Rising poverty rates along with drastic public funding cuts in York County have created unprecedented demands for service. The Bar has responded by building its annual giving campaign, to allow us to continue to support our worthy community programs, while also building our endowment. The Bar Foundation's endowment is our future, providing the income in perpetuity necessary to ensure our ethical obligation to provide access to justice for all.

Donors can designate their gifts to special projects, annual giving, or to our endowment in the following areas:

• Unrestricted Purposes
• Operating or General Endowment
• Areas of Interest
  • Legal Aid: A prime interest of the Bar, this endowment addresses the desperate gap in civil legal services for York County residents living in poverty. Major recipients of funding include partners such as MidPenn Legal Services and Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center.
  • York County Courts: The Bench of York County has been a leader in progressive programs that maximize access to support for our community members in need. Funding has supported start up of the new Self-Represented Litigant Center and the highly successful adult treatment (drug, DUI, mental health, and veterans) courts.
  • Youth Initiatives: Bettering our next generation of successful York Citizens and leaders will benefit us all. This fund is for programs encouraging respect for and understanding of the law, such as the York County Truancy Prevention Initiative, mock trial, and programs for young people interested in law-related careers.
  • Ethics and Professionalism: Aimed at fostering and improving the professionalism of students, attorneys, and judges. Income from this fund could be used for activities such as mentoring, speakers, creating a lecture series, training sessions, and co-sponsoring related events with community partners.
•  Scholarships
  •  Richard P. Noll Scholarship
  • The Honorable Clarence "Chuck" N. Patterson Diversity Internship Scholarship (unendowed)
• Named Funds
  • Brian and Jeanne Addison Fund (Youth Initiatives)
  • The Jane M. Alexander Fund (Legal Aid)
    
  • William Anstine Family Fund (Legal Aid)
  • Penny L. Blackwell and Jack Sanstead Fund (York County Courts, with a preference for adult-treatment courts)
  • Boustead Family Foundation Fund (unrestricted)
  • CGA Law Firm Fund (unrestricted)
  • Victoria and Michael Connor Family Fund (Operations)
  • Jon C. Countess Fund (Youth Initiatives)
  • George L. Eveler Jr. and Family Fund (unrestricted)
  • T. Frederick Feldmann Memorial Fund (Ethics & Professionalism)
  • Gary M and Karyl Lee Gilbert Family Fund (Youth Initiatives)
  • The Katherman Family Fund (unrestricted, with preference for launching and/or building programs and services)
  • Henry Lenz Memorial Fund (Juveniles and Juvenile Delinquency)
  • J. Ross & Norma R. McGinnis Fund (unrestricted)
  • The Honorable John T. and Mary A. Miller Fund (Ethics & Professionalism)
  • The Richard P. Noll Scholarship Fund (Law School Grants)
  • The Robert W. Pullo Family Fund (Legal Aid)
  • The Stankoski Family Fund (Operating Endowment)
  • Carolyn E. Steinhauser Fund (unrestricted)
  • Uhler-Cassimatis Juvenile Justice Fund (Youth Initiatives)
  • The Tina and Larry Young Fund (Legal Aid)
  • The Jane M. Alexander Fund (Legal Aid)
•  Hard Bargains 1777: The Bar Foundation is the fiscal sponsor for this special public art installation celebrating the agreement and adoption, in York, PA, of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, precursor of the U.S. Constitution. Expected completion date is 2024.
  

Find the Donor Bill of Rights here.

The Bar Foundation also partners with the York County Community Foundation through its York County Bar Foundation Heritage Fund. 

"The mission of the York County Bar Foundation is one in which I believe strongly. My unrestricted legacy will permit the Bar leaders of  the future to determine where the money is needed and to shepherd it wisely for the good of the York Community."

 

    --Lawrence V. Young, Esq. CGA Law Firm

To learn more about options to support access to justice in York, please contact Victoria Connor, CEO, at victoria.connor@yorkbar.com.