Fanwood Community Foundation “For the love of Fanwood”

Fanwood Fanwood Community Community FoundationFoundation

““For the love of For the love of Fanwood”Fanwood”

Fanwood Train StationFanwood Train Station

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

Fanwood Fanwood Community Community Foundation Foundation

Grant Recipients

19991999

The Fanwood The Fanwood Millennium Clock Millennium Clock Committee Committee received the first received the first grant of $100.grant of $100.

20012001

TV 35TV 35

Friends of Friends of the Fanwood the Fanwood Memorial Memorial LibraryLibrary

20012001

"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

Fanwood Fanwood Pocket Park Pocket Park CommitteeCommittee

20012001

Carriage Carriage House House ParkPark

20022002

Sadly, the Center closed in 2004 due to lack of funding.

The CenterThe Centerfor Womenfor Womenand and FamiliesFamilies

Resolve Resolve CounselinCounseling Centerg Center

20020055

Fanwood Youth Fanwood Youth OrganizationOrganization

20052005

Fanwood Youth Fanwood Youth OrganizationOrganization

20072007

"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

20200707

Heart For

Humanity

Donald De Donald De Nitzio Nitzio Fund Fund (Food (Food Bank)Bank)

20072007

"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

Fanwood Fanwood Volunteer Fire Volunteer Fire Co. Co.

20072007

20082008YMCA YMCA Capital CampaignCapital CampaignBuy a Brick - $1000Buy a Brick - $1000

20082008

FANWOODFANWOOD

CERTCERTCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITYEMERGENCYEMERGENCYRESPONSERESPONSE

TEAMTEAM

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

THANK THANK YOUYOUfor making a for making a difference!difference!