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Press Releases
- Community Foundation Awards $7,081 Grant to Assist Wicomico Public Library
- Community Foundation Awards $1,600 Grant to Assist Worcester County Arts Council
- Community Foundation Awards $7,500 Grant to Assist the Off Street Sports Performance Program
- Foundation Awards $68,823 for Community Needs
- Community Foundation Awards Disaster Relief Funds to Somerset County Long Term Recovery
- Pocomoke Ruritan Club Establishes Fund at Community Foundation
- Community Foundation's Hebron Savings Bank Fund Supports Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County
- Community Foundation Hosts ShoreLEAD Volunteer Academy
- Larmore Family Establishes David Larmore Memorial Fund at Community Foundation
- Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Donates $5,000 to Maryland Food Bank
- Preservation Trust of Wicomico County Establishes Fund at the Community Foundation
- Community Foundation's Hebron Saving Bank Commits $2,500 to Wor-Wic Community College Foundation
- Community Foundation's Quota Club Women and Children's Fund Donates $3,600 to Christian Shelter
- Community Foundation's Hebron Savings Bank Commits $25,000 to Mid-Delmarva Family YMCA, Inc's Capital Campaign
- Community Foundation's Mission of Mercy Fund Receives $5,000 from Delmarva Power
- Community Foundation Announces Fruitland Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Deadline
- Salisbury Young Professionals of the SACC Supports Community Foundation's Disaster Relief Fund
- Community Foundation's Katherine Ellen Brown Community Foundation Donates $5,000 to Art League of Ocean City
- Community Foundation's Avery W. Hall Memorial Trust & Avery Hall Insurance Group Contributes $10,000 to Mid-Delmarva Family YMCA, Inc.
- Community Foundation's Jeffrey Peter Marx Memorial Fund Awards Grant to Worcester G.O.L.D.
- Community Foundation Announces Hazel Minority Teacher's Scholarship Deadline
- Community Foundation Announces Dr. Alfred and Ruth Beattie Scholarship Deadline
- Community Foundation's Women's Fund Announces Grant Deadline
- Seidel Reading Forever Grants Top $7,700
- Bethesda United Methodist Church Establishes the Eleanor Bounds Ministerial Scholarship at the Community Foundation
- Community Foundation Accepts $10,000 from LORA for Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Pension Law Extension Allows Tax-Free Transfers to Charities from IRAs
- Foundation Awards $59,867 for Community Needs
- Perdue AgriBusiness, Inc. Supports Community Foundation's Disaster Relief Fund
- Community Foundation Hosts Annual Nonprofit Resource Day
- Community Foundation Awards Additional Education Grants
- Community Foundation Hosted Leadership Academy Reception
- Community Foundation's Carols Steffy Spirit of Esther Fund Supports Salvation Army
- Nonprofits Encouraged to Inquire About Disaster Relief Grants
- Community Foundation Announces New Member to Board of Directors
- Community Foundation’s Samuel R. & Evelyn Q. Coffin Fund and Pam & Mack Stansell Supports Diakonia Endowment Fund
- Community Foundation Awards $45,000 in Education Grants
- Community Foundation to Match First $5,000 In Donations for Hurricane Sandy Relief
- Community Foundation Celebrates Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon
- Chesapeake Housing Mission Participates in Community Foundation’s Make a Difference Day
- CFES Accepts $10,000 from LORA for Scholarship Endowment Fund
- James M. Bennett Class of '66 Scholarship Fund Established
- Community Foundation fo Host Annual Meeting
- Community Foundation Recognized for Compliance with National Standards
- Community Foundation Achieves $4.4 Million in Grant Making for FY 2012
- Foundation Seeks Nominations for Prestigious Henson, Morris, and Volunteer Awards
- CFES to Benefit from Concert
- CFES William and Carolyn Johnston Fund Supports Fruitland Community Center's Summer Program
- Mission of Mercy Project
- Community Foundation’s Women’s Fund Awards $24,730 to Seven Local Nonprofit Organizations
- Community Foundation Names Douglas Wilson President
- Community Foundation Hosts Volunteer Leadership Academy
- Foundation Announces Sponsorship of Eastern Shore Mission of Mercy
- Bethel United Methodist Church Establishes New Fund at the Community Foundation
- Community Foundation Announces Deadline for Education Awards Grant Program
- Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Partners with Perdue Foundation to Strike Out Hunger
- Community Foundation President Bell Receives Public Service Award
- Foundation Awards $47,044 For Community Needs
