Pennsylvania · Community foundation
Adams County Community Foundation Inc
Our purpose is to promote and facilitate charitable giving, and to build a permanent endowment that will invest in the communities of Adams County
- $5.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 104
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 91
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,858
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,222,354
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 91
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Adams County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $454k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 101 | $5.2M | 10% |
| FY2024 | 91 | $3.4M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 84 | $3.2M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 80 | $3.1M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $2.8M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 64 | $2.1M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $1.5M | 28% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $995k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Adams County Historical Society | $3,705,700 | 9 | 37% |
| South Central Community Action Programs Inc | $1,505,873 | 9 | 2% |
| Upper Adams School District | $1,401,558 | 2 | n/a |
| Adams Rescue Mission Inc | $986,886 | 9 | 16% |
| Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program Inc | $881,347 | 9 | 28% |
| Upper Adams School District | $792,456 | 7 | n/a |
| Land Conservancy of Adams County Inc | $731,633 | 9 | 18% |
| Adams County Library System Inc | $707,733 | 9 | 4% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Gettysburg and Adams County | $681,979 | 8 | 4% |
| Adams County Arts Council | $553,223 | 9 | 17% |
Show all 134 grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Adams County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Robert C Hoffman Tw Charitable · Rice Family Foundation · York County Community Foundation · United Way of York County · Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation · Wellspan Health · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Community Aid Inc · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Donald and Amy Smith Jr Family Foundation Inc · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Thomas L Cline Foundation
How this is measured
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About Adams County Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Adams County Community Foundation Inc give?
- Adams County Community Foundation Inc reported 104 itemized grants totaling $5,201,681, out of $5,484,981 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 91 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Adams County Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Human Services (17%), Education (17%).
- Who are Adams County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Adams County Historical Society ($3.7M), South Central Community Action Programs Inc ($1.5M), Upper Adams School District ($1.4M).
- Does Adams County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adams County Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert C Hoffman Tw Charitable, Rice Family Foundation, York County Community Foundation.
- Where is Adams County Community Foundation Inc based?
- Adams County Community Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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