Learning from Professional Advisors
As a philanthropic advisor for the Adams County Community Foundation, I meet with professional advisors to learn how their clients think and feel about philanthropy. These individual conversations are my [...]
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“Forever” Gifts Explained
The Fund for Adams County is our community’s permanent charitable endowment. Each year grants from the Fund support projects and programs that help you, your neighbors, and friends right here [...]
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Giving Spree As Spry As Ever
Adams County, take a bow! Our community’s annual day of giving, The Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree, will return on Friday November 5, 2021, marking its eleventh year. Adams [...]
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March Madness!
What does “March Madness” mean to you? If you are a basketball lover, you are diligently watching the brackets and hoping your team makes the final four, or two. If [...]
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Get on the Bus!
Given the choice between asking people for money to support your community and making grants to support nonprofits who offer help, most people would rather give it away. “I could [...]
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Put A Bow On It!
This Christmas, feed someone, shelter someone, or nurture their spirit and soul with a gift to a Community Foundation endowment. Your gifts can help people at every stage of life [...]
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Not Your Typical Community Foundation
A few years ago, the Adams County Community Foundation conducted an assessment of community needs. This is the job of a community foundation—to keep an eye on all the moving [...]
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Giving Spree’s “Forever Gift” Option
This year of 2020 has taught nonprofits some hard lessons. One of those lessons is the value of endowment, and value of asking donors to invest wisely in their future.
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2020 Charitable Planning Opportunities Under the CARES Act and Other Legislation
Bryan Clontz, Ph.D., CFP®, CAP®President – Charitable Solutions, LLCbr***@********************lc.com It goes without saying that 2020 has been a challenging year and given the host of tax law changes over the [...]
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The Ladder
This September, my dad will turn 90. He and my mother have been married for 65 years and live in the same house my siblings and I grew up in. [...]
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