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.
The Aastha Horizons Fund will create significant impact while addressing community needs and will provide Asian-Indian American community members with a channel for collective philanthropy.
Supporting home health or custodial care for people impacted by illness or disability in Lancaster County.
Support animal causes and animal safety programs in our community.
Anna C. & W. Franklin Ressler Fund
Supporting community projects based in Eastern Lancaster County.
Anne & Robert Bowman Family Fund
The Anne and Robert Bowman Family Fund supports our community in many ways that improve quality of life.
Arts, Culture & Humanities Fund
Support programs that engage, enrich, and include individuals from across Lancaster County.
Attollo: Children Deserve A Chance Fund
Attollo, meaning “Rise-Up” in Latin, is a rigorous college access/leadership program targeting students around Lancaster County.
This fund supports BB&T’s effort to improve the standard of living and economic health of Lancaster County.
Support the Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue in its mission to provide for the continuing needs of surrendered Golden Retrievers.
Bethel AME Capital Campaign Flex Fund
Since its beginnings in Lancaster in 1817, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been a beacon of hope and refuge, sharing the love of Jesus Christ.
Supports early childhood development from birth to age five.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Endowment
Give at-risk children strong and enduring professionally-supported one-on-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
The Brown Plus Gift Fund is a way to give team members another avenue by which they can contribute to the nonprofit organizations and related fundraisers that support our community.
Byrnes Health Education Center Endowment Fund
This fund generates funding annually to underwrite the cost of health education programming to Lancaster County students.
Camp Conquest Endowment: Bob Kern Memorial
Help provide scholarships for children and teens to experience positive life change in the camp setting.
This fund supports STEM Diversity – Inspiring, educating, and supporting diverse young people as they work toward rewarding careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
CASA of Lancaster County Endowment Fund
The CASA of Lancaster County Endowment Fund exists to provide perpetual support through volunteer advocacy for children who have been abused and neglected. CASA believes that every child deserves to grow up in a home free of abuse and neglect, and that growing up in a safe home is a basic human right.
This fund works with and provides grants to community benefit organizations that work to improve income equity and wealth equity.
