News & Announcements

FREDERICK, MD – November 6, 2018: The Deborah and Larry Grove Charitable Fund has been established at The Community Foundation of Frederick County.

FREDERICK, MD – November 6, 2018: The Community Foundation of Frederick County welcomes five new members to its board of trustees: Gordon M. Cooley, Market Manager, First United Bank & Trust; Jean M. Joyce, CFP, Vice President, Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley; R. Sean McAdam, Director of IT Operations, Tessco; Darryn Naylin, Pharm D., Hillcrest Compounding Pharmacy; and Richard A. Pearrell, Vice President, Woodsboro Bank.

FREDERICK, MD – October 30, 2018: A grant from The Frederick County Business Roundtable for Education Fund, one of more than 700 funds managed by The Community Foundation of Frederick County, is providing partial funding to the Youth Apprenticeship Maryland program in Frederick County. The grant was supported with a $15,000 gift to the fund from FirstEnergy Foundation.

FREDERICK, MD – October 3, 2018: To lower barriers to post-secondary education, a coalition of local organizations known as the Frederick County FAFSA Coalition announces seven workshops to assist in completing the FAFSA form.

FREDERICK, MD – September 26, 2018: Described as “always prepared wherever she went,” Mary C. Willard is helping prepare students for careers and life success through The M. Kate, Robert Lee and Robert Leroy Scholarship Fund.

FREDERICK, MD – September 14, 2018: The arts are alive and well in Frederick County, and a new fund to ensure that art programs remain vibrant has been established by retiring board of directors members affiliated with Easels in Frederick.

FREDERICK, MD – September 7, 2018: Those studying music and performing arts have a new opportunity to receive scholarship and grant support. The James M. Green Fund, founded through Mr. Green’s estate, has been established with The Community Foundation of Frederick County.

FREDERICK, MD – September 4, 2018: The E. Ruth Nikirk Scholarship Fund has been established with The Community Foundation of Frederick County and becomes one of more than 700 funds under management.

FREDERICK, MD – August 30, 2018: Preserving the past is as important as planning the future, and the electric railway system known as the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway was vital in the development of these communities.

FREDERICK, MD – August 21, 2018: The Community Foundation of Frederick County, in conjunction with Ausherman Family Foundation, Delaplaine Foundation, Frederick County Government, The Robert C. and Jane E. Ladner Charitable Fund, Helen J. Serini Foundation, and United Way of Frederick County, is spearheading a new Frederick County human needs assessment.