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Recent Grants
2011 Competitive Grants
Recognizing that the community's challenges and needs will change, donors have established community endowment funds to address the changing needs of Clinton County now and forever. Donors can entrust the Foundation with the selection of the most needed programs to receive grant funding based on a competitive process.
The Clinton County Community Foundation awarded more than $187,000 in competitive grants during 2011. An additional $53,000 was awarded through the capacity building grants program.
2011 Competitive Grants2011 Designated/Agency Grants
Donors may identify one or more charitable organizations to receive an income stream forever. If at some time in the future the named charity is no longer recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization, the Foundation Board of Directors has the variance power to select another organization with a similar purpose to benefit from the fund.
In 2011, the Clinton County Community Foundation distributed $205,454 in designated/agency grants to 28 organizations as identified by donors.
2011 Donor Advised Grants
Donors may be actively involved in the grantmaking process by recommending which qualified charitable organizations should receive grants from their advised fund. These flexible funds enable donors to address a wide variety of issues as their charitable interests and priorities change over time.
In 2011, the Clinton County Community Foundation distributed $5,607 in donor advised grants.
About the Clinton County Community Foundation, a fund of the Community Foundation of Howard County, Inc.
The Clinton County Community Foundation was established in 1996. The purpose of the Foundation is to serve the interests of donors, to make grants, and to act as a catalyst around issues of community importance in Clinton County.
For information about the Community Foundation and its services to donors, call Ron Harper or Hilda Burns at (800) 964-0508. The Web site (www.cfclinton.org) contains information about making gifts to endowment funds, scholarships, and grantmaking. Our e-mail address is info@cfclinton.org.
