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Community Funds

The Community Foundation gives you a way to put your passions into action. We connect you to a wide spectrum of local community benefit organizations and help you make a long-term impact on the issues that matter to you. Learn more about Forever Lancaster, browse our community funds below, or get inspired by local stories of giving.

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Pennsylvania Farm Link Endowment Fund

This fund supports the charitable and educational purposes of the PA Farm Link, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of creating farming opportunities for the next generation.

Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen

This fund provides ongoing support and stability toward educational and arts enrichment programming. The Guild’s Three Tier Craft Education program features ongoing workshops and other opportunities for emerging artists, established professionals and the craft collector or enthusiast who loves and supports their fine work.

Philhaven Endowment Fund

This fund helps to sustain Philhaven’s ability to provide behavioral healthcare resources in the communities it serves. These resources include services to clients who cannot otherwise afford them, prevention and educational resources for clients and the general public, start-up funds for new initiatives, and staffing or materials that add value to current services and resources.

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Polite Family Community Association

Your support helps mentor, coach, and foster community service and education for generations.

Reimagining Our Community (ROC) Giving Circle

The Reimagining Our Community (ROC) Giving Circle is a way for the community to support BIPOC small business resources through collective philanthropy.

Reparations Action Fund for Tomorrow

Faith communities established the Lancaster County Reparations Action Fund in 2023 to address systemic inequities experienced by African Americans, arising from generations of racial injustice in our community. The Lancaster PA Reparations Action Fund for Tomorrow envisions a community where the contributions and sacrifices of African ancestors are acknowledged and celebrated. We aspire to create […]

Residents of Moravian Manor Communities Education Award

The Residents of Moravian Manor Communities Education Award was established to provide an annual award to a graduating senior from Warwick High School.

Rick Frankhouser Scholarship for Music and/or Linguistics

This scholarship is in memory of Rick Frankhouser and his love of music and linguistics as universal forms of communication.

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Rotary Club of Lancaster Centennial Fund

The Rotary Centennial Fund is to encourage endowment giving from Rotary members, Rotary families and the community. Funds will be used by the Rotary Club of Lancaster Foundation to support community programs in the City of Lancaster, School District of Lancaster and surrounding communities.

Samaritan Counseling Center Endowment

This fund will support and further the mission of the Center, which is to foster hope and healing through professional counseling, consultation and education while respecting and integrating personal and spiritual values.  The Center strives to ensure that quality professional counseling services are accessible to all people, regardless of ability to pay full fee. Donated funds make it possible for the Center to subsidize fees for those who have little or no financial resources.

Santa Stumble

The Santa Stumble Fund supports local community benefit organizations from proceeds of the annual Lancaster Santa Stumble.

Sharon Sherban Family Fund for Women and Girls

Sharon Sherban Family Fund for Women and Girls

Established for the purpose of supporting women and girls in need of food, shelter, education, healthcare, and counseling.

Stephen Jonathan Swartz Scholarship Fund

Established in memory of Stephen Jonathan Swartz, this fund supports a scholarship for a student at Susquehanna Waldorf School that exhibits values of good citizenship and commitment to the environment.

Stuart H. & Marie T. Raub Fund

Stuart H. & Marie T. Raub Fund

This fund will benefit organizations and causes important to the Raub Family. 

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Support the Lancaster County Skatepark Fund

Help create free, outdoor, safe, and long-lasting skateparks across Lancaster County.