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- EIN 23-7026859
- (845) 452-3077
- 25 Van Wagner Road Poughkeepsie NY 12603-1683 USA
- www.communityfoundationshv.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Community Foundations, Economic Development, Philanthropy
Mission: Our mission is to strengthen our communities by offering donors the means to establish charitable legacies by making grants, and by providing leadership to address community needs in a manner that is responsible, responsive, and lasting.
Programs: Grantmaking: administration of charitable funds to meet community needs by making grants to nonprofits for charitable purposes. During 2017, $3. 1 million was granted with approximately 47% of grants made were for the purpose of health and human service related activities, 21% for educational purposes, 16% for arts and culture, and the remaining grants a mix of community improvement, animal welfare, faith based organization's charitable activities.
donor relations: working with donors to connect them to the causes they care about most. Services include researching nonprofits and causes, providing seminars on topics and community needs, assisting donors in structuring their funds and estate plans to achieve their philanthropic goals and answering questions about charitable giving.
nonprofit technical assistance: providing seminars and information on a wide range of topics about managing nonprofits including board governance, financial management, compliance, using data to improve programs and fundraising, the value of endowment funds, creating and implementing planned giving programs with their own donor bases, and grant-writing.