- Community Foundation’s Women’s Fund Announces Grant Deadline
- Community Foundation President Announces Retirement
- Art League of Ocean City Establishes Building For The Arts Fund at the Community Foundation
- Community Foundation hosts Volunteer Leadership Academy
- Community Foundation Supports Youth Service Day on April 14
- Community Foundation Announces Deadline for Education Awards Grant Program
- Community Foundation Recognizes Past Board Members at Annual Luncheon
- Community Foundation Accepts $10,000 From LORA For New Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Seidel Reading Forever Grants Top $7,400
- Community Foundation Approves Small Grants Awards to Area Nonprofits
- The Carol Steffy Spirit of Esther Fund Supports Deer’s Head Hospital Center
- Community Foundation Names David Plotts as Controller
- Community Foundation Announces the Dr. Alfred and Ruth Beattie Scholarship Deadline
- Community Foundation Announces Hazel Minority Teacher’s Scholarship Deadline
- Community Foundation Hosts Workshops for Nonprofit Professionals
- Council on Foundations Places the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore in Top Philanthropic Tier Nationally
- ShoreCAN Volunteer Center Adopts HandsOn Connect, HandsOn Network’s Volunteer Management System
- Wicomico High School Class of 1961 Establishes Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation
- Community Foundation Co-Sponsors Annual Nonprofit Resource Day
- First Shore Federal and David F. Rodgers Memorial Fund Donates $10,000 to the Community Foundation Help Your Neighbor Fund
- Nonprofits Encouraged to Inquire About Small Grants Program
- Community Foundation Awards $57,000 in Education Grants
- Community Foundation Announces New Membership to Board of Directors
- Community Foundation Celebrates Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon
- Community Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant to Assist 4STEPS Therapeutic Riding Program
- Community Foundation Celebrates Establishment of New Women's Fund
- Community Foundation Hosts Nonprofit Boot Camp for Area Organizations
- Foundation Awards $95,606 for Community Needs
- Foundation to Host Annual Meeting
- Anderson Family of Salisbury Presents $1,000 Check to Community Foundation
- Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Profiled in National Research Report
- Nonprofits Encouraged To Inquire About Foundation's Small Grants Program
- ShoreCAN Volunteer Center Marked 10th Anniversary of 9/11 with Volunteer Event
- Community Foundation Awards Technical Mini Grants
- Community Foundation Achieves $3.5 Million in Grant Making for FY 2011
- ShoreCAN Volunteer Center Marks Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 with Volunteer Event
- Foundation Seeks Nominations for Prestigious Henson, Morris, and Volunteer Awards
- ShoreCAN Volunteer Center Kicks Off Summer Stars Program
- First Shore Federal Savings & Loan W. Leonard Brown Service Scholarship Awarded
- Foundation Announces Grant Deadlines
- Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Ranked In Top 100 Two Years in a Row for Most Gifts Per Capita
- “Artistic Perspectives on Nature.” An Exhibition of the Gallery of Artists
- HALO Awarded $25,000 for New Center of Hope Day Facility
- Wicomico Public Library Establishes Fund at the Community Foundation
- Community Foundation Seeks Applications for Education Grants
- Avery Hall Insurance Donates to Help Your Neighbor Fund
- Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Partners with Perdue Foundation to Strike Out Hunger
- Sunrise Rotary Establishes Fund at the Community Foundation
- CFES Kicks Off 2011 Help Your Neighbor Fund Campaign
- CFES Supports Global Youth Service Day on April 16
- CFES Partners with the Delmarva Shorebirds, Perdue, and Delmarva's Three Food Banks to Strike Out Hunger
- Foundation Awards Over $12,000 in Technical Mini Grants
- Carol Steffy Spirit of Esther Fund Supports Pets on Wheels
- Carol Steffy Spirit of Esther Fund Supports Deer's Head Hospital Center
- Youth Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals
- Fund Provides New Scholarship for Students Seeking Healthcare Career
- Community Foundation Announces Hazel Minority Teacher's Scholarship Deadline
- Community Foundation Recognizes Professional Advisors at Annual Breakfast
- New Endowment Fund From Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Youth Foundation
- Community Foundation Co-Sponsors Annual Nonprofit Resource Day
- Community Needs Grant Deadline Announced
- Technical Mini Grant Deadline Announced
- CFES Awards Two Grants Totaling $14,862 to Go-Getters, Inc.
