HACC Foundation

HACC Foundation

The HACC Foundation was established in 1985 as the philanthropic arm of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College. Donald Sites leads the board, with Linnie S. Carter running day-to-day operations as executive director and John J. 'Ski' Sygielski serving as secretary in his capacity as college president. The foundation operates as a blended component unit of the college, meaning its assets and liabilities are reported within HACC's financial statements but it retains separate governance. The foundation's investment posture is unusually tangible for an educational endowment. Beyond a traditional investment portfolio, it directly owns an ambulance for the EMS training program and three commercial properties on and around the Harrisburg and Lebanon campuses — the Hall Technology Center, the Lebanon Campus Building, and the C. Ted Lick Wildwood Conference Center. This real estate portfolio, combined with donor-advised funds and scholarships underwritten by the High Foundation and the Justamere Foundation, generates both revenue and in-kind support. Deployment focuses on scholarships, program-specific equipment, and facility modernization across the college's five campuses. Total assets under management are undisclosed, though the foundation's physical holdings and donor network suggest a balance sheet weighted toward Pennsylvania real estate. The foundation maintains ties to professional networks including NACUBO, where board members participate as subject matter experts, and the American Bar Association, which accredits the Paralegal Studies program the foundation supports. In recent years, grantmaking has funded the Senator John J. Shumaker Public Safety Center and the Peggy Washburn Artist Lecture Series at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center. The HACC Foundation differs from most educational endowments in that it owns and operates commercial properties directly rather than outsourcing real asset exposure to external managers. This blended model — where a community college foundation functions as both grantmaker and commercial landlord — creates a revenue stream less correlated to traditional endowment returns, insulating the college's support from market cycles.