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Oct 8, 2015 Adams County Community Foundation announces its Grant-making support to the Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust. Our professional staff will be guiding the Advisory Committee of the Trust in their 2016 Grant Rounds. Grant applications are due January 15, 2016 and July 15, 2016. Organizations wishing to apply for a grant from the Hoffman Trust may access the Grant Proposal Packet for the Hoffman Trust on this website in RECEIVE. There will be a Grant Writing Workshop will be held at Adams Eclectic Corporative building, 1338 Biglerville Road Gettysburg PA, 17325 on December 10th 3:00pm to 4:30pm. This workshop is sponsored by the Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust.
Nov 10, 2015 - SAVE THE DATE!!! 11/10/15 , 4-7pm at the Gettysburg Area Middle School. Be part of this amazing day! Click here to download 2015-2016 Gift Book (22MB pdf).
July 15, 2015Community Needs Assessment for Adams County is now available online. This survey asks questions about your perceptions on topics such as health, education, and the economy in Adams County. Our goal is to have as many people as possible from Adams County fill out the survey, so please forward it to your Adams County friends and colleagues so they may also participate. The survey is anonymous and all responses will be kept confidential and viewed only as a whole. Take the ACCF Community Survey.
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Please visit the new Adams County Dollars for Scholars website! A user-friendly way to help students in the community access more local and nation-wide scholarships.
ADAMS COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL FUND
The Adams County Arts Council established this Agency Endowment Fund in 2008 to support its mission of cultivating an arts-rich community. To ensure the organization's future growth in service to its community, Arts Council Advisory Board member Lisa Pack secured a donation from an anonymous donor which provided the corpus of the fund. To give to this fund or to find out more about the many different funds available, click here.
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Who We Have Helped
Adams County Comminuty Foundation provided over $840,300.00 to qualified non-profit orgaizations from 2008 to 2013. Watch for the 2016 ANNOUNCEMENT of a Call for Grant Proposals.
Grant Application
Grant Timeline Worksheet
Grant Budget Worksheet
Serving the Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust in 2014, qualified non-profit may download the Hoffman Proposal Packet for the 2015 Grant Round due July 15, 2015.
RCH 2015 Proposal Packet
Grant Timeline Worksheet
Grant Budget Worksheet
We are especially grateful to all of our donors.
Grant Recipient 2015:
Organizational Name
Project name
Grant
Adams County Arts Council
Marketing for classes
$5,000.00
Adams County Children's Advocacy Center
Technological Upgrade
$2,262.00
Adams County Historical Society
Microfilm Reader
$6,000.00
Adams County Library System
Audiovisual Equipment
$4,600.00
Adams County SPCA
Building Expansion
$15,000.00
Barlow Volunteer Fire Co.
Hazardous Gas Detectors
$3,000.00
Barlow Volunteer Fire Co.
Portable Water Pumps
$2,500.00
Buchanan Valley Fire Dept
Person Protective Equipment
$7,500.00
Conewago Valley Intermediate School
Summer Reading Program
$6,816.00
East Berlin Community Library
Building Renovation
$10,000.00
Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra
Concert
$2,000.00
Gettysburg Children's Choir
Operating Budget and Scholarships
$1,300.00
Gettysburg Community Concert Association
Concert
$1,000.00
Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice
Heritage Festival
$1,000.00
Main Street
Street Lamp
$4,000.00
Project Gettysburg/Leon Inc
Salsa on the Square
$1,000.00
Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program
Indoor Riding Arena Flooring
$5,000.00
Survivors, Inc.
Trauma Specialist Project
$3,240.00
The Learning Lamp, Inc.
Preschool Program
$5,000.00
United Hook & Ladder Co. #33
Air System for rescue
$5,000.00
United Way of Adams County
Technological Upgrade
$4,000.00
Upper Adams School District
Artist-in-Residency
$1,500.00
Upper Adams School District
Homework Help
$5,000.00
YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County
Child Program Kitchen
$7,100.00
$108,818.00
| Organizational Name | Project name | Grant |
| Adams County Arts Council | Marketing for classes | $5,000.00 |
| Adams County Children's Advocacy Center | Technological Upgrade | $2,262.00 |
| Adams County Historical Society | Microfilm Reader | $6,000.00 |
| Adams County Library System | Audiovisual Equipment | $4,600.00 |
| Adams County SPCA | Building Expansion | $15,000.00 |
| Barlow Volunteer Fire Co. | Hazardous Gas Detectors | $3,000.00 |
| Barlow Volunteer Fire Co. | Portable Water Pumps | $2,500.00 |
| Buchanan Valley Fire Dept | Person Protective Equipment | $7,500.00 |
| Conewago Valley Intermediate School | Summer Reading Program | $6,816.00 |
| East Berlin Community Library | Building Renovation | $10,000.00 |
| Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra | Concert | $2,000.00 |
| Gettysburg Children's Choir | Operating Budget and Scholarships | $1,300.00 |
| Gettysburg Community Concert Association | Concert | $1,000.00 |
| Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice | Heritage Festival | $1,000.00 |
| Main Street | Street Lamp | $4,000.00 |
| Project Gettysburg/Leon Inc | Salsa on the Square | $1,000.00 |
| Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program | Indoor Riding Arena Flooring | $5,000.00 |
| Survivors, Inc. | Trauma Specialist Project | $3,240.00 |
| The Learning Lamp, Inc. | Preschool Program | $5,000.00 |
| United Hook & Ladder Co. #33 | Air System for rescue | $5,000.00 |
| United Way of Adams County | Technological Upgrade | $4,000.00 |
| Upper Adams School District | Artist-in-Residency | $1,500.00 |
| Upper Adams School District | Homework Help | $5,000.00 |
| YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County | Child Program Kitchen | $7,100.00 |
| $108,818.00 |