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Shortly
after, the Kellogg Foundation --
a longtime supporter of community foundation development in Michigan --
issued a generous challenge grant. |
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For every local dollar the
Charlevoix County Community Foundation raised, the Kellogg Foundation
offered to match it, dollar for dollar, up to $1 million.
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Area donors responded
enthusiastically. As a result, the Kellogg Foundation challenge was
met, helping us establish a unique, million-dollar endowment dedicated
exclusively to benefit young people. |
| By 1993, the community foundation began making its first grants to support education, the arts and
culture, environmental initiatives, civic improvement projects, human
service programs, recreation, and more. |
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Today,
the Charlevoix County Community Foundation has grown to become a
well-established, highly respected, and widely valued charitable
resource. Net assets now total more than $19.4 million, and grants and
scholarships of $7.7 million have been distributed over the years.
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Our foundation's growth
is all the more remarkable when one considers that Charlevoix County
numbers fewer than 27,000 fulltime residents. Yet our success speaks
volumes about our community's values, and the GENEROUS PEOPLE
who live and vacation here. |
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