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.
Eastern Lancaster County Library Endowment Fund
This fund provides a stable source of long-term funding to ensure the library is able to fulfill its mission to provide free access to information, education, technology, services, and entertainment to facilitate an informed society.
Elizabethtown Educational Initiative for Innovative Learning
This fund will provide for innovative learning within the Elizabethtown school community with emphasis on, but not limited to, promoting literacy while impacting student learning and enhancing the overall educational experience of the students. The learning initiatives should be proposed by teachers and should help to advance the excellence of the school district’s instructional program with the incorporation of technology, creativity or hands-on involvement.
Eloise C. Aurand Fund for the Enhancement of Cultural Life
Supporting the enhancement of cultural life in Lancaster County.
Recognizing the resiliency, tenacity and talent within Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Immigrant communities; and understanding the deep inequities both in community and within philanthropy; Xavier Garcia-Molina created the Equity Fund and Equity Council in partnership with the Lancaster County Community Foundation.
First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster Endowment Fund
This fund provides perpetual support for the mission and ministry of First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, PA.
Florence Starr Taylor Fund for the Visual Arts
Supports the development of public arts projects in Lancaster County.
This fund provides two $500 awards annually to a Lampeter-Strasburg High School Senior in recognition of the qualities of strength and character, effort for self-improvement, and contribution to fellow students by example and achievement.
Friends of the Railroad Museum of PA Endowment Fund
This fund is to support the world-class Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania as a museum and an educational resource for the public. Support includes research, preservation of artifacts, education, interpretation and development of the museum staff and site operations.
Established in recognition of the Fulton’s 150+ years of services as our community’s artistic home, the Fulton Theatre Fund helps to maintain and preserve this National Historic Landmark Theatre. Fund contributions ensure that the Fulton continues to serve as our community’s meeting place and annually benefit more than 130,000 individuals who look to the theatre as a source of entertainment, education and enrichment
Gail Stump Endowment for Meals on Wheels
This fund provides the opportunity for individuals to contribute legacy gifts to Meals on Wheels of Lancaster in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the program, as well as funds to help underwrite the cost of food for those who cannot afford to pay for the service.
Geisenberger-Sable Family Fund
This fund supports causes in the local community and beyond that are meaningful to Steve Geisenberger and Christine Sable.
George W. McKibbin Scholarship Fund
One, $2,000 renewable Scholarship Available to African American students from Lancaster County.
Georgie M. Delemos Philanthropic Fund
This fund was established to advance educational opportunities and to support music, arts, and culture in celebration of the life of Georgie M. Delemos.
The Gerdy Family Fund will be used to support specific projects that have a positive impact in the areas of education, public health, and environmental sustainability.
Girls on the Run Endowment Fund
Girls on the Run (GOTR) of Lancaster inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using an experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running.
Music at Gretna presents world-class artists in programs designed to delight and educate audiences in beautiful Central Pennsylvania settings. We exist to serve the music and enrich the lives of all who listen, encouraging further arts engagement, facilitating encounters with accomplished performers and preserving the tradition of live performing arts.
Contributions made to this fund will help Habitat acquire properties for new construction or renovation, purchase building supplies, grow our construction team, and expand our volunteer program.