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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Community Foundation set to award record $230k in grant funding
The Cass County Community Foundation Board of Directors announced Wednesday afternoon a record high of $230,000 available for this year's grant cycle. 'As we look back, the impact of our grantmaking can be witnessed throughout the county,' said Deanna Crispen, CCCF president and CEO. 'We have continued to enjoy substantial growth over the last thirty plus years, increasing our grant money from approximately $19,000 just 21 years ago to $230,000 this year. Our board has continued to work diligently to grow our funds so that every year we can offer more back to the community for important projects. This year's pool of $230,000 is an increase over 2024 and the twentieth consecutive year that the Foundation has increased the amount available.' Non-profit, 501© (3) organizations serving Cass County are encouraged to apply for funding for projects which benefit the community and improve the quality of life in Cass County. Guidelines and instructions may be picked up at the CCCF office, 729 E. Market St. or downloaded from the Foundation website at The documents are located under the publications tab. The deadline to return the completed letter of intent and materials for competitive grants or opportunity grant requests is June 20, 2025. For information about the application process, contact the CCCF office at 574-722-2200.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Wiltshire Community Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary
Europe's "oldest community foundation" is celebrating 50 years of supporting people in crisis and raising more than £26.8m for charities. The Wiltshire Community Foundation (WCF), founded on 6 May 1975, supports voluntary groups by bringing businesses together to pool charitable helping mothers and their children escape domestic violence to supporting education projects and schemes to improve people's mental health, the foundation aims to provide money and support "where it is needed most", a spokesperson Oliver, WCF's joint chief executive, said: "Our 50th anniversary is a remarkable milestone." "It wouldn't have been possible without the incredible generosity of our supporters, the contribution of our partners, and the tireless work of the local voluntary sector," she its 50th anniversary, a series of events will be held throughout 2025, including a volunteers' lunch in June and an anniversary celebration in known as the Thamesdown Community Trust, the charity was founded by Lord Joel Joffe, Nelson Mandela's lawyer."Since 1975, we've been privileged to build on the vision of those who established the foundation - people who believed in the power of local communities to come together and support one another," said Ms Oliver. The foundation later merged with Wiltshire Community Trust in 1991, changing its name to the Wiltshire Community bosses believe it was the first community foundation set up in the UK and Oliver said the WCF's work included a £3,000 grant awarded in 2000. This funded the launch of a pilot project in Salisbury for a food bank, which was a "relatively new concept in the UK"."It was for the Trussell Trust, which now gives out three million emergency food parcels each year."So from very small grassroots organisations, mighty things can grow, and we never underestimate the impact that small community groups have," she added. Among the many schemes it supports is the Kennet Furniture Refurbiz, which offers people in hardship furniture and white goods at affordable prices. It has also helped to fund Swindon Sisters Alliance, a charity shop that offers domestic violence victims support to leave to the future, Ms Oliver said the charity was "excited to continue building" its work.
