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.


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.

Robert “Bob” Derr Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund honors Bob Derr and his legacy of coaching and teaching at Warwick for 49 years.

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.

Russ & Nancy White Track & Field Scholarship
The Russ and Nancy White Track & Field Scholarship provides an annual scholarship for a Garden Spot graduating senior who participated in Track for at least two seasons, and who is pursuing postsecondary education and/or trade school.

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.

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

This fund was established to contribute to and invest in projects and organizations that align with the values and interests of the Suzanne M. High family.

Teen Mental Health Screening and Referral Fund
The Teen Mental Health Screening and Referral Fund was established to help support programs that identify teens at risk of experiencing mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts; and then refers them to providers who can assist them.

Tenfold: A. Grace Wenger Endowment
Fund established for the benefit of Tabor Community Services to help people help themselves and solve their housing and financial problems and in the process rebuild their lives and contribute to the health of our community.

Tenfold: Beth Shalom “House of Peace”
Fund established for the benefit of Beth Shalom – House of Peace, the V. Ronald & Diane L. Smith “Home for a New Start” Fund to provide a structured residential program that equips single mothers to learn positive parenting and life skills and to pursue financial responsibility through schooling and employment. Christian faith is at the core of the guiding principles, values and objectives of the program.

Tenfold: Transitional Living Center Fund
Fund established for the benefit of Transitional Living Center (formerly known as Harb-Adult) to provide a transitional shelter program with supportive services for homeless individuals, couples and families who are in need of temporary housing as they transition into permanent housing.

The Bobby F. Carroll Memorial Fund
This award is given to a graduating senior from Donegal High School to recognize an individual’s courage, compassion, and curiosity, and will assist the recipient in achieving their career goals.