- First Shore Federal Contributes to "Help Your Neighbor" Fund
- CFES Announces New Membership to Board of Directors
- Community Foundation Awards Over $47,000 in Education Grants
- CFES Hosts High School Counselors' Round Table
- Community Foundation Celebrates Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon
- Foundation Awards $2,000 Grant to Support Wicomico Library Live Concert Series
- CFES Willam B. Blank DACA Scholarship Makes First Annual Award
- Foundation Offers Boot Camp Program
- Foundation Awards $71,628 for Community Needs
- Community Foundation Marks One-Year Anniversary of ShoreCAN Volunteer Center
- CFES to Host Annual Meeting
- CFES Scholarships Assist With Soaring College Costs
- Community Foundation Funds Renew the Zoo Campaign
- Foundation Awards Over $6,500 in Technical Mini Grants
- Three Students Earn Eastern Shore Building Industry Association Scholarships
- Record $4.1 Million in Grantmaking
- Nominations Sought for Henson & Morris Awards
- Applications Sought for Education Awards Grant Program
- Local Groups to Sponsor Lower Shore's First Volunteer Fair
- CFES Ranked In Top 100 For Most Gifts Per Capita
- Foundation Announces Summer Grant Deadlines
- Bequest Creates Endowment to Benefit Snow Hill Library
- CFES Seeks Applications for Education Awards Grant Program
- Sandy Fitzgerald-Angello earns CFES Community Service Award
- Foundation Awards $50,587 for Community Needs
- First Shore Federal Receives Community Service Award
- Ribbon Cutting Celebrates Nonprofit Office Center Opening
- Foundation Grants $2,500 to Crime Solvers
- Scholarships Assists With Soaring College Costs
- CFES Awards Grant to Chesapeake Housing Mission
- $5,000 in Technical Mini-Grants Awarded
- Nonprofits to Learn Human Resources Best Practices
- Foundation Hosts Nonprofit Workshops in March
- Volunteer Week Projects to Clean-Up Communities
- Sunrise "Rotary Rocks" Event to Support "Help Your Neighbor Fund"
- Hebron Savings Bank 100th Anniversary Fund
- OC Paramedic Fund Honors Founder & Early Board Member
- Youth Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals
- Foundation Awards $5,000 in Technical Mini Grants
- Program to Introduce Nonprofits to ShoreCAN Volunteer Center
- Viva Espresso to Host Volunteer Cafe
- Past Board Chair Art Cooley Recognized by Foundation
- Foundation Grants Available to Support Volunteer Efforts
- Professional Advisors Honored by Foundation
- Nonprofits to Learn How to Strengthen Donor Base
- ShoreCAN Recognizes Deer's Head Hospital Center Volunteers
- Seidel Reading Forever Grants Top $5,700
- Berlin Coffee House to Host Volunteer Cafe
- Foundation Sponsors Nonprofit Resource Day
- Dove Pointe presents Community Service Award to CFES
- Foundation Elects Four New Board Members
- Foundation Awards $40,000 in Excellence In Education Awards
- Foundation Celebrates 2009 Annual Meeting & Awards
- Education Grant Awarded to Pinehurst Elementary
- Foundation's 2009 Annual Meeting & Awards Nov. 6th
- Foundation to Host Social Media Workshop
- Foundation Grants $54,372 for Community Needs
- Foundation Opens ShoreCAN Volunteer Center
- Foundaton Honors Del. Conway for Community Service
- Foundation Sponsors ShoreCAN Volunteer Center
- Kids of Honor awarded Technical Mini Grant
- National Nursing Expert to Address Shore Nurses
- Youth Foundation Grant Supports 4STEPS Therapeutic Riding
- Foundation Announces Fall Nonprofit Training Schedule
- Nominations Due for Henson, Morris Awards
- Foundation Awards $4,977 In Technical Mini Grants
- Seven Students Earn Hazel Minority Teacher Scholarships
