We invite you to browse this site to learn more about us. See how your community foundation helps build a strong, healthy community in Nelson and the surrounding area. Find out how your gift can make a difference here at home, and the many ways you can choose to give. Meet the board members. Help us build a vibrant community that we proudly pass onto our children. We’d be happy to answer any questions you might have, so please don’t hesitate to contact us.
We were thrilled to receive a $20,000 contribution from the Nelson & District Credit Union recently. It boosts to $110,000 the capital in NDCU’s endowed fund, established with Osprey in 2001 That capital is never spent, but the annual earnings flow back to the community. It’s like an apple tree that is never cut down, but produces a new crop of apples to share each year.
Here’s what’s special about NDCU’s apples. With most of our funds, the income goes to particular local charities or scholarships designated by the donor. But earnings from the NDCU fund are not designated. Instead, they can be used to boost our general community granting program. That allows us to meet a greater number of requests for funding each year.
We look forward to picking those apples, year after year, and to distributing them to local charities where they will do the most good.
Get guidelines and application forms here.
Note new deadline: March 30th, 2012.
This year’s Arts Legacy Fund grant category is Literary Arts.
