The Fremont Area Community Foundation serves the Newaygo County, Michigan area. The Foundation is one of the largest community foundations in the nation on a per capita basis, serving a population of 50,000 and with 2007 yearend net assets of $218 million. In 2007, the Foundation made grants of $10.6 million to benefit the Newaygo County area.
Teach for America is a social venture that hires graduating seniors from some of the most selective colleges and offers them with five-week training courses before unleashing them for a minimum of two years in some of the country’s worst classrooms.