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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 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 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

We are growing connected, informed and engaged communities. 

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Lancaster County Skatepark Fund

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

Lancaster Environmental Fund

Supporting environmental protection, conservation, and education.

Lancaster Law Foundation

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.

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.

Landis Valley Museum Fund

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

Leday Family Foundation

Leday Family Foundation

In memory of our father, the late Pastor Alvin Leday Sr., the Leday Family Foundation Fund was created to honor the values of service, generosity, and community uplift that guide the Leday family.

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

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. 

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Mayor J. Richard and Gail Gray Fund

Join the Executive Staff of Mayor Gray’s Administration in celebrating Mayor Rick and Gail Gray’s legacy of arts and arts advocacy. This fund will support the sustainability of the arts in Lancaster by exploring and promoting the nature, value and significance of arts in and for our community.

McKonly & Asbury Scholarship Fund for Future Public Accounting Leaders

The McKonly & Asbury Scholarship Fund for Future Public Accounting Leaders is supporting individuals pursuing a degree in accounting or equivalent for a student that has a desire for a career in public accounting.

 

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