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The first community foundation was established in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio
Our foundation is one of 637 community foundations throughout the United States -- 60 of them in Michigan
Since we began in 1992, our community foundation has distributed more than $7.7 million in grants and scholarships
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
More than 1088 students have received scholarships totaling $926,000 from our community foundation

Donors have created 189 separate funds within the community foundation
Our foundation manages 28 agency endowment funds on behalf of local nonprofit organization
43 donor advised funds allow the benefactors who created them to have a say in what to support

Last year, 1302 people made a gift to our community foundation