Results of youth surveys conducted by NCF in two area middle and high schools prompted affiliated fund leaders of the Boone County Area Foundation Fund (BCAFF) to refocus its grantmaking to emphasize greater long-term impact.
With fewer than 700 people in the area it serves, the Thedford Community Foundation Fund has built an endowment of almost $200,000 in a few short years and made grants of nearly $40,000. It also has secured more than $150,000 in planned gifts.
Several years after the high school in Trumbull closed in 1998, the Trumbull Community Foundation Fund took the lead in redeveloping the school building into a busy community center.
NCF affiliated funds are preserving our heritage and building for the future.
The Atkinson Police Department is equipped to deal with increased drug trafficking on Highway 20, thanks to help from the Atkinson Community Foundation Fund. Within a month the Fund received enough donations to purchase a police dog.
