Impact Investing

Supporting Local Business through Local Partnerships

As a Community Foundation, we exist to invest in the people and places of our region and steward community assets for lasting impact. We do this by promoting generous donor giving, funding pressing needs and promising opportunities through grants to area nonprofit organizations, awarding meaningful scholarships to local students, and engaging in collaborative leadership efforts all while building endowments that make a lasting impact for generations to come.

Over our 33-year history, we’ve grown to hold over $100 million in endowment assets. Our endowment financial and spending strategy allows for annual disbursements of almost $4 million annually in grant and scholarship awards. In addition to serving our communities through our grant support, we are determined to expand our capacity and have a positive impact serving all in our region.

Impact investing, also known as program-related investing, is one avenue that expands our capacity. Impact investing involves deploying a portion of our assets locally to achieve both a social and financial return. This investment strategy allows us to expand our sources of community impact beyond grantmaking alone and provides an effective tool to support strengthening our local economy, helping the business and nonprofit community secure federal and state government financial support, and enhancing our ability to have community impact in the region.

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