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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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Lancaster Asian American and Pacific Islanders Fund

Lancaster Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (LAAPI) is a coalition of individuals that celebrates and advocates for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Lancaster County and beyond.

Lancaster Bar Association Endowment Fund

This fund assists the Lancaster Bar Association Foundation in fulfilling its mission to improve the lives of Lancaster County residents by promoting equal access to justice through philanthropy, education and service.

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Lancaster Building Industry Foundation Fund

To provide, by means of charitable giving, community based opportunities, education, and service related to the building industry.

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Lancaster Clean Water Fund

The Clean Water Fund enables more organizations to contribute to the overall conservation effort, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of projects using technology, cultural sensitivity, and science-based practices to get our streams to clean and clear in a generation.

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Lancaster Conservancy Endowment

This fund supports the conservation efforts of the Lancaster County Conservancy in perpetuity. The Conservancy works to save and steward the ecosystems and landscapes upon which we depend for food, clean water and air, economic and public health, and the restoration of soul and spirit.

Lancaster Conservancy Ralph H Goodno Riverlands Fund

This fund from the Lancaster Conservancy provides revenue to protect, operate, maintain, improve and promote the property and other lands and facilities managed as part of the Conservation Landscape Plan along the Lower Susquehanna River in Lancaster and York Counties for public conservation and recreation use.

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Lancaster County Career &Technology Foundation Endowment Fund

This endowment fund was established by the Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation as a new initiative to expand the support of Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC) students. The fund provides scholarships to qualified high school and adult students to help them advance their careers through post-secondary education. It also provides needed financial assistance to current students of the LCCTC.

Lancaster County Conservancy Endowment

This fund supports the conservation efforts of the Lancaster County Conservancy in perpetuity. The Conservancy works to save and steward the ecosystems and landscapes upon which we depend for food, clean water and air, economic and public health, and the restoration of soul and spirit.

Lancaster County Food Hub

Since 1947, the Lancaster County Food Hub (LCFH), formerly the Lancaster County Council of Churches, has served the most needy and marginalized members of our society as well as the working poor struggling to make ends meet.

Lancaster County Local Journalism Fund

Lancaster County Local Journalism Fund

A fund focused on supporting, protecting and expanding local journalism and media literacy.

Lancaster Public Library Fund

This fund supports the mission of the Lancaster Public Library by providing a place for county residents to obtain access to books, materials, internet, technological resources, meeting space, reference services, programming and many other services.

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Lancaster South Rotary Fund

This fund supports community activities that foster educational opportunities, leadership training, and athletics for youth from Southern Lancaster County.

Lancaster YMCA Foundation Fund

The Lancaster YMCA Foundation exists to provide and serve as stewards for a permanent endowment to preserve the mission and services of the Lancaster Family YMCA. The Foundation supports current YMCA programs and is creating a legacy to ensure that the Lancaster Family YMCA will continue to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities.

Landis Valley Museum Fund

Contributions will support the living history village and farm of Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum.

LGBTQ+ Giving Circle Fund

The grants from the LGBTQ+ Giving Circle will support projects that celebrate LGBTQ+ Lancastrians and make positive impacts in their lives in Lancaster County.

Lititz Rec Center Endowment Fund

This fund will support Lititz Rec Center in creating programs to benefit youth in our growing community; to provide access to local, safe and healthy programs for families with limited financial capacity; and to secure funds for responsible reinvestment in a facility that will serve generations to come.

Live For Lucian Foundation

Live For Lucian Foundation

This fund honors Lucian’s spirit of being kind, helping others, and having fun. Donations to this fund will help support student athletics, promote kindness and organ donation.