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...
2025 Frederick Nonprofit Summit
The 2025 Frederick Nonprofit Summit: Building Blocks for Impact was a day of inspiration! On June 10, 2025, over 200 professionals convened at Frederick Community College (FCC) for a day of learning, networking, and engagement. The energy of the day remained...
Two Nonprofits Receive IDEA Multi-Year Grants to Support Youth and Families
The Ausherman Family Foundation has awarded its inaugural IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity Aligned) Multi-Year Grants to two Frederick-based nonprofits, Women Solve and the Empowering Community Leaders Network (ECLN), supporting new initiatives that address racial...
Multi-Year Grant Support for Mental Health Association’s Call Center and Catoctin Affair Milestone
The Ausherman Family Foundation (AFF) has deepened its investment in mental health services in Frederick County with a significant multi-year grant of $356,638 to support the Mental Health Association of Frederick County’s (MHA) 24/7 Call Center. This critical...