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Executive Director Notes

Foundation News July 2015

The Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. is a tax-exempt public charity

created by and for the people of Washington County, MD.

facebook.com/cfwashingtoncountymd twitter.com/CFWCMD www.cfwcmd.org

We had another successful Washington County Gives raising $100,000 more than last year! We really appreciated the

support from the Washington County community to help our local nonprofits further their missions. I would personally

like to thank our presenting sponsors for supporting this event: Pauline Anderson Foundation, Big Cork Vineyards, The

Fletcher Foundation, Hershey Family Foundation, Thompson Gas, Thompson Family Fund and Waltersdorf

Family Fund. See Page 2 for the Top 10 list and our media sponsors.

Even though it won’t take place until November 5, it’s never too early to start thinking about nominations for our

People’s Choice Awards. We invite you to nominate an individual or a team of two who give generously and

unselfishly of their time and talents to make Washington County a better place to live. (Visit our website to complete the

online nomination form.) We will honor three nominees at our annual award’s dinner. The Foundation will also

establish a $5,000 endowment on behalf of each winner to benefit the nonprofit organization of their choice.

In November, we also publish our annual report, IMPACT. We have already started taking reservations for one or two

page advertorials. We mail this publication out to more than 7,000 high income homes and businesses throughout the

county. Call me at (301) 745-5210 or e-mail me at brads@cfwcmd.org to reserve your space or for more information.

Did you know the Community Foundation’s five-year annualized investment return makes us one of the top performing

community foundations in the country? A bequest is the easiest way to create a legacy of giving. Call me for the correct

language to put in your will.

What’s Inside…

Washington County Gives Page 2

New Website Page 4

Bowman Grants Page 5

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The May 5th 24-hour web-based, fundraiser, Washington County Gives, surpassed last year’s event bringing in more than $360,000 in online donations, matching funds and prizes. The event had 1,886 unique donors give money to one or more of the 68 participating nonprofit organizations. The average gift equaled $112. Seventeen percent of donors made their first ever online gift! Next year’s Washington County Gives will take place May 3. Stay tuned for registration details.

The top 10 nonprofits to receive the most dollars (including matching funds and prizes):

1. HEAL of Washington County, MD $41,610

2. Cedar Ridge Children’s Home & School $35,383

3. San Mar Children’s Home $30,199

4. Maryland Symphony Orchestra $19,982

5. Washington County Museum of Fine Arts $15,619

6. Community Free Clinic $15,350

7. Girls Inc. $14,195

8. Humane Society $12,740

9. Saint James School $12,425

10. Grace Academy $10,500

Other participating nonprofit organizations included: Alsatia Club Foundation, APPLES for Children, Aspiring to Serve, Authentic Community Theatre, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County, Boys & Girls Club of Washington County, Brave HEART Program, Brook Lane, C&O Canal Trust, CASA Citizens Assisting and Sheltering the Abused, Children In Need, Clear Spring Soccer Club, Discovery Station, Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, Fort Ritchie Community Center, Girls on the Run of Washington County, Hagerstown Aviation Museum, Hagerstown Children's School, Hagerstown Community College Foundation, Hagerstown Goodwill Industries, Head Start of Washington County, Holly Place, Hospice of Washington County, HUB Network, Hub Opera Ensemble, Interfaith Service Coalition of Hancock, John Wesley Day Nursery, Leadership Washington County, Locomotive FC, Maryland Entertainment Group, Mason-Dixon Barbershop Chorus, Mason-Dixon Council BSA, Meritus Healthcare Foundation, National Road Heritage Founda-tion, Potomac Case Management, Potomac Playmakers, Providing Relief for Autistic Youth, PurrHaven, REACH, Robert W. Johnson Community Center, Safe Place, Child Advocacy Center, Salvation Army, Smithsburg Emer-gency Medical Services, Star Community, The Arc of Washington County, The Maryland Theatre Association, USMH Foundation, W House, Washington County Arts Council, Washington County Commission on Aging, Washington County Community Action Council, Washington County Council of Churches (HARC), Washington County Free Library, Washington County Historical Trust, Wells House, YMCA and YROC Drama Ministries.

Washington County Gives Results

Media Sponsors

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Help us save on trees and expenses—send an email to cfwc@cfwcmd.org and type NEWSLETTER in the

Subject line. We will send the newsletter to you electronically in the future!

New Funds of the Foundation

Davis-Joynes Donor-Advised Fund

Foundation for Girls Inc. Fund

Karen McClendon Community Fund

Karen McClendon Trinity Reformed Church of Christ Endowment Fund

Pen-Mar Regional Associations of Realtors Fund

Eloise Shaffer Fund

Gene Wiles Memorial Fund

Williamsport Retirement Village Endowment Fund

Washington County Gives Checks

Star Community Humane Society Brave HEART Program

Grace Academy Interfaith Service

Coalition of Hancock Farmers & Hunters

Feeding the Hungry

Barbara Ingram School

for the Arts

Foundation

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2015 Scholarships

This year the Community Foundation presented scholarships to 43 different high school seniors and

college students, giving away more that $34,975. (This total does not include scholarship endowment funds for

Saint James School, St. Maria Goretti High School, Mercersburg Academy, USMH, HCC or Hood College.

These schools administer their scholarships separately.)

