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- EIN 20-0874857
- info@lancastercountyfoundation.org
- 717-397-1629
- 53 W. James St. Suite 101 Lancaster PA 17603 USA
- www.lancastercountyfoundation.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community Foundations, Philanthropy, Public Foundations
Mission: The Lancaster County Community Foundation’s mission is to advance the vitality and well-being of the people of Lancaster County by inspiring generosity and by being responsible stewards of gifts for future generations.
Geographic areas served: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Programs: The lancaster county community foundation served lancaster county residents in 2014 by providing funds for community benefit organizations (not-for-profits) and programs through its "extraordinary give" program, its "ah-ha initiative" program, and its overall "grantmaking" program. The community foundation awarded a total of $6,104,656 in total grant dollars to community benefit organizations in 2014. Approximately 72% of total grant dollars, or $4. 4 million, were invested in the community through the "extraordinary give," a one day online giving campaign aimed at boosting philanthropic giving in lancaster county. The program included community donations of $4. 1 million with a stretch pool and prizes of over $300,000 from the community foundation. 307 community benefit organizations received funding as a result of this program. Approximately 12% of total grant dollars (22 grants), enhanced by additional expenditures in non-grant allocations and expenses, were invested in the community foundation's most prominent area of opportunity, the "ah-ha project," which increases financial stability and quality of life by providing leadership, connecting people and ideas, and investing in creative solutions to real problems. Approximately 16% of total grant dollars were invested through its grantmaking program to community benefit organizations in the form of over 200 grants. Such grants were derived from donor advised funds, scholarship funds, field of interest funds, designated funds, and agency funds.