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Blue Grass Community Foundation
C. W. and Irene Sulier had a vision - a permanent fund that would be invested and the income used for grants as needs rose in the community.
In 1967, they established the Blue Grass Community Foundation. Their gifts to the Foundation over the years became the General Endowment Fund. Income from the fund is given out annually in grants to agencies and in scholarships to high school seniors going to college.
Today the Foundation carries out their vision by offering people many ways to give for a wide variety of interests.
Web Address
www.bgcf.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @bgcfky
Facebook - www.facebook.com/BGCFKY/
Instagram - instagram.com/bgcfky
YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCBG5jF_5iW3xrLVfmYFd97A
In 1967, they established the Blue Grass Community Foundation. Their gifts to the Foundation over the years became the General Endowment Fund. Income from the fund is given out annually in grants to agencies and in scholarships to high school seniors going to college.
Today the Foundation carries out their vision by offering people many ways to give for a wide variety of interests.
Web Address
www.bgcf.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @bgcfky
Facebook - www.facebook.com/BGCFKY/
Instagram - instagram.com/bgcfky
YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCBG5jF_5iW3xrLVfmYFd97A
Assets and Giving for Blue Grass Community Foundation
Assets
2020 - 132,271,880
2019 - 137,909,823
2018 - 126,725,630
2017 - 105,927,423
2020 - 132,271,880
2019 - 137,909,823
2018 - 126,725,630
2017 - 105,927,423
Domestic Grants
2020 - 17,124,862
2019 - 10,343,085
2018 - 11,722,087
2020 - 17,124,862
2019 - 10,343,085
2018 - 11,722,087
Recent News from Blue Grass Community Foundation
Madison County residents, Blue Grass Community Foundation to establish Madison County Community Fund
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation, Madison County Community Foundation
In order to institute the Madison County Community Fund, residents have been challenged to raise fund amounting to $25,000 while Blue Grass Community Foundation will match every single dollar...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation, Madison County Community Foundation
In order to institute the Madison County Community Fund, residents have been challenged to raise fund amounting to $25,000 while Blue Grass Community Foundation will match every single dollar...more
Raise of Hope for Tornado Victims
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Thirty Lexington businesses and organizations that make their living producing social events will organize a party with proceeds to be given towards rebuilding of West Liberty after the...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Thirty Lexington businesses and organizations that make their living producing social events will organize a party with proceeds to be given towards rebuilding of West Liberty after the...more
Eastern Kentucky Tornado Rebuilding Fund
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
The Blue Grass Community Foundation has recently announced the establishment of the Eastern Kentucky Tornado Rebuilding Fund in response to the devastating tornadoes that hit Eastern Kentucky. The...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
The Blue Grass Community Foundation has recently announced the establishment of the Eastern Kentucky Tornado Rebuilding Fund in response to the devastating tornadoes that hit Eastern Kentucky. The...more
Blue Grass Community Foundation initiative surveying 'food needs'in Lex's East End
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Food Works East End, an initiative of Blue Grass Community Foundation, is gathering information to learn what people in the neighborhood want to know about food. The goal of Food Works East End is...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Food Works East End, an initiative of Blue Grass Community Foundation, is gathering information to learn what people in the neighborhood want to know about food. The goal of Food Works East End is...more
Kentucky Foundation Surveying the Food Needs of Its Community
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
The Blue Grass Community Foundation will be conducting a survey of the food needs of the East End section of Lexington, Kentucky. Food Works East End will try to get a handle on the access to...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
The Blue Grass Community Foundation will be conducting a survey of the food needs of the East End section of Lexington, Kentucky. Food Works East End will try to get a handle on the access to...more
Three days left to give to the GoodGivingGuide.net challenge
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
This community-wide, online fundraising effort is a partnership between Blue Grass Community Foundation and Smiley Pete Publishing on behalf of 58 Lexington nonprofits. To date, $143000 has been...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
This community-wide, online fundraising effort is a partnership between Blue Grass Community Foundation and Smiley Pete Publishing on behalf of 58 Lexington nonprofits. To date, $143000 has been...more
Tom Eblen: Rural non-profits can have a big impact
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Maggard uses that memory to explain the potential he sees in the Community Foundation of Hazard and Perry County, on whose board he sits. The foundation was created in 2009 to raise local money for...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Maggard uses that memory to explain the potential he sees in the Community Foundation of Hazard and Perry County, on whose board he sits. The foundation was created in 2009 to raise local money for...more
Knight grant will help improve eating habits and health of East End
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation, Knight Foundation
Awarded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the grant was part of $2.26 million in matching grants to 19 local foundations to help "communities be better informed about specific...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation, Knight Foundation
Awarded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the grant was part of $2.26 million in matching grants to 19 local foundations to help "communities be better informed about specific...more
Tom Eblen: One year, 416 miles of Lexington streets, many lessons learned
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
By Tom Eblen — Herald-Leader columnist Steve Austin, a landscape architect and city planner who now works for the Blue Grass Community Foundation, has almost finished his year-long quest to ride...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
By Tom Eblen — Herald-Leader columnist Steve Austin, a landscape architect and city planner who now works for the Blue Grass Community Foundation, has almost finished his year-long quest to ride...more
Newberry Announces Expansion Of Lexington's Wireless Network
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Steve Austin, vice president of Community Leadership and Engagement for the Blue Grass Community Foundation, said the Foundation has served as a non-profit ...See all stories on this topic...more
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation
Steve Austin, vice president of Community Leadership and Engagement for the Blue Grass Community Foundation, said the Foundation has served as a non-profit ...See all stories on this topic...more
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