Forever Frederick County

Endowing Our Community's Future

Supporting families with children is one of the current needs in Frederick County as determined by the 2018 Human Needs Assessment Report. Many of today's families with children are in a precarious position facing an uncertain future.

What will be our most pressing needs as a community in ten, twenty, fifty years and more? Homelessness, substance use disorder, parents who can't feed their children, lack of public education? It's impossible to know, yet preparedness is key.

What is possible is that you can make a difference and be part of finding solutions that ensure Frederick County's future is bright. You can be the influence for change.

The Forever Frederick County campaign creates funds to provide strategic grants based on Frederick County's most pressing needs as determined by the 2018 Human Needs Assessment and similar studies going forward.

Can you imagine eradicating homelessness in Frederick County? Providing affordable health care for all who need it? Helping seniors age in place? Eliminating lives lost because of addiction? These are just a few examples of the greatest needs that currently exist.

Building a flexible fund to tackle Frederick County's current and emerging needs is a vital and necessary step that will help ensure the quality of life we know and enjoy."

Dr. Sonja Sperlich, Forever Frederick County Campaign donor

How Will Your Gift to Forever Frederick County Make A Difference?

The Community Foundation is being a proactive leader in addressing the greatest needs as they emerge, and many donors have already sought our guidance. They have put their trust in the board and staff to invest their charitable gifts and grant them wisely, to act with integrity, and to communicate with transparency.

Every strategic grant made from Forever Frederick County funds will be with the intention of vastly improving an area of greatest need. Interested in learning more? Read our Forever Frederick County Case for Support.

You can help.

You can be part of this movement. You can be the influence for change. You can be a leader by stepping forward. Your gift today will help ensure that Frederick County is forever.

Are you ready to be an influence for change and be part of Forever Frederick County?

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Some of our generous donors who have given their support to Forever Frederick County include (as of November 11, 2020):

Current Funds

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Ausherman Fund
Nevin S. Baker Fund
Sam and Joan Barrick Fund
BB&T Unrestricted Fund
R. Perry and Ethel Beckley Fund
J. Milton Brunk Memorial Endowment Fund
Joseph D. Byrd Fund
Marion D. and Alice E. Carmack Endowment Fund
Gordon and Teresa Cooley Unrestricted Fund
Elizabeth Derr Unrestricted Fund
C. Lester and Dorothy Dudrow Fund
Lester and Dorothy Dudrow Fund
Frederick Brick Works, Inc., Fund
Frederick County Developers, Inc. Fund
Frederick Jaycees Fund
Frederick Mutual Insurance Company Fund
Gene G. Gardner Memorial Fund
Bess B. and Franklin S. Gladhill Fund
Robert G. Hooper Unrestricted Fund
William Hurwitz Memorial Endowment Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Kelly Fund
Don Linton Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Main Fund
John C. and Elaine H. Munson Memorial Fund
Nancy's Charitable Fund
Wayne C. Neely and Margaret S. Neely Fund
W. Jerome Offutt Family Fund
Peter H. and Lorraine Plamondon Fund
John L. and Lucille H. Ponton Endowment Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Myron W. Randall Fund
Millard Milburn Rice and Mabel Long Rice Family Trust
General Clair Wayne Shisler Fund
F. Lawrence and Shirley J. Silbernagel Endowment Fund
Klare S. Sunderland Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thomas Unrestricted Endowment Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Waltz Fund
Lynne Marie Warner Memorial Fund
De Willard Family Fund
Bob and Becky Windsor Fund
Jean Wright Memorial Fund

Current Gifts

Ausherman Family Trust
Mrs. Albertine H. Baker
Mr. Edwin R. Boyer, III
Mr. William H. Browning, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Mark T. Butt
Ms. Joan Canfield
Mr. Nick Carrera
Julie Ann Robertson Cashour Memorial Fund
Delaplaine Foundation, Inc.
Mr. J. Jason and Mrs. Ashley Goldsborough
Kevin R. Hessler, CPA
Ms. Jean M. Joyce
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kondig
The Estate of Donald L. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Linton
Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McGowan
Ms. Evelyn Z. Nolan
The Thomas and Tanya Obreiter Fund at Vanguard Charitable
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Orr
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian M. Remsberg, Jr.
Mr. James R. Shoemaker and Ms. Tamara Shoemaker
Sgt. David J. Smith Memorial Fund
Dr. Sonja B. Sperlich
Ms. Lois Noffsinger Spurrier
Mr. James D. Summers and Ms. Eleanor Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Teunis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Waltz

Planned Gifts

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Brunk
Mr. Michael D. Cumberland
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Day
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gangawere
Mr. John H. Jones and Dr. Mary Jane McWilliams
Mrs. Janet E. King
Mr. Daniel J. Lajewski, Jr.
Mr. Jack V. Leishear
Ms. Meredith N. Mercer-Akre
Mrs. Marcella D. Shtatman
Mrs. Lorraine Stup
Mrs. Betty M. Waltz
Mr. and Mrs. H. Deets Warfield
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Wilson

Successor Designations

Elizabeth J. Brady Charitable Fund
Marion D. and Alice E. Carmack Endowment Fund
Dwight and Serene Q. Collmus Family Fund
Norman W., Edna V. and Dorothy L. Etzler Memorial Fund
Ford/Tolman Fund
Halleman Family Fund
D. Hunt and Joan Hendrickson Fund
Charles W. Hoff, III and Margaret O. Hoff Family Fund
Robert G. Hooper Family Fund
Kirkpatrick/LeGore Family Fund
Lyons Family Fund
Make a Difference in Thurmont Fund
Morgan-Keller, Inc., Endowment Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Nicodemus Family Fund
Garrett R. Petronchak Memorial Fund
Ruth Ann Randall and James Edwin Smith Fund
Philip Rauh Family Endowment Fund
David and Kay Stauffer Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Warfield Fund
DeWalt Willard Charitable Gift Fund