- Foundation Awards Record $3.3 Million in Grants
- Nominations Sought for Educational Leadership Award
- Nominations Sought for Henson, Morris Awards
- Community Needs Grants Deadline August 1st
- Salvation Army Awarded Help Your Neighbor Grant
- Foundation Announces $42,176 in Local Grants
- Technical Mini Grant Application Deadline July 20th
- Deer's Head Hospital Auxiliary Grant
- Kara Brower awarded 2009 Badros Scholarship
- Foundation Grants $30,176 for Community Needs
- Delmarva Shorebirds Launch Community Fund
- Foundation Seeks Applications for Education Grants
- Coastal Hospice Awarded $6,000 Grant
- Foundation President Guest Speaker at Berlin Award Banquet
- Family Connections Awarded $25,000 Partnership Prize
- Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary Jubilee
- Foundation Earns Prestigious Salisbury Award
- PIN Program Celebrates National Nurses Week
- Chairman's Fund Grants Help Shore Nonprofits
- Pusey Scholarships to benefit Wor-Wic Community College
- $25,000 Partnership Prize to be awarded at Jubilee
- Jubilee Celebration to Mark Foundation's 25th Anniversary
- Schul Scholarship Available for Wicomico Student Wrestlers
- Worcester Establishes Scholarship for Future Teachers
- Lower Shore Child Care Resource Center Awarded Grant
- National Nursing Expert to Speak at Wor-Wic Community College
- Wicomico County Council Proclaims CFES 25th Anniversary
- Foundation Awards $6,000 to Shore Up!
- Nonprofits to Learn Effective Use of Technology
- Foundation Awards $47,592 for Community Needs
- Foundation Seeks Proposals for Community Needs Grants
- Endowment Honors Herman & Eunice Sorin
- Shockley Named CFES 2009 Advisor of the Year
- Foundation Sponsors Training To Teach Boards Fundraising
- Seton Center Catholic Charities Grant
- Youth Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals
- Donors generously support Help Your Neighbor Campaign
- CFES Workshop Introduces Nonprofits to Planned Giving
- Eastern Shore American Red Cross Chapter Awarded $2,000 Grant
- New Scholarship For Students Seeking Healthcare Career
- Foundation Sponsors Form 990 Seminar for Nonprofits
- Foundation Sponsors Nonprofit Resource Day
- Foundation Awards $4,000 to Public Radio Delmarva
- Foundation Awards $4,500 to Cricket Center
- HALO Establishes Fund to Help Support Homeless
- Foundation Welcomes Three New Board Members
- HOPE Inc. awarded Leadership Academy Grant
- SWAC Awarded Music Education Grant
- Foundation Awards $30,000 in Excellence in Education Grants
- 2008 Annual Meeting Celebrates 25 Yrs. of Charitable Leadership
- Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Partnership Prize
- Economic Rescue Package Includes Help For Charities
- Crisfield Heritage Foundation Awarded Grant
- Foundation Shares Partners in Nursing Update
- Foundation Grants $70,000 for Community Needs
- 'Help Your Neighbor' Campaign to Assist Families in Need
- Major New Scholarship Fund for Wicomico Students
- Youth Foundation Grants $2600 for Outdoor Basketball Court
- Foundation Sponsors Scholarships For Lower Shore Nonprofits
- Foundation Announces Networking Lunches
- Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Partnership Prize
- Foundation Awards $180,000 in Scholarships
- Field of Interest Grants Available to Nonprofits
- Foundation Awards $9,998 in Technical Mini Grants
- Foundation Seeks Nominees for Henson and Morris Awards
- Excellence In Education Seeks Applications
- Foundation Announces Hazel Minority Scholarship Recipients
- Youth Foundation Fund Seeks Volunteers
- BB&T Bank Sponsors Foundation's 25th Year Anniversary
- Celebrating 25 Years!
