Spring 2020 Newsletter
NGCF is INVESTED in North Georgia! Read our Spring newsletter to hear about our COVID-19 Relief Efforts, New Donor Portal, Market Updates, etc. View the NGCF Spring 2020 Newsletter
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What are you GIVING during this Season?
What are you GIVING during this Season? I am blessed to be able to see the world through the eyes of my children, especially in this time of isolation and fear. They see the GOOD and they can GIVE in ways that touch my heart and give me hope for the future. Turn off Netflix[…..]
NGCF Establishes Coronavirus Relief Fund
No One Fights Alone. We Fight Together: Against the Coronavirus Impact This past weekend NGCF posted a message on our social media that ‘no one fights alone.’ Today, we put those words to action with the creation of the NGCF Coronavirus Relief Fund. As we process the news of the spread of coronavirus and how it is impacting the community,[…..]
NGCF Message Re: COVID-19 [03.13.2020]
The North Georgia Community Foundation takes the current situation regarding the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) very seriously. We want you to know that we are following all CDC recommendations regarding meetings and social distancing. Those recommendations include: Postpone events where the attendees are coming from multiple states, or from states or locales that have been declared a State of Emergency/[…..]
Celebrating Alongside our NGCF Fundholder: Daphne David
Earlier this week, some of our North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF) team and a few hundred people in the community had the opportunity to come together and celebrate Daphne David as she was honored as the 2020 Gainesville Woman of Distinction by the Girls Scouts of Historic Georgia. We wanted to take a minute to[…..]
From: Your Friend
What could NGCF and candy-grams have in common?! Well, last month my 6-year-old son wanted to send school candy-grams to some of his friends on Valentine’s Day. What surprised me is that he signed some of them simply,‘From: Your Friend.’ When I asked him why he didn’t sign his name, his reply was ‘because surprises are nice[…..]
Fund Holders Give Back to First Responders by Establishing Scholarship Funds
Fund Holders Give Back to First Responders by Establishing Scholarship Funds And Applications are OPEN NOW At the North Georgia Community Foundation, we are honored to help people support the passions and purposes they hold dear. Recognition of the sacrifices of our first responders and their families is important to many of us. Our firefighters, police,[…..]
Let’s Not be “Too Late”
Let’s Not be “Too Late” As we take a minute to reflect on yesterday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we think about the man himself who spurred incredible action across the world because of his passion for equality and justice. He didn’t wait for ‘some day’ to be the day he woke up and decided[…..]
2020-2024 Strategic Plan
In 2019 the NGCF Strategic Planning Committee spent over 178 hours of work on a comprehensive Strategic Plan for the organization. We invite you to review the results in this Strategic Plan: Executive Summary. Why was it time for a strategic plan? Because of the growth NGCF experienced from 2015 – 2019 we knew it[…..]
The Kid’s Table
The Kid’s Table This holiday season as you gathered with friends and family, where did you sit? Were you at the ‘adult’s table’ or were you at the ‘kid’s table’? Don’t we all secretly wish we were at the kid’s table? Children evoke a certain nostalgia, especially around the holidays, that reminds us of our[…..]