On March 4, 2022, our President & CEO Ralph Serpe welcomed volunteer Investment Committee Chair James Kampstra of Kampstra Wealth Management and the Community Foundation’s investment manager James Stierhoff from Brown Advisory to share details on the Community Foundation’s endowment investment objectives and strategy.

The Community Foundation is home to a growing endowment which benefits all of Adams County. With scores of charitable funds created by individuals, families and businesses to carry out their philanthropy, the Community Foundation manages more than 250 endowments which benefit specific nonprofits across Adams County, as well as funds that support education, the arts, children and youth. Pooling these individual funds for investment purposes provides economies of scale. That pooled endowment is invested with two goals in mind: returns to serve Adams County today and growth to continue that service for generations to come.