- Foundation Awards $10,000 to Maryland Coastal Bays Program
- Boy Scouts Receive Shorebirds Tickets
- Diakonia Awarded Over $6,000
- Foundation Seeks Proposals for Community Needs Grants
- Atlantic General Hospital Awarded Technical Mini Grant
- Technical Mini Grant Deadline
- Youth Foundation Grants Over $4,000
- Foundation Grants $70,000 for Community Needs
- Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines
- Mid-Atlantic Symphony establishes endowment fund with Foundation
- Foundation awards grant to Bay Shore Services
- Summer 2008 Nonprofit Training and Networking Support
- Foundation seeks Excellence In Education grant applications
- Challenge raises $65,858 for Wicomico Child Advocacy Center
- Deaf Independent Living Association Endowment Fund
- Partners In Nursing Celebrates National Nurses Week
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Establishes Scholarship Fund
- Charitable Insights: Why Not Give Anonymously?
- Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame Fund
- WMDT-47 & Foundation Team-Up to Support Child Advocacy Ctr.
- Foundation awards grant to Habitat for Humanity
- Community Needs Grants top $100,000
- Foundation awards grant to McCready Memorial Hospital
- In Fond Memory of Philanthropist Richard F. Hazel
- Meuse VFW Post 194 Establishes Scholarship Fund
- Two Scholarships Available for Washington High School
- Foundation Seeks Community Needs Grants Proposals
- Nonprofit Training & Networking Sessions Announced
- PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY
- Sinepuxent Lodge 193 AF&FM establishes endowment
- Youth Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals
- Partners in Nursing Program Addresses Nursing Workforce Issues
- Technical Mini Grants Deadline - January 21st
- Foundation Elects Two New Members To Board
- Developmental Center thanks Community Foundation
- Creating A Lasting Gift
- Barbara Rogers Hall Scholarship
- Foundation Chairman's Award
- Excellence in Education
- CFES Annual Meeting & Awards
- PIN Celebrates 1st Year
- Record Community Needs Grants
- Foundation Challenges Community to Match Emergency Fund for Developmental Center
- Hazel Minority Scholarship Recipients Selected
- Foundation Awards Technical Mini Grants
- Foundation Offers Scholarships to Nonprofit Organizations
- Foundation Encourages Nonprofits to Submit Letters of Inquiry for Field of Interest Grants
- Assateague Coastal Trust Establishes Endowment Fund at Community Foundation
- Two Students Earn Green Hill Scholarships
- Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant to Boy Scouts
- Youth Foundation Fund Makes Three Grants
- Salisbury Lions Club Endows Fund at Foundation
- Crisfield Heritage Foundation Receives Technical Mini-Grant
- Foundation Grant Supports Lower Shore Enterprises Courier Service at Hospital
- Foundation Selected for Partners In Nursing (PIN) Initiative
- Reading Forever Fund Supports Wicomico School Libraries
- Foundation Awards Record Level of Grant Funding
- Worcester County Summer Reading Program Receives Foundation Grant
- Anonymous Donor Gifts $500,000 to Establish Foundation Fund to Benefit Maryland Coastal Bays
- Baltimore Biodiesel Establishes Scholarship To Benefit Princess Anne Students
- Youth Foundation Fund Seeks Grant Proposals
- Community Foundation Begins Capital Campaign
- Community Foundation Opens Nonprofit Resource Center
- Youth Foundation Fund Assists Samaritan Ministries She
- Art Cooley Elected Foundation Board Chair
- Community Foundation Awards Grant to Teackle Mansion
- Fund Established for Wicomico Mentoring Project
- Community Foundation Awards $40,000 in Excellence in Education Grants
- Community Foundation Celebrates 22nd Year at Annual Meeting
- Community Foundation Awarded Community Experience Partnership Grant to Tap Baby Boomers
