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The first community
foundation was established in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio |
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Our foundation is one
of 637 community foundations throughout the United States -- 60 of them
in Michigan |
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Since we began in 1992,
our community foundation has distributed more than $10.4 million in
grants and scholarships
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A Youth Advisory
Committee (better know as YAC), made up of students from throughout our
county, helps oversee and distribute grants from a $1 million fund
exclusively dedicated for the benefit of young people |
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1,464 students
have received scholarships totaling $1.36 million from our community
foundation |
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Donors have created 224
separate funds within the community foundation |
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Our foundation manages
37 agency endowment funds on behalf of local nonprofit organization |
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56 donor advised funds
allow the benefactors who created them to have a say in what to support |
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Last year, 1,141 people made a gift to our
community foundation
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