Philanthropy Blog

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee exists to provide captive elephants with individualized care, the companionship of a herd, and the opportunity to live out their lives in a safe haven dedicated to their well-being, and to raise public awareness of the complex needs of elephants in captivity, and the crisis facing elephants in the wild. [...]

Year after year, the Adams Rescue Mission had raised 100% of its operating budget through its famous thrift store, recycling program, fundraising events and a robust annual appeal. With a powerful commitment to people in need, the Rescue Mission provides a strong web of services from housing to job training. And if any of those

Earlier this year, a dear friend of mine died suddenly. She was one of the most generous people I knew. Generous of heart and humor, and generous of monetary gifts to the nonprofits and community she loved. In her late 60’s, after she retired as a scientific lab technician, she launched a second career as

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,

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 community grantmaking endowment is a high priority for the community foundation and so we directed the gift to the Fund for Adams County. Philanthropy is

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 behalf of our donors. But we took some heat on social media for not posting a “visibly diverse” photo of our scholarship winners. In fact,