- Community Foundation Cuts Ribbon on New Offices
- Community Foundation Awarded National Grant to Address Shore Nursing Shortage
- Hazel Minority Scholarship Fund Awards Scholarships
- New Pension Law Allows Tax Free Rollovers from IRAs to Charity
- CFES Recognized for Compliance with National Standards
- CFES Youth Foundation Elects Officers
- CFES Excellence in Education Grant Program Issues Request for Proposals
- Youth Foundation Representatives Sought
- Donations Sought for New CFES Office
- CFES Announces Technical Mini-Grant Awards
- Green Hill Yacht & Country Club Establishes Scholarship at CFES
- Stedman Smith Bequest Establishes Scholarship Fund
- CFES Breaks Ground at New Office Site
- Bay National Bank Establishes $10,000 Donor Advised Fund
- Foundation to Host Nonprofit Leadership Workshops
- CFES Awards Community Needs Grants
- Farmer's Bank of Willards Makes $10,000 Gift to Community Needs Campaign
- Reading Forever Fund Makes 2006 Grants
- Charles E. Wharton Leaves Bequest to CFES
- New CFES Board Members Are Welcomed
- Foundation Receives Bequest from Bobbi Biron Estate
- Campaign Exceeds $200,000 Goal
- Foundation Annual Meeting Celebrates Community Success
- CFES Announces Excellence in Education Awards
- New Wor-Wic Scholarship Fund Honors Memory of Richard A. Henson
- Foundation Awards Record Scholarship Totals
- Pam and Macky Stansell Create Community Needs Endowment
- Foundation Establishes Hurricane Katrina Relief Fu
- Community Foundation Welcomes Assets of Mason Foundation
- Foundation Awards $2,500 to Epilepsy Association
- Foundation's Reading Forever Fund Supports Local Schools
- Foundation Seeks Application for 2005 Excellence in Education Awards
- Boy Scouts Establish $1 Million Endowment at Community Foundation
- Foundation Seeks Proposals for Technical Mini Grants from Nonprofits
- Nonprofit Leadership Workshop Slated for June 22
- Foundation Grants $55,000 to Community Nonprofits; Seeks Applications by April 1 for Second Grant Cycle
- Greg Stein Assumes Foundation Board Chairmanship
- Foundation Announces Excellence in Education Awards
- Foundation Completes $12 Million Perdue-Kresge Challenge
- Foundation Celebrates at 20th Annual Meeting: Record Gifts, Grants and Community Awards
- Foundation Accepts Award From Tri-County Council
- Four Directors Join Foundation Board
- Foundation Offers Scholarships to Nonprofit Employees, Volunteers
- Nominees Sought for Henson, Morris Awards
- Foundation Awards Record Amount in Scholarships
- Technical Mini-Grant Awards Are Announced
- Six Students Receive Hazel Minority Scholarship
- Spicer Bell Named to Lead Foundation As Next President
- Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary
- New Fund to Support Salisbury City Park Bandstand Maintenance
- President Michaud Resigns to Pursue Ministry
- Foundation Awards $20,000 in Grants to Local Schools
- Foundation Seeks Award Nominations
- Two Shore Students Earn Hazel Scholarships
- Foundation Announces New Staff
- Foundation Earns Seal of Excell
- Youth Foundation Fund Elects Officers
- Youth Foundation Fund Makes Grant for Crisfield Youth
- Leatherbury Memorial Youth Initiative Receives 30-plus Proposals
- Foundation Sponsors Beach Bird in Ocean City Art Exhibit
- Foundation presents nearly $20,000 in Grants to Somerset Nonprofits
- Foundation Awards $17,175 to Somerset County Nonprofits
- Hazel Scholarships Awarded to Six Future Teachers
- Foundation Announces $50,000 Grant to Address Nursing Shortage
- Youth Foundation Fund, First Shore Federal Fund Urban Youth Band
- Foundation receives Chamber Award
- Foundation Report Cites Top Community Needs
- Reading Forever Fund Celebrates 10th Anniversary
- Perdue-Kresge Challenge
- Perdue Gift Press Release
