The Foundation just held its Annual Meeting this past Wednesday. It’s our opportunity to put on a show for our donors and the professional advisors that we work with along with recognizing our scholarship recipients and providing our agency stakeholders with investment and grant updates. We try to make it nice — an opportunity for [...]
It is my privilege as Senior Program Officer to visit hundreds of programs throughout Lorain County when they apply to the Community Foundation of Lorain County for grants. In my 12 years here at the Foundation, I have seen and heard many heart breaking and heart warming stories; please allow me to share one with [...]
Just as soon as I have a handle on what I think is the very latest in technology, I learn that I know nothing at all.
We have been working diligently to upgrade our website with blogs, video, and audio in an effort to keep up with the times and expand a website visitor’s experience. Our [...]
The Women’s Fund, established in 1991, has gone through a needed rejuvenation of sorts since the beginning of 2004. They appreciate the work the founding sisters contributed and are committed to continuing their important work. Currently the Women’s Fund Committee consists of eighteen dedicated women of the community who meet monthly. These women are [...]
My husband and I were driving through downtown Lorain last Sunday, and he commented to me, “Beth, this area looks as bad and run-down as it did when we were kids.” I can’t disagree with him — as an Elyria girl, Lorain was always a big mystery to me. It was lacking in most activity, other [...]
Most people have a misconception that giving money away is easy, especially when it’s not your own. Here at The Community Foundation of Lorain County, 11 staff members work at least 40 hours per week giving away nearly $4 million annually and continually raising and investing funds so that we’ll have even more to give away.
This [...]
