Ausherman Family Foundation Announces 2026 Professional Development Training Series
There are many learning and leadership opportunities in Frederick. The Frederick Nonprofit Summit is an anchor to many other educational opportunities, including the 2026 Professional Development Training Series. These four in-person workshops, at Frederick...
Mountain City Elks Lodge Completed to Honor Frederick’s First Black Educators
The Ausherman Family Foundation helped to fund the creation of the Elks Lodge Mural honoring some of Frederick's first Black educators. In 1920, John Bruner, an educational leader in the African American community, asked the board of Education to purchase a plot of...
Frederick Youth Center Federal Funding featured on DC News Now
On April 8, 2026, the Frederick community came together to celebrate the announcement of a $3 million award to the City of Frederick for the development of future Youth Center. Special thank you to Senator Chris Van Hollen and Representative April McClain Delaney for...
Multi-Year Grant Strengthens Heartly House Services
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness and reaffirm the importance of supporting survivors in our community. Through a Multi-Year Grant from the Ausherman Family Foundation, Heartly House is entering its fourth year of...
April Lee, Single-Year Grants Committee Member
April Lee, Single-Year Grants Committee MemberApril Lee is Co-Owner of Lee Building Maintenance located in Frederick, Maryland and has served as President since 2015. April is a Certified Building Service Executive (CBSE) through the leading commercial cleaning trade...
Ausherman Family Foundation Gifts Downtown Arts Education Building to YMCA of Frederick County
The Ausherman Family Foundation is pleased to announce the official gifting of 115 and 117 East Church Street, home of the YMCA Arts Center, to the YMCA of Frederick County. This transformational gift affirms a shared commitment to building sustainable, creative, and...
Matthew Graham, Multi-Year Grants Committee Advisor
Matthew Graham is a commercial litigation attorney at McNees Wallace & Nurick law firm in Frederick, Maryland. Matthew is a graduate of Governor Thomas Johnson High School and Towson University, where he obtained a degree in Chemistry with the intention of...
Sonia Bowie, Multi-Year Grants Committee Advisor
Sonia is the Program Assistant for the Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership at Hood College. Born to a Pakistani father and Colombian mother, she brings a global perspective and a strong commitment to inclusion and service to her work in education, youth...
Matt Bumgardner, Community Projects Committee Advisor
Matt Bumgardner began his career as a mechanical engineer after graduating from the University of Tennessee. Drawn to the fast pace and collaborative nature of the construction industry, he transitioned into project management roles where he led complex commercial and...
Ann Ryan, Multi-Year Grants Committee Advisor
Ann Ryan recently retired after a career in human service program development. Over the course of her career she has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal, West Africa; a Legislative Assistant to Congressman Berkeley Bedell in Washington, D.C.; the Director of...
Julie Ruppert, Community Projects Committee Advisor
Julie serves as the President of Ruppert Properties, a real estate investment, development and management firm located in downtown Frederick. A second-generation company leader and Ruppert family member, Julie also serves on the board of her family’s foundation, who’s...
Frederick Youth Council Accepting Applications through July 13
“Being on the Frederick Youth Council has been an incredible opportunity that I would not trade for the world,” comments Brooke Lieberman, inaugural Chair of the Frederick Youth Council. She has served on Frederick’s first county-wide Youth Council since the beginning...