Community Foundation of Central Georgia highlights growth, grants and community programs
Catherine Dennis, president of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, described the foundation’s growth since 2002, its role in downtown and neighborhood grants (including Knight Neighborhood Challenge and Downtown Challenge), scholarship programs and collaborative violence-prevention efforts serving 21 counties with a strong focus on Bibb County.
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Catherine Dennis, president of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, told Makin' It podcast listeners the foundation has grown from roughly $21.5 million in assets when she arrived in 2002 to a larger, more diversified endowment supporting local grants and initiatives. "We give away almost I think this year, we had 225 scholarships, about half $1,000,000," Dennis said, urging seniors to apply by the Feb. 28 deadline at cfcga.org.
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