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Nov 5, 20213 min read
Award recipients and annual grant making celebrated at Community Foundation’s Annual Meeting
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore honored four award recipients and celebrated annual grant-making efforts at its Annual...
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Oct 27, 20211 min read
Community Foundation announces $5.1 million in grant making
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore has announced a total of $5.1 million in charitable grants for the 2021 fiscal year. These...
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Oct 19, 20212 min read
Market Street & Love, Tito’s rally behind respite programs
International liquor company Tito’s Handmade Vodka/ Love, Tito’s and Market Street Inn recently teamed up to give back to Lower Shore...
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Aug 6, 20211 min read
New hire and promotions at the Community Foundation
Katerra Marshall has joined the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore as Office Coordinator. Katerra will lead the Foundation’s...
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Jun 17, 20211 min read
Shelbie Thompson joins the Community Foundation
Shelbie Thompson has joined the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore as Development and Donor Relations Officer. Shelbie will be...
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May 20, 20213 min read
$75,000 granted to 20 Lower Shore nonprofits
A total of $75,000 has been granted by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore to 20 local nonprofits. Twice a year, nonprofits...
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May 5, 20211 min read
Corporal Keith Heacook Memorial Scholarship established
The Corporal Keith Heacook Memorial Scholarship has been established at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. This fund honors...
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Apr 23, 20213 min read
Lower Shore schools receive $20,016 in education grants
Schools in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties received $20,016 in grant funding through the Community Foundation of the Eastern...
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Apr 16, 20211 min read
The Needs Assessment Survey
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, together with the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore, and The Keith Campbell Foundation...
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
Healthcare career scholarships available through the Community Foundation
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore is now accepting applications for three scholarships tailored to studies in healthcare...
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Feb 12, 20212 min read
Whiteheads grow scholarship to honor Nonprofit Leadership Program accomplishments
A $10,000 gift will benefit the Salisbury’s Promise Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to Salisbury University students enrolled
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Jan 28, 20212 min read
Grant funds offered for Lower Shore nonprofits and schools -- $180,000+ available
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore has grant funding available for qualified nonprofits and schools. A total of $180,000 is...
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Dec 2, 20202 min read
Record breaking $269,627 raised in 24-hour Giving Tuesday event
Salisbury, Md. – Nonprofits across the Lower Eastern Shore are celebrating charitable giving after raising a combined record breaking...
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Nov 12, 20203 min read
Award recipients honored and annual grant making celebrated at Community Foundation’s Annual Meeting
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore honored four award recipients and celebrated annual grant-making efforts at its virtual...
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Sep 9, 20201 min read
Over $539,000 in scholarships granted to local students
More than $539,000 in scholarships were granted to area students through the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore in the 2020 fiscal ye
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Jul 21, 20201 min read
Nominations Sought for Community Foundation Awards
CFES is now accepting nominations until August 28, 2020 for the Richard A. Henson Award for Nonprofit Excellence, the Frank H. Morris Humani
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Jul 6, 20201 min read
Grant provides Ocean City hospitality industry COVID-19 safety training
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore recently awarded a $5,000 grant to the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Foundation to pr
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Apr 23, 20202 min read
First Shore Federal Donates $10,000 to COVID-19 Relief Funds
First Shore Federal is contributing $10,000 to help the nonprofit organizations on the Lower Eastern Shore that are impacted by COVID-19....
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Apr 6, 20202 min read
$250K gifted to COVID-19 nonprofit relief funds
The Richard A. Henson Foundation is contributing $250,000 to assist Lower Shore nonprofits impacted by COVID-19 to relief funds created by t
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Mar 24, 20202 min read
COVID-19 relief grants established for Lower Shore nonprofits
Grant funding is being made available to Lower Shore nonprofits as a relief measure from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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