Serving Berrien County Since 1952 Celebrating our 60th Year!
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Mission Statement The mission of the Berrien Community Foundation is to promote philanthropy, to build a spirit of community, and to enhance the quality of life in Berrien County through its stewardship of permanently endowed and other funds.
We shall accomplish our mission by:
* Building permanent endowments and other funds and providing a broad range of flexible and cost-effective donor services
* Investing and managing funds prudently and professionally
* Making grants to support a broad range of projects and programs that address community needs, with a focus on building a spirit of community/arts & culture, nurturing our children, and youth development and leadership
* Serving as a facilitative leader, catalyst, and resource for our communities
Lakeland Community Room A Joint Gift from the Berrien Community Foundation & United Way of SW Michigan Legacy and donor advised funds made this partnership possible |
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Philanthropy is Love Giving through the Berrien Community Foundation provides donors with the joy of being philanthropists and paying it forward. That joy is the essence of the Berrien Community Foundation. Anyone can be a philanthropist through the Foundation. Please contact us so that we may assist you with your philanthropic wishes.
The Heart of Cook Foundation Fund
“The Heart of Cook” is a grant program administered by the Berrien Community Foundation targeted to assist educational, human services, and environmental nonprofit projects in Southwest Michigan and Northwest Indiana (La Porte, St. Joseph, and Elkhart Counties).
The Berrien Community Foundation is accepting applications on behalf of I & M's Heart of Cook Foundation Fund, a corporate advised fund held by BCF, from January 9-February 8, 2012. Applications and the guidelines are available on this page for downloading (see below) Completed applications are to be delivered to the Berrien Community Foundation by 5 p.m. on February 8, 2012, OR if mailed, postmarked by a post office with a date no later than February 8, 2012, no exceptions. We strongly encourage potential applicants to read the Guidelines first before proceeding to the application completion step. An organization (501(c)(3) or equivalent [units of government (e.g., county, city, township), religious organizations (e.g., church, synagogue), schools (e.g., high school, elementary]) may submit only one application during this cycle (i.e., one for either the long form or the mini grant form).
Note: If the organization is not one of these four types, we cannot accept a grant application from that organization due to IRS regulations for corporate advised funds. TO DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION AND THE GUIDELINES Click on the Minigrant Application to apply for $100-$500 grants (SAVE to download the Word Doc) Click on the Long Form Grant Application to apply for larger grants (SAVE to download the Word Doc) For a description of the Guidelines, click on Program Guidelines (SAVE A COPY to save pdf once opened)
► Minigrant Application (Word) ► Long Form Grant Application (Word) ► Program Guidelines (pdf)
Again, an organization can submit only one application this cycle (i.e., one for either the long form OR the minigrant application) Completion and mailing instructions are provided in the applications. Applying organizations will be notified of the decisions by mail in early April. For those organizations receiving grants, these will be provided at a May reception.
Leaving a Legacy at BCF: Estate Plan Suggested Language
For information on how to include the Berrien
Community Foundation in your estate plan,
click Leaving a Legacy at BCF: Estate Plan Suggested Language to download
the pdf file. Contact 269-983-3486 or
bcf@BerrienCommunity.org
for additional information
about establishing a legacy fund with the Foundation.
This two page summary report provides helpful and "fun" facts about the Berrien Community Foundation and how to contact us.
Click on BCF FACT SHEET to download the pdf file
This three page summary report presents the Foundation's 2011 year via various graphs and charts.
Click on the 2011 Year End Summary to download the pdf file
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