YCCF News
Local Nonprofits To Be Recognized For Community Efforts
York County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that several York County charitable organizations and their leaders are among the 35 finalists of the 2015 Nonprofit Innovation Awards program. Winners will be selected at an awards breakfast on Monday, March 9, 2015 from 7:30 – 10 a.m. at the Hilton Harrisburg. The Nonprofit Innovation Awards […]
Local Man Leaves $1 Million Bequest To Community Foundation: Planning And Foresight Benefit Students, Numerous Charitable Organizations
A recent million-dollar bequest to the Community Foundation created two endowed funds: one awarded $4,500 in scholarships this summer to students in West York and the other will provide grants to 10 nonprofits this fall. The Richard L. Beck Fund and the Richard Lee Beck Fund were established through a bequest from the estate of […]
Community Foundation, WellSpan Health Announce New EMS Fund
WellSpan Health has established a fund at York County Community Foundation with the goal of creating a more coordinated, regional EMS system that effectively meets the needs of York County communities. WellSpan, which established the fund with an initial investment of $500,000, hopes to grow the fund to $1 million by encouraging new donations through […]
Community Foundation Awards Grants 2014
York County Community Foundation recently awarded nearly $216,000 in grants to several area nonprofits from its Fund for York County, the Community Foundation’s most flexible fund to address community needs. These grants were awarded through the Strategic Community Grants program to nonprofit organizations whose proposals addressed one of the Community Foundation’s three focus areas: Education, […]
Communities In Schools Model To Provide Support In City Schools – Helps Students Stay In School, Find Resources They Need For Success
York County Community Foundation, the Women’s Giving Circle (WGC), and the United Way of York County have partnered to provide $800,000 in support of Communities In Schools (CIS), a national nonprofit that brings local resources inside schools to help students achieve academic and life success. The Community Foundation’s lead grant of $210,000 from its Fund […]
Community Foundation Promotes Conover And Tate: Growth And Community Leadership Role Prompt Changes
In 2010, in response to the community’s request, York County Community Foundation implemented a mission designed to foster community leadership and improvement as well as engage with donors to meet their charitable objectives. “The community support has been very gratifying,” stated Bill Hartman, the Foundation’s president and CEO. “We have worked hard to accelerate improvement […]
York County Community Foundation Awards Fellowships To Community Leaders
York County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2014 York Federal Fellows, four nonprofit community leaders who will receive fellowships of $5,000 each to complete professional and personal leadership development in the upcoming year. The York Federal Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation launched the York Federal Fellows Program in Nonprofit Community Leadership and selected its first class […]
Time For City Teachers To Commit
This op ed appeared in the Sunday, December 1, 2013, issue of the York Daily Record. ‘Give us a chance!’ That was the cry of teachers in the York City School District during deliberations on options for a financial recovery plan that took place earlier this year. They tried to convince everyone that even though […]
Community Foundation Awards Grants 2013
York County Community Foundation recently awarded $116,660 in grants to several area nonprofits from its Fund for York County and Agriculture & Land Preservation Fund. Grants from the Fund for York County, the Community Foundation’s most flexible fund to address community needs, totaled $81,660. These grants were awarded through the Strategic Community Grants program to […]
Louis Appell Challenges York Countians to Reinvigorate Downtown
The following remarks were given by Louis Appell Jr. at York County Community Foundation’s 2013 Donor Appreciation event on October 3 where he and his wife, Jody, were honored for their generosity and dedication to York. “Thank you, Bill, for a very generous and thoughtful introduction. The fact is that Jody and I are here […]
