Keeping you informed on the happenings of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country.
Mission Statement
“Helping donors achieve their charitable goals for the
benefit of the Texas Hill Country”.
Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall and Kerr Counties.
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country is a nonprofit, community corporation created by and for the people of the Texas Hill Country. We are here to help our donors do good work…Forever. The foundation was established in 1982 for the benefit of Kerr County. In 2000 the Community Foundation expanded its geographic reach to serve a larger Hill Country area including Fredericksburg, Comfort, Medina, Kerrville, Ingram, Hunt, and Center Point.
A community foundation has three distinct features and it is the combination of these features that provide unique opportunities for donors and our community. The first feature is a permanent endowment. Permanent endowment means the foundation invests and protects donor's gifts, distributes earnings via grants, builds permanent community capital to meet the needs of future generations, and creates legacies for donors. In this way each donor's gifts works within our community today and tomorrow.
The second distinct feature is its broad and flexible purpose. The Community Foundation monitors all areas of community needs in the Hill Country today and tomorrow including arts, education, youth, seniors, community services, health care, and rehabilitation needs. The foundation's knowledge of the community is one of the greatest services we can provide our donors. We can help our donor's maximize the impact of their gifts in our community.
The third distinct feature of a community foundation is personalized giving. To help our donors have the greatest flexibility, the Community Foundation accepts a variety of gifts including cash, stocks, property, and bequests. In addition donors have the opportunity to be involved in establishing a fund in their name or the name of a loved one. Donors can give what they want, how they want, when they want…and receive maximum tax advantages.
The first community foundation established in Texas was in 1929 - the Dallas Foundation. Today there are 25 community foundations in the state of Texas that collectively hold more than $1.1 billion in endowed funds. These foundations distribute in excess of $82 million annually in local grants and are a part of the fastest growing field in philanthropy today with more than 650 community foundations operating across the United States.
We invite you to join the
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country…your community
foundation…in providing a platform for building our community…For
good. For
ever.SM
A Busy and Exciting Year So Far in 2009
The Buckhorn Lake Resort in
The next event will be the Spring Luncheon on May 7th held in
The month of May will also be a busy month for the Community Foundation
with the distribution of scholarship awards from the various scholarship
funds held at the Community Foundation. The awards are personally given
to the recipients during the various awards programs at the designated
high schools in the four county hill country region that we serve
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We are also beginning our preparation for the bi-annual Snow Ball black
tie gala which will be held on January 30, 2010.
The gala will be held in
As you can see, we are engaged in a variety of activities that
positively impact our communities this year.
We remain optimistic about the
economic and charitable giving future of the hill country region.
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