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Causes: Community Foundations, Philanthropy
Mission: Our mission is to strengthen greene county by building charitable endowments, maximizing benefits to donors, making effective grants and providing leadership to address community needs.
Programs: The cfgc educational improvement tax credit (eitc) program provides scholarships for eligible greene county students attending approved private k-12 schools and pre-kindergarten programs as well as providing grants for a variety of educational programs and equipment for advanced, innovative curriculum activities which benefit public school students.
endowment funds - agreements from individuals and estates who gave monies that are permanently restricted and only the income can be paid to the agreed named charitable organization listed in the agreement or for post secondary education scholarships.
the greene county weekend food program of cfgc works with local schools to provide bags of non-perishable food items for children identified as being food insecure. Monies are provided to the schools to purchase food for distribution throughout the school year.
the majority of other program services are made up of restricted and unrestricted grants. In addition to the grants, amounts are also included for the summer food and community builders programs.