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Centre County Community Foundation Charity Profile
The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation. All requests for funds are investigated, and funding decisions are made by the Board of Directors. The Directors also set policy and help with fund raising and community relationships. All of these responsibilities are governed by the corporation's bylaws.
The Centre County Community Foundation was created in 1981 as a public charity dedicated to meeting changing needs and assisting individuals, families and business throughout Centre County plan and carry out their charitable giving. The Foundation accepts gifts to create permanent endowments and makes distributions from this pool, serving as a leader in the community's philanthropic activities. Funding is directed to not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organizations serving Centre County.
The Foundation provides support for the arts, social and health concerns, education, and the environment. The Foundation tries to target funds toward the community's most pressing needs and projects that will have the greatest impact.
The Centre County Community Foundation welcomes requests for funding from our discretionary funds as part of its mission to promote the betterment of Centre County and enhance the quality of life for all its residents.
As a community foundation, the Centre County Community Foundation does not limit its discretionary grant-making to a particular field or area of interest. Rather, it seeks to support projects which have direct relevance to the most pressing problems and needs in our geographic area of interest…. Centre County.
The Foundation follows these principles when awarding discretionary grants:
The Centre County Community Foundation awards grants to not-for-profit organizations that provide services within Centre County in the areas of the arts, education, the environment and health and social services.
Grants are made only to tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organizations.
The Foundation gives priority to projects and programs which have been planned in light of overall community needs, which do not duplicate existing service, and which will help those who are not being adequately served by existing community resources.
The Foundation seeks to meet the needs of the community rather than the needs of an individual organization.
Grants are made to support programs serving all persons, regardless of race, religion or creed.
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Centre County Community Foundation
