Community Foundation Research

Explore the Foundation’s Website and complete the following:

1. What is the name of the community foundation nearest to you?

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2. What is their mission statement?

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3. What are some charitable organizations in your area? __________________________________________________________________

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4. List some grants awarded? ____________________________________________

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5. What types of grants do they seem to favor?

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6. Do they award youth grants? __________________________________________

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7. Do they have a youth advisory committee? (Look under programs.) __________________________________________________________________

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8. What types of projects does the Y.A.C. fund?

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9. What is the average grant size? ________________________________________

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10. What ideas do you have for writing a grant proposal? __________________________________________________________________

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