Spring Newsletter 2019

President’s Fund Offers Quick Response for Nonprofits “It’s important for the Community Foundation to have a grant fund available which can be nimble in quickly responding to both urgent crises and community changes.”

Because part of our mission at the Community Foundation is to strengthen nonprofits, we strive to provide a diverse range of grant opportunities. While all nonprofits face challenges, no two are exactly alike. To reflect that, we offer funding that can help a nonprofit with a variety of challenges or opportunities.

Our competitive grants are made from permanently endowed funds entrusted to the Community Foundation by donors who want to ensure the future of our community during and beyond their lifetimes. The grants made by these funds support innovation, sustainability and capacity-building.

One of these funds – called the President’s Fund – supports emergency expenses or emerging opportunities for nonprofits in Linn County. An emergency expense is a unique and unexpected circumstance that threatens the organization itself. Emerging opportunities include immediate need for a new program or an unexpected opportunity that is of broad community importance.

“It’s important for the Community Foundation to have a grant fund available which can be nimble in quickly responding to both urgent crises and community changes,” says Rochelle Naylor, a Program Officer at the Community Foundation.

Read on to learn about three area nonprofits that were able to respond to new opportunities and challenges through grants from the President’s Fund at the Community Foundation. For information on the President’s Fund, eligibility and application requirements, visit gcrcf.org/grants.

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