Spree is “Three for Three”
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 [...]
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Give Now. Give Big. Giving Spree!
We are ready for the 2023 edition of one of our community’s greatest annual events and we need your help. For more than a dozen years, the Adams County Community [...]
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Giving with No Strings Attached
This morning our community foundation received a generous gift. The donor asked us to use the gift where it is needed most and requested not to be named. Building our [...]
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Investing in Scholars, Not just Scholarships
We were excited to honor more than sixty exceptional students and their parents from across Adams County at the Community Foundation last month where we awarded more than $160,000 on [...]
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Giving Spree Planning Starts NOW!
On Your Mark, Get Set . . . Giving Spree Planning Starts NOW! We are at the starting gate for the 2023 edition of one of our community’s greatest annual [...]
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Endowments Provide Crucial Support
At the Adams County Community Foundation, our Giving Spree, Scholarships and Adams County Grants program get a lot of accolades, but our Designated Endowment Program is equally awesome. This [...]
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Scholarship Displacement Ends: A Victory for All
Let’s not bury the lede: Scholarship Displacement, the practice of schools reducing a student’s financial aid by the amount of the student’s private scholarship, is now banned at Pennsylvania’s public [...]
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In a Family Way of Giving
When my nephew and his wife married five years ago, they emphatically announced there would be no children. He travels extensively for work and coaches football. She teaches elementary school [...]
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Create your Charitable Legacy
In my twenties, I spent a few years as a hospital volunteer at a large university hospital. Each week I’d spend ten hours a night on Friday and Saturday, visiting [...]
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