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Connect Mini-Grant Spurs Ackley Community Foundation Growth

October 2, 2017

October 2, 2017

Mike Nuss, Committee Member, Ackley Community Foundation

The Ackley Community Foundation used a 2016 Connect Mini-Grant (from the drawing) to develop and establish a donor envelope campaign by expanding on a memorial envelope developed by the Floyd County Community Foundation.  The intent of the project was to:

  • create visibility for the Foundation;
  • educate the public on the purpose  of the Foundation;
  • allow for donations of any size to create fund growth; and
  • allow donors to give tp the Foundation at their convenience.

Displays and envelopes were placed throughout the community at seven churches, two banks and a funeral home. Newspaper publicity explaining the program provided additional support. Total costs for printing and the display units were $422.00. Displays were placed this past March and April.

As of the end of August, sixteen gifts had been received totaling $13,395.00.  *It should be noted that ten of the gifts were from Foundation Board members utilizing the envelopes, and a local church that had received an estate gift used the program to make a $10,000 donation to “pay it forward” to the Ackley Community.

The Ackley Community Foundation is very appreciative of the Iowa Council of Foundations grant which made the campaign possible.

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