In 2010 F&M President John A. Fry described Ann B. Barshinger as, "the most generous benefactor in the college's history." (LNP/Lancaster Online March 14, 2010)
Her gifts to F&M College include:
—- $11.5 million to build the Ann & Richard Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building.
—- The lead gift to transform the college’s Hensel Hall into the Barshinger Center for Musical Arts.
—- $4 million for the Ann Boyd Barshinger Scholarship Fund.
Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute, VisionCorps:
Elsewhere, Mrs. Barshinger gave $5 million for Lancaster’s Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute. In addition, she donated $1 million to VisionCorps, the former Susquehanna Association for the Blind.
Mrs. Barshinger also is a longtime supporter of:
—- The Susan B. Byrnes Health Education Center of York County.
—- The Welsh Mountain Medical and Dental Center to provide services to low-income people.
—- The Barshinger Financial Empowerment Center for Lancaster County.
—- Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster.
In addition, Mrs. Barshinger is a generous patron of the arts, including:
—- Ephrata Performing Arts Center.
—- Lancaster Symphony.
—- Fulton Theater.
A Lead Supporter of the Lancaster Theological Seminary:
—- Mrs. Barshinger has also been a leader supporter of the Lancaster Theological Seminary, located near F&M. The seminary’s campus is named the Ann B. Barshinger Campus.

  Ann Barshinger was not born into wealth. She was born in 1923 and grew up in the city of York, PA. Her father, Howard L. Boyd, worked for a utilities company. Her mother, Lizzie M. (Miller) Boyd, helped provide for the family by working in a sewing factory and elsewhere.
Ann Barshinger graduated from York’s William Penn High School in 1941. She then worked for the Charles Bear Department Store in downtown York. In the 1940s her parents started farming on a farm near Glen Rock, York County. She lived on that farm with her parents until 1946, when she married Richard S. Barshinger of nearby Red Lion, York County.
Richard Barshing was with the Red Lion Milling Company, which produced flour and animal feed. In the 1960s he sold the mill to ConAgra. Richard Barshinger was a 1943 graduate of F&M College. At that time the college was associated with the Reformed Church (former German Reformed Church). That denomination evolved into the UCC Church. (F&M College became secular in 1969.) The Barshingers were affiliated with the UCC Church in Red Lion, where Richard Barshinger was a lifelong member.
Ann Barshinger found her American dream. She helped others achieve that same dream.