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November 12th 2025

2025 Greenspring Grant Program Awards $100,000 in Grants

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Greenspring Advisors
Erin McCabe
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RELEASE DATE:
November 20, 2025

 

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2025 Greenspring Grant Program Awards $100,000 in Grants

Towson, MD – November 20, 2025 – Greenspring Advisors, an independent, fee-only Registered Investment Adviser that serves individuals and businesses from its offices in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, proudly announces the recipients of the 2025 Greenspring Grant.

Celebrating its 13th year, the Greenspring Grant Committee, comprised of Laura Peace, Brian Ellis, Lanette Dehoff, and Jacob Carson, AIF®, awarded a total of $100,000 to 10 organizations committed to addressing workforce and economic development, entrepreneurship, or financial literacy.

The 2025 Greenspring Grant recipients are:

01

ASSETS

ASSETS is a certified Community Development Financial Institution dedicated to supporting underserved entrepreneurs in Central Pennsylvania. They proudly serve Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties. They provide access to capital and personalized financial literacy education to help clients make informed decisions and achieve long-term success.

02

Counselors in the Community Association (CITCA)

Counselors in the Community Association is a community corporation, dedicated to enhancing social and economic well-being through vocational training and development. Their services promote mental wellness, civic engagement, and educational equity. Their initiatives are carefully crafted to nurture psychological health, strengthen both individual and collective capabilities, and encourage innovation within underserved communities.

03

Jeremiah Program of Baltimore, Maryland

The Jeremiah Program is a national organization with a mission to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. This program is rooted by five core pillars that ground their work with mothers and children; access to higher education for moms; affordable, quality early childhood education; affordable housing; empowerment and leadership training; and career development.

04

JoyDew Foundation

JoyDew's mission is to provide a holistic life solution for adults with Autism. They start with creating high-level employment opportunities, based on their participants unique strengths. And then focus on providing housing, where they can learn and grow in a community of their own, experience social life, and unleash their dreams.

05

Junior Achievement of Central Maryland

Junior Achievement of Central Maryland is a chapter of the nation's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Junior Achievement's programs, in the core content areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy, ignite the spark in young people to experience and realize the opportunities and realities of work and life in the 21st century.

06

Kennett Area Community Service

Kennett Area Community Service is an organization dedicated to strengthening their community in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, through food, housing, crisis services, and education. They have a vision for a community without poverty where everyone can live well. Committed to collaboration and advocacy, Kennett Area Community Service works to meet the most fundamental needs of those we serve with dignity, compassion, and equity.

07

Madison House Autism Foundation

Madison House Autism Foundation works to improve the health and wellbeing of adults on the spectrum throughout their lifespan and across the country. Their mission is to promote, model and advocate for the full inclusion of adults with autism and their families in our communities; and to expand choice and opportunity in housing, employment, and social participation.

08

Maryland New Directions

Maryland New Directions is a non-profit organization offering no-cost employment coaching and specialized career training programs for Baltimore area residents, ages 18-60 years of age. They offer intensive, industry-specific training and a comprehensive and supportive service model, which includes hard and soft skills training, individual case management, job coaching, career planning, and individual counseling. Their organizational philosophy is designed to promote and support long-term job outcomes and self-sufficiency.

09

Potential Reentry Opportunities in Business and Education (PROBE)

PROBE's mission is to provide services that help their participants build self-esteem and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Their approach is solution-based and client focused as they work in a collaborative space with their clients to develop the tools needed to succeed. They strive to help participants realize their goals, advance their careers, and grow their savings.

10

Women's Rights Information Center

The Women's Rights Information Center provides knowledge and opportunities to support economic aspirations, self-sufficiency, and emotional wellbeing of individuals so they may live with hope, security, and dignity. Their mission continues in the footsteps of women's advocacy and they strive to remove barriers preventing women from achieving full autonomy and leadership over their own lives, and to help women advance in their pursuits of a fulfilled and safe life.

Laura Peace, the 2025 Grant Committee Chairperson, stated, “It is our sincere honor at Greenspring to support our local communities through these amazing organizations and their steadfast commitment through our grant program. These organizations, many times, are the cornerstones of their communities, and our wish at Greenspring is that our support with this program will help to cultivate the continued development and strength of the organizations and, in the same way, the local communities that they support.”

Since the inception of the Greenspring Grant Program in 2012, Greenspring Advisors has awarded over $750,000 in grants. Additionally, since its founding in 2004, Greenspring has donated over $1.7 million overall to charitable causes, with a strategic goal of giving away more than $15 million by 2036.

In celebration of these efforts, Greenspring Advisors held their Annual Client Appreciation Event on Thursday, October 16,  where grant recipients received a portion of an additional $20,000 donation. Greenspring’s casino-themed evening invited its clients, colleagues, and community to allocate their casino winnings to the organizations of their choice, determining the proportion of the additional donations made to each grant recipient from Greenspring Advisors.

Looking ahead, Greenspring remains deeply committed to supporting its communities for many years to come. They are proud to empower organizations through charitable donations and partnerships that create lasting impacts.

For more information about the Greenspring Grant Program, including the mailing list for the application cycle, please visit: https://greenspringadvisors.com/about/giving/grant-program/

About Greenspring Advisors

Established in 2004, Greenspring Advisors was built on the fiduciary principle that the client comes first. Greenspring is an independent, fee-only firm that specializes in holistic and progressive investment advisory services to retirement plan fiduciaries, foundations, and endowments, as well as comprehensive wealth management services and financial planning for private investors. The firm has offices in Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Information contained herein has been obtained from sources considered reliable, but its accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. It is not intended as the primary basis for financial planning or investment decisions and should not be construed as advice meeting the particular investment needs of any investor. This material has been prepared for information purposes only and is not a solicitation or an offer to buy any security or instrument or to participate in any trading strategy. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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