Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne



To build public giving partnerships that effectively connect donors with nonprofit organizations and community projects to produce a brighter future for all people in Allen County. The Community Foundation works toward this mission in the following ways:

  • As a grantmaker, ensuring effective grants that meet donors' charitable interests and address the community's changing needs
  • As a steward, providing professional investment and financial services that preserve and enlarge a community pool of charitable funds
  • As a resource developer, attracting permanent assets that supply flexible community resources for today and the future
  • As a philanthropic advisor, offering information and advice that helps donors and nonprofit agencies achieve their objectives and improve the community
  • As a community leader, stimulating community dialogue and decision-making that help define common goals and solve crucial problems


    Web Address

    www.cfgfw.org


Assets and Giving for Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne

Assets

2019 - 167,410,639
2018 - 139,725,829
2017 - 153,765,160
Domestic Grants

2019 - 5,966,763
2018 - 5,601,399


    

Recent News from Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne


Parks board brings in new deputy
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne

... AWS Foundation, the Board of Park Commissioners, Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana, and the Community Foundation of Greater Fort...more

Riverfront development fulfills vision of Legacy
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Lilly Endowment

Fundraising by the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, matched by the Lilly Endowment, already is in place toward construction...more

Council puts off contract approval
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne

“I think it is absolutely critical that we make every endeavor to show the community that (the Community Foundation is) part of this project, and I...more

Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne awards $20000 Grant to Super Shot Inc.
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne

FORT WAYNE—Super Shot Inc. has been awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 by the Community Foundation of Greater Fort...more

Community Foundation Awards Over $2 Million in Grants
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne

The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne has awarded a total of $2,086,129 in grants to nonprofit organizations around Allen...more

Future of Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center uncertain
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Foellinger Foundation

The center also receives partial funding through an endowment the Paul Clarke Foundation established for it at the Community Foundation of...more

Joining riverfront renaissance
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Lilly Endowment

Fort Wayne's riverfront development efforts got a boost from a successful fundraising drive by the Community Foundation of Greater Fort...more

Riverfront gets $1 million grant
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Lilly Endowment

Officials from the Indianapolis foundation and Mayor Tom Henry announced the Lilly grant, which required $2 million to be raised locally, at a...more

Riverfront, grants will benefit from full $2 million Lilly match
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Lilly Endowment

The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne has raised nearly $3 million dollars in response to a challenge match from the...more

Community Foundation meets Riverfront goal
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, Lilly Endowment

It came down to the wire, but the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne fulfilled its part of the bargain to raise enough money for the...more



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