DeKALB – Charlie and Mary Roberts founded the DeKalb County Community Foundation in 1993 and initially contributed $3.5 million to it from their family foundation. Since then, the foundation has grown to serve more than 350 different charitable funds and has managed a total of $54 million in the past 25 years, the foundation’s Executive Director Dan Templin said. He said the foundation now distributes about $2.5 million annually for grants and scholarships. “So this very generous gift from a single couple really gave the community foundation a strong start,” said Templin, who has been executive director since 2008. About 175 donors, beneficiaries and community supporters attended a dinner Thursday night at the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Northern Illinois University Holmes Student Center meant to close out a year of celebration. That also included the organization periodically raffling off $2,500 grants at various events throughout the county, community … [Read more...] about DeKalb County Community Foundation celebrates 25 years with dinner
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Milton Keynes Community Foundation’s Charity Car Raffle turns 30
Local charities, including Bosom Pals and Bletchley Lions Club, joined MK Lightning player David Norris and Pucky on 22nd October 2018 at centre:mk to celebrate the launch of MK Community Foundation’s 30th Charity Car Raffle. This year’s grand prize, which can be won for just £1, is a Volkswagen up! GTI 1.0 TSI 115PS 6-Speed manual 3 door in tornado red, generously donated by Volkswagen Group UK Ltd.The money raised supports charities in Milton Keynes making a difference to local lives. Groups retain at least 50% of the funds raised from ticket sales and the remaining money goes in to MK Community Foundation’s grant-making programme, benefiting community groups across Milton Keynes.This year the car location has changed. You can get your tickets at the car just outside Monsoon and Superdrug at the centre:mk or from your local charity representative, a full list of charities taking part is available online at www.mkcommunityfoundation.co.uk More than £21,000 … [Read more...] about Milton Keynes Community Foundation’s Charity Car Raffle turns 30
Northamptonshire Community Foundation’s bid to help vulnerable elderly people this winter
Northamptonshire Community Foundation has teamed up with The Big Give Christmas Challenge - the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign - to help vulnerable elderly people. The foundation is raising funds for the Surviving Winter appeal which aims to save lives and help socially isolated and vulnerable elderly people. Last year, a total of £18,319.66 was raised and the Christmas Challenge offers the potential to significantly increase this.Northamptonshire Community Foundation’s recent Hidden Needs research indicates that the highest area of population growth in the county is people aged 65 and over, accounting for 17.3 per cent of the population. With many of these people living alone, and with concerns over social isolation and the cold winter months, action needs to be taken now to prevent fuel and food poverty, as well as social isolation for the older community.Winter deaths from causes directly linked to the cold and poor living conditions are preventable. … [Read more...] about Northamptonshire Community Foundation’s bid to help vulnerable elderly people this winter
Community foundation to be launched
A new community foundation is to be launched for the benefit of the Clutha District, and will have former prime minister Sir William English as its patron. The Clutha Foundation will be officially launched in Balclutha on August 17, with the aim of simplifying philanthropic giving to the South Otago community. Inaugural chairman, accountant Bill Thomson, of Wanaka, said the new foundation would model itself on other successful community foundations around the country, and allow generous people to donate directly to their local communities, backed by the combined financial weight of a collective fund. The foundation had been inspired by the absence of any similar opportunity for philanthropic giving locally, he said. ''I like the expression 'live here, give here' as a succinct way of summing up our purpose. ''There's an inherent willingness in people to be philanthropic, especially in a local sense, and this foundation makes it easier to do that.'' People in the Clutha District loved … [Read more...] about Community foundation to be launched
Main Street Community Foundation awards grants
Bringing history to life. Expanding early literacy. Meeting basic needs. Those are a few ways that the recent grants awarded by Main Street Community Foundation will inspire, affect and touch the residents living and working in the towns of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott. A total of 40 organizations representing a broad range of programs and projects received $110,000 in grant awards. This is the result of the foundation’s competitive 2018 General Grant Cycle, which saw the submission of 45 grant proposals. The grants were awarded from 29 endowed funds established by donors to support the local community and the causes they care about. “We are thrilled to be announcing $110,000 in grants, thanks to the generous donors who have established and built these funds to bolster our communities and help our neighbors,” said Susan Sadecki, President & CEO of the Community Foundation in a press release from the foundation. The press … [Read more...] about Main Street Community Foundation awards grants