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Fanwood Fanwood Community Community FoundationFoundation
““For the love of For the love of Fanwood”Fanwood”
Building today for a better Fanwood Building today for a better Fanwood tomorrowtomorrow
10 Years and $100,00010 Years and $100,000
Mission StatementMission Statement
The Fanwood Community Foundation gives members of the community a philanthropic opportunity to perpetuate their love of Fanwood by:Providing philanthropic leadership Identifying opportunities to enhance the quality
of lifeWorking cooperatively with other local non-
profitsSupporting the efforts of Scouts in achieving
their personal goals
““I'm not doing my I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any any kind of guilt, or any need to create good need to create good public relations. I'm public relations. I'm doing it because I can doing it because I can afford to do it, and I afford to do it, and I believe in it.”believe in it.”
-- George -- George SorosSoros
600 600 Community Community Foundations collectively Foundations collectively
manage in excess ofmanage in excess of
$30 Billion $30 Billion of of philanthropic capitalphilanthropic capital
19991999
The Fanwood The Fanwood Millennium Clock Millennium Clock Committee Committee received the first received the first grant of $100.grant of $100.
"Never doubt that a "Never doubt that a small group of small group of thoughtful, committed thoughtful, committed citizens can change the citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”only thing that ever has.”
--Margaret --Margaret MeadMead
20022002
Sadly, the Center closed in 2004 due to lack of funding.
The CenterThe Centerfor Womenfor Womenand and FamiliesFamilies
"The point is not to pay "The point is not to pay back kindness but to back kindness but to pass it on." pass it on."
---- Julia Julia AlvarezAlvarez
"A person's true wealth is the "A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the good he or she does in the
world.” world.”
--Mohammed--Mohammed
More than More than $5000 in $5000 in
grants grants awarded!awarded!
We have only just begunWe have only just begun……
““We make a living by what we We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by get, but we make a life by
what we give.”what we give.”
-- Winston Churchill-- Winston Churchill