A small group of concerned local citizens established the Community Foundation of Burke County, Inc. in 2000. They wanted to ensure that Burke County, North Carolina would continue to flourish during their lifetimes and long into the future. They also wanted to provide a means for members of this close knit community to care for the organizations, churches and communities that they love far beyond their lifetimes. The Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization and receives gifts, endowments and bequests from individuals, families, businesses and organizations. The distributions from these funds are used to make grants to qualified charitable agencies and institutions primarily serving the residents of Burke County, North Carolina.

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Assets and Giving for Community Foundation of Burke County

Assets

2019 - 23,993,684
2018 - 20,044,257
2017 - 21,583,946

Domestic Grants

2019 - 1,378,361
2018 - 889,912

Link to Grants

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