Congratulations to the 2015 Community Foundation Scholarship Recipients: Alisha Adkins, Wesley Ambrose,

Payton Belella, Megan Bishop, Jennifer Bowers, Emma Brenengen, Dylan Bryce, Max Burzinski, Priscilla

Bushko, Matthew Cradduck, Jaime D’Ambrosio, Travis Dodson, Donald Drawbaugh, Ashlee Fahrney,

Khaliah Frost, Miles Greenwood, Elizabeth Hawkins, Sara Hetherington, Danielle Hill, Tim Horning, Kayla

Huntzberry, Faith Kretzer, Paige Kutchey, Taylor Leather, Josephine Makanjuola, Valerie Mason, Kiana

Mattingly, Nathalie Murchison, Zoie O’Neal, Giovanna Papa, Dakota Pfeiffer, Hannah Reed, Joshua Reeder,

Garrett Renner, Nathanael Saunders, Matthew Scalese, Lindsey Shank, Sinjin Shoop, Kiley Slimmer,

Alexander Snouffer, Lilli Sutton, Adrian Weller and Madison Wilhide!

USMH administered $29,246 in scholarships through the Magnolia Foundation Waltersdorf-Henson Scholar-

ship Fund at the Foundation to the following students: Leigh Cebula, Sherrie-Lynn Davis, Kristy Fisher, Adam

Flanick, Linsey Hartle, Kara Hoffman, Lucas Lichtenberg, Brittney Jackson, Bethany Macker, Amanda Price

and Timothy Williams. Congratulations to them as well!

New CFWC Website

For the past several months, we have worked with High Rock Studios to create a new Community Foundation

website. In addition to an updated look and feel, the new site will also have a new donation form, Planned

Giving section, donor stories and much more. We hope you will find this new site easier to navigate when

looking for a specific fund or scholarship, grant information or how to create your own fund at the Foundation.

It will also be mobile ready, so now you can view it on your tablet or phone in addition to your desktop. Look

for the new site to go live sometime this month!

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Mary K. Bowman Fund for Historical & Fine Arts

The Mary K. Bowman Fund for Historical and Fine Arts, presented its 2015 grants to 13 local nonprofits in May at the Miller House, Washington County Historical Society in downtown Hagerstown. This year’s fund granted $61,249 to the nonprofit recipients. The Mary K. Bowman Fund provides financial support for current charitable and educational initiatives that preserve and maintain historical and cultural properties in Washing-ton County. It also promotes the fine arts, history and historic preservation while encouraging the interest in and study of such matters.

Award Recipients:

Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Foundation, Inc.: $500 to purchase supplies for the Summer Arts Academy that provides a creative and supportive environment for students entering grades 4th-12th.

Boys & Girls Club of Washington County: $2,000 for the National Fine Arts Exhibit Program that encourages artistic expression among club members ages 6-18.

First Hagerstown Hose Company: $4,000 for the Museum of Firefighting History.

Fort Ritchie Community Center: $3,200 for the Summer Ar ts & History Initiative for children 6-13.

Hagerstown Aviation Museum: $10,000 for the Facilities Study Project.

Hagerstown Day Nursery: $3,800 for children attending the childcare center to go to Kinder Konzerts, have a restaurant experience after a concert and visit the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

Maryland Symphony Orchestra: $7,500 to support the 2015-2016 Kinder Konzert series.

Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ: $3,800 to restore and enhance the William Boone Family Gravesite, the co-founder of Boonesborough.

W House: $1,436 to purchase supplies for Recovery Through Art.

Washington County Arts Council: $1,000 for the Art Educators of Washington County 2016 Exhibit.

Washington County Free Library: $10,220 for the Historic Newspaper Indexing Project.

Washington County Historical Society: $2,250 for the Washington County Vintage Film Preserva-tion Project to reproduce, in current format, historic film footage shot in locations around Hagerstown and Washington County.

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts:

$11,543 to support three Youth Art Education

Programs during 2015-16.

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The Community Foundation offers a wide variety of funds,

allowing donors the greatest flexibility in meeting their charitable goals. You may establish any of the following

funds with a minimum gift of $1,000, with growth to $5,000 within five years: Donor-Advised, Community, Field of

Interest, Designated, Scholarship or Memorial.

All funds are managed carefully and prudently by professional investment managers and administered by CFWC. We protect donor intent, while at the same time

complying with federal tax requirements. The Foundation retains the right to make final decisions regarding the

management, administration and distribution of all funds.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

John P. Itell, Chairman

Father Stuart Dunnan, Vice Chairman

Michael G. Day, Vice Chairman

Cynthia Moore, Treasurer

Ted Reeder, III, Secretary

Mitesh B. Kothari, M.D., Past Chairman

Carol R. Becker

Howard “Blackie” Bowen

Andy Bruns

Rich Daughtridge

Robert Ernst, II

Douglas Fiery

Mark Fulton

Louis J. Giustini

John R. Hershey, III

Constance Manger

Stuart L. Mullendore

Steven P. O’Farrell

Brad Pingrey

Melissa Reabold

Ann Marie Rotz

Elizabeth Schulze

Todd Snook

Mary Helen Strauch

Robin Twigg

Bradley N. Sell, Executive Director

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Our Mission

To inspire, grow and steward philanthropy for the benefit of

Washington County.

Our Vision

To create a healthy and vibrant community through engaged

philanthropy, community knowledge and leadership.